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Think back to as far as you can remember. How many changes have you had to face? Probably too many to count. Chances are there will be much more to come. Change comes in all areas of our lives, financial change, change of jobs, change in relationships, change of environment and a lot more. Depending […]
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If you could go back in time and have a coffee with yourself, “what advice would you give yourself?” I am sure you have heard this form of question before. The truth is however that you cannot go back in time. What you can do is take what you learned so far and use it
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Employee engagement has become an important issue in today’s society. We are hearing more and more about the impact and cost of disengaged employees. What strategies can you implement to keep your team motivated? As a leader, or entrepreneur, you spend countless hours in creating a great vision of the direction you want your company
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Have you ever been part of a brainstorming session? If so, you know that it tends not to involve an equal input from each participant. In fact, depending on the size of the group, in my experience, only 40-50% of the participants in a group brainstorming session are actively participating. Does this mean that those
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Throughout my career, I have been put in several different challenging leadership positions. In my first leadership role, I was the only female store manager out of over 90 stores. I was one female in an environment at that time dominated by men. I was also Director of a HBC store, leading a team of
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I recently purchased a brand new Land Rover Discovery. Land Rover has been a brand that I have wanted for a while and I was super excited and motivated to pick it up on a Friday. Over the week-end, 3 days after I had the car, I took my parents and kids to eat at
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Are you happy when you are checking things off your list? Or do you get overwhelmed because your to-do list seems to just keep growing? I remember the last time I worked with a to-do list. It was a Monday morning and I had about 1 ½ pages of tasks that I wanted to get
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How engaged are you at work? As a leader, do you keep employee satisfaction top of mind? Do you have a plan in place to decrease employee turnover and improve employee engagement? If you do not, don’t be fooled into thinking that you don’t have a problem. The statistics are startling and the trend is
Grab a Coffee or Tea and take the next few minutes to catch up on some great reads. There is a lot of great information available on the blogosphere that can help direct you towards your goals. Let’s hope that these posts get you to Dream It! Do It! And Inspire! Here are Some Leadership
For all who have made a hiring mistake in the past, put your hands up. I have made some embarrassing ones and in every case I reflect back to the hiring process. Should I have seen something that would have given me a hint that this person would be a “bad hire”? In the majority
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Have you ever been micro-managed when you had the competencies to perform the task at hand? How did it make you feel? The effects of micromanagement to a company culture can be disastrous. You have heard it said that people don’t leave bad companies, they leave bad bosses. There is so much emphasis from executives
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We live in a reality where we are expected to be able to do more with less. I have been in the retail industry for over 20 years and although expectations keep getting higher, hours and resources are being cut. It is the reality of the market. Why do two people put in the same
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Why have you been so successful in reaching some of your goals, but not others? You may think that everyone is born predisposed to certain talents and lacking in others, but in reality this is only a small piece of the puzzle. In fact, decades of research on achievement suggests that successful people reach their
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During graduation periods, commencement speeches are always very popular and it’s no wonder. They can be very inspirational and give the graduates a chance to listen to the experiences, values and advice of notable figures. Today’s post is about celebrating the new and the old. List of 12 Best Commencement Speeches from Millionaires in this
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Sometimes we all need a little motivation. Whether it is because of a tough week, where things just don’t seem to go our way, or because we feel overwhelmed with all that we need to accomplish. I had that sort of week where the mountain seemed a little higher than usual. When I need a
