WHO GETS UNDER YOUR SKIN?
How do you create a workplace where people don’t get under your skin? It’s really interesting to research the reasons people creep each other out at work. Complaints generally range from messy desks, condescending manners, goody two shoes suck ups, employees who don’t care, and many more. The ways we get under each others’ skins are endless. Sometimes we just can’t deal with a person we work with because they’re untruthful, deceptive, and conniving to their very cores. I have only dealt with a handful[…]
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Are We Programmed to be Mediocre?
Were We Programmed to Be Average? There is this stunning quotation from Elton John in the movie Rocketman, when he finally comes to the realization that who he is—his own identity—demands that he must personally make a choice of who he will become. “You have to kill the person you were meant to be to become the person that you want to be.” What is it worth to you to become the person you want to be instead of following the path that seems inevitable? There is[…]
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Hate Criticism? A Practical Guide to Managing and Profiting From Criticism
How you accept and give criticism will determine a great deal about how you succeed—in both life and career. Managing and profiting from criticism is a key skill at work and at home. Not becoming a punching bag for critics is equally important.
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A Band Together -Who Do You Want on Your Team?
Who do you want on your team? There is no more fundamental question. That’s the question the NFL, the military, business, and every group asks that wants to get something done. This question–who do you want on your team–tops business fundamentals like sales and revenue. With the right team, every problem can be solved except those like hurricanes and tornados. Even well -funded organizations with everything going for them fail because of dysfunctional teams. Putting together a great team with effective team members often seems[…]
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Escaping the World of the Chronically Unemployed
Few people navigate the world of employment today without at some point finding themselves jobless. Companies fold, they’re acquired, reorged, and downsized. Sometimes you find yourself over your head in a project or on the wrong side of politics–bottom line is you’re out. People get fired—it’s what happens.
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COULD A FATAL FLAW SINK YOUR CAREER?
How did you feel the first time you walked into your boss’s office for your first review? Truth be told I thought I was the one who should be evaluating my boss. I was certainly smarter and more competent than he was. He was very fortunate he hired me. I’d really saved this organization. Yet on the other hand, this boss evaluating me had the total ability to fire me on the spot–it had happened before. He could give me a raise or promote me. […]
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Do Your Meetings Drive You Forward – or Dog-gone Crazy?
I really don’t even hate to admit it–most meetings I attend, I wish I were somewhere else. I’m the guy you’ll find looking at my phone, staring at the clock, emailing people about a pending project. Meetings can be invaluable in driving the progress of an organization, but mostly they just drive you crazy. People are fond of saying that meetings are pointless, and that’s just not true–there’s a point to the meeting or nobody would be there. The point of the meeting is often[…]
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Delta Inc guided us through some mission-critical, challenging and complicated transitions in our company. They have a tremendous ability to build trust and establish credibility and confidence.
- Matt Chasen, Founder and CEO, uShip
