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Don’t hit the Send key…
You’ve just written a blistering rebuttal to your boss’s critique of your report. You’ve explained in detail how what you wrote is on-point and he should see that. It felt really good to write it – But hit the Delete key instead of the Send key on that email. Turn...
Leadership Styles Defined
Most effective leaders have several leadership or management styles they use, based on the situation. Daniel Goleman, the prolific writer on Emotional Intelligence, has looked closely at the various styles over the years. His research found that leaders use six...
Having Difficult Conversations
I’ve been thinking about what topic I might use to begin participating in The Small Business Daily and the idea of Difficult Conversations. What are they and what we can do about them came to mind? You know these conversations – an employer talking to an employee...
Delegation – A Key Success Factor
There are many reasons entrepreneurs state for not delegating – It takes too much time to explain or I can do it faster and better myself or This is too critical to delegate. Unfortunately, if you allow these reasons to guide your approach to delegation, your business...
Running Your Business During An Economic Down Time
The business experiences its ups and downs. This has been true where political and social unrest meets up with a pandemic. Not all businesses are struggling, many are booming. If your business is experiencing stress... Here are a few things I’ve seen work in the past:...
Is Coaching Effective?
Some research findings… You be the judge. Research by the International Personnel Management Association (IPMA), the results of which were published in January 2001. They concluded that "ordinary training typically increased productivity by 22%, while training...
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