Fifty Shades of Words for Your Ideas
The words you use to communicate your idea can make the difference between your idea being accepted or rejected by the person you’re talking to. I’ve noted this repeatedly in other lessons. This message is so important that I am giving you another example, here, of using the “right words” for what you want to […]
Results
Be Noticed for Your Contributions If you enjoy being noticed—and even feed off of it—make it for being or doing something positive. Act ethically and be socially responsible. Learn and practice socially acceptable public behavior. Stand out, but stand out for your knowledge, skills, and success-oriented attitude. Stand out for your creativity, inspiration, and goodness. […]
Group Idea Generation Methods: The Best Idea Generation Group Activities For Your Team
Let me help you develop your plan so that you can transform your missteps into magnificence! Have you ever tried to get creative ideas from a group of people who just met each other for the first time when they walked into your room? You hoped to welcome and make them feel comfortable enough to […]
Group Development – TEAMS
Leadership is an interaction between leaders and their followers. A leader earns followers when she understands the needs that human beings possess and the ensuing struggle to satisfy those needs. Build the best team of people around you to complement your strengths and supplement your weaknesses. Set – and have your team agree to – […]
How To Make An Action Plan To Grow Business
How can you grow your business from mildly successful to awesome? I know. It’s not quite the good-to-great flow of Jim Collins’ book by the same name. Yet the idea of growing your business to a new level of success is usually what you want as a business owner or entrepreneur. Remember the math classes […]
Earning Followers
Leadership is an interaction between leaders and their followers. A leader earns followers when she understands the needs that human beings possess and the ensuing struggle to satisfy those needs. To survive, people engage in a continuous struggle to satisfy their needs or relieve tension. Some means is required to satisfy a need (tools, food, […]
Business Recovery Advice – How To Recover From Disaster
What do you do if you make a business mistake and “everyone” finds out about it? We all make mistakes. Yet when you make a business mistake that’s visible enough you may find your business in jeopardy. Social media transparency magnifies mistakes. Your business mistake may become a public relations nightmare. How people perceive your business […]
Behavior
Social Etiquette At some point, you will most likely eat meals in a classier restaurant than your typical fast-food venue. Business deals, job interviews, and just plain relationship-building between colleagues take place in restaurants where servers serve meals. How you carry yourself and perform when you eat out communicates a level of social awareness and […]
Communication
The ability to communicate clearly is the single most important key to success. This skill enables success in all personal and professional relationships. Other people will not fully know what you think and feel if you do not communicate clearly. This means that you convey your message in such a way that another person can […]
First Impressions – Appearance
First Impressions You make your own choices as to how others initially react to you. Examine your choices objectively and honestly regarding what you wear and how you look. Do not get angry with people when they respond to you a certain way. Realize that first impressions are based solely on how you present yourself […]