Words
What’s in a word? Everything! What are you saying to yourself and others? The words that you use can give you power or take it away. Here are some of my favorites for you to consider.
Hope – Hope is one of the most un-empowering words around. It allows you to believe you’re taking action, when, in reality, you’re taking no action at all. A close cousin to this word is try. Do you use hope and try to keep you from taking action?
How many times have you… Continue reading
Get Out and Give Back!
Below is a blog I wrote for my friend Jane Hess Collins. She has a wonderful website and business to help people to give back. She is motivating and inspirational in all that she does. I encourage you to look at her site and see some ways you might want to give back!
Here’s what I wrote:
Getting out and giving back – what’s in it for me?
For many years I was like so many of my friends, I would write checks to charities and donate clothes when clearing out my closet. The good feeling didn’t last very long… Continue reading
Rip the band-aid off fast!
I heard a tip from someone the other day. Hire slow (see Help wanted post) and fire fast! My experience has been that many managers hire fast and are pretty slow to fire.
So now let’s talk about the “fire fast” part. First the disclaimer – I encourage you to follow your company’s procedures when you need to let someone go. Follow the guidelines, procedures and the law as it applies to your situation.
What I’m talking about is very human. People like to avoid conflict whenever they can. I’ve heard leaders say they “don’t… Continue reading
Clumping!
When you go to a meeting do you always sit by the same people, in the same place? What about when you attend an outside meeting or training session? Do you pal around with people you know?
It’s natural to stay with familiar people in unfamiliar places. Its easy to stay in the habit of sitting with the same people in the same place. I started to do that in grade school!
Of course you’ve heard “if you keep doing the same thing you’ll get the same result.”
To move your career forward, you’ve got to… Continue reading
Interruptions
Do you ever get interrupted when you’re trying to get something done? Have you ever not been interrupted when you’ve tried to get something done?
I read a scary statistic the other day. An office worker is productive, working on a task, activity or project, on average 1 ½ hours per 8 hour workday. The rest of the time is spent on email, phone calls, meetings, chatting, looking for files, surfing the net, staring into space, going to the restroom, you name it.
Increasing your productivity is not that hard. The last post had tips to help you with… Continue reading
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