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Leadership Blog Roundup:  Top 12 Leadership And Personal Development Posts

This post marks my 200th blog post.  I started this blog with 3 goals in mind.  First, I always wanted to be a writer.  I find that when I put my thoughts into writing, I learn and process information much faster.  Second, I have been in a leadership role for over 20 years.  However, my […]

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Building Momentum To Achieve An Extraordinary Year

I get a lot of emails.  To manage them, I have an email for several different accounts; work, blogging and personal.  There are some emails I skim through quickly, while others I ensure to read every line.  Michael Hyatt’s emails are those emails I tend to pay particular attention to.  Mostly, because he covers the

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How Do I Lead Up And Influence When I Am Not In Charge?

Leadership is about influence.   The most common type of influence is a leader’s ability to impact their team.  Sometimes however, you aim to Lead Up.  Leading up is about impacting your organization and even your immediate report, a.k.a,  your Boss.  You do not need positional power in order to lead.  You can still make a

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Onboarding Best Practices To Improve Employee Retention [Infographic + Checklist]

Employee retention is an important part of a company’s plan.  Companies that develop strategies to keep their employees engaged, motivated, with an ongoing employee development plan, win more than those who don’t.  Employee turnover is an expense that a company who wants to be healthy cannot overlook.  One of the first steps in reducing employee

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8 Questions To Ask Yourself About The People That You Surround Yourself With #5MinMotivation

Growing up you have probably been told to choose your friends wisely.  If you are a Parent, you have probably given the exact same advice to your children.  In fact, hanging out with the “right crowd” can become an important aspiration for most teenagers in school.  Then, we get older and get caught up with

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4 Happiness Myths You Need To Stop Believing #5MinMotivation

Some search for it all their lives without attaining it fully.  Others realize that it was always there waiting to be let out.  How do you define happiness?  How do you achieve happiness?  What if what you believed to be true about finding happiness turned out to be inaccurate or misleading?  Suppose that your very

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