Leadership & Coaching

Leave Quickly and Quietly and No One Will Get Hurt…

Published on 4 Dec, 2009 at 16:42 in Article Topics, Feature Stories, Leadership & Coaching | | No Comments

Vacation and rest in general have become a bit of a foreign concept to me in the six years as a business owner and far more absent over the past 3 months as I have been consumed with a recent project. Yesterday was Saturday, and as I was still in bed at nearly noon, I knew I was…

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Innovative Thinking Requires a Work Break

Published on 4 Dec, 2009 at 16:36 in Article Topics, Feature Stories, Leadership & Coaching | | No Comments

Many of us hear the word vacation, and we automatically think of a million reasons why we can’t take a one. We get stressed at the idea of leaving our work behind for a week, and about the problems we will come back to; but we don’t think of the many benefits taking a vacation can give to us….

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Are You Managing, Coaching, or Enforcing

Published on 4 Dec, 2009 at 15:45 in Article Topics, Feature Stories, Leadership & Coaching, Operations, Training | | No Comments

Too often today, managers – whether supervisors, directors, or even owners – see their role as the creator and enforcer of rules. “Be on time…,” they tell their employees, “or I will have to write you up.” “Be a team player.” “Show initiative.” “Call on more prospects.” “Service the existing customer.” And so on.

More time is spent on dealing…

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Are you a Strategic Leader?

Published on 3 Mar, 2009 at 0:16 in Article Topics, Leadership & Coaching | | No Comments

Strategic. Planning. Planning – putting thought into the next step, next day, next year, next expansion. Strategic – is most often associated with the military. Generals plot and study maps, cultures, people, plans of attack, and every other detail available to find the best strategy to surprise, and therefore, overthrow their enemies….

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