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Five Keys to Achieving Personal Goals

by Mary Erlain | Business, Leadership, PeakDS Blog

Whatever you choose to do tomorrow, next week, or next month, ask yourself these questions:   Have I crystallized my thinking so that I know what I want to achieve and am sure where I stand now in relation to this goal? Do I have a detailed writtenplan and a...

How Technology Has Changed Workplace Communication between the Generations

by Mary Erlain | Business, Business Communication, Generational Diversity, Leadership, Personal Development

How Technology Has Changed Workplace Communication   In a Forbes article published on December 10, 2013, Natalie Burg states “Business doesn’t happen face to face as often as some would like. “Collaboration technology sprang up 20 years ago, but we kept...

Timing Is the Key to Decision Making

by Mary Erlain | Business, Business Communication, Leadership, PeakDS Blog, Personal Development

Timing is a key ingredient in effective decision making. A sense of timing is based on common sense and intuition, and leaders who are sensitive to the needs and feelings of others generally enjoy success in this area. A technically correct decision, announced at the...

Using Assessments as a guide to team building

by Mary Erlain | Business, Leadership, Personal Development

As stated in a previous blog post “Discovering Individual Strengths” Tests Some qualities can be measured by tests, but others can be discovered only in practice. It is fairly easy to test objective knowledge and skills, but much more difficult to test...

Gen Y, Millennials, Echo Boomers – so misunderstood

by Mary Erlain | Business, Generational Diversity, Leadership

Generation Y’s (1977-1990) Also known as Millennials or Echo Boomers  The Gen Y’s are the fastest growing generation in the workforce today. This generation does not expect to work with one employer for life. They have great career expectations and a desire to make a...

Conflict vs. Harmony in the 5 Generations

by Mary Erlain | Business, Business Communication, Generational Diversity, Leadership, PeakDS Blog, Personal Development

One approach to conflict/issues/differences is to simply ignore it. The reality is the situation will not get better if left unaddressed. It will usually get worse. One thing that will never work is complaining about the worker, either to the worker or worse yet to...
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