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What’s your current view of your boss?

Our reader poll today asks: What’s your current view of your boss? – They’re amazing! Best boss ever!: 18% – They’re good. We work well together: 44% – They’re OK. Nothing special: 19% – They’re poor. I need a new boss: 13% – Worst boss ever! Get me out of here: 6% Lots of good […]



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How to Stop Your Boss from Sabotaging Your Career

Have you ever been in line for a promotion or a transfer to a cool new role only to find out your boss was squashing your efforts to make that leap? Here are some tips on how to deal with them sabotaging your career. Many of us have been there – you hear about a […]



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Coach Your Workplace to Success

There are many benefits of coaching within the workplace, including increased worker self-awareness and engagement and a greater propensity to solve problems. Today’s post is by Naphtali Hoff, PsyD, author of Becoming the New Boss (CLICK HERE to get your copy). One of the biggest challenges for leaders is to create and maintain the proper […]



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How often are you held back by self-limiting beliefs?

Our reader poll today asks: How often are you held back by self-limiting beliefs? – Never — I believe I can do anything: 10% – Sometimes — A few of my beliefs hold me back: 61% – Often — Self-limiting beliefs get in my way frequently: 23% – Always — I’m the biggest barrier to […]



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Hey Entrepreneurs – No One Cares about Your Technology

Building the technology that is the foundation of your business is the easy part of being an entrepreneur. If you want to build a great business, you need to focus on execution and operations. Without them, you’ve go nothing. I recently spoke at a local entrepreneur event WakeUp StartUp and I was asked what matters […]



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How willing are you to make sacrifices for your team?

Our reader poll today asks: How willing are you to make sacrifices for your team? – Very — They get everything I have regardless of the cost to me: 23% – Mostly — I’ll make sacrifices for them up to a point: 68% – Kind of — I’ll make a sacrifice if it isn’t too […]



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What it Really Takes to Run Your Own Firm

People tell me all the time “I want to do what you do.” They have some glorified vision of what it means to be an entrepreneur. The day to day grittiness of it is something that few understand. Here’s a view into that day to day. Entrepreneurship is a great life – as long as […]



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This Hidden Enemy is Making Your Job Harder than Necessary

We can be victims of our own thoughts holding us back. False equivalencies limit our beliefs and can turn our greatest strengths into barriers and limitations. Today’s post is by Elizabeth B. Crook, author of Live Large: The Achiever’s Guide to What’s Next (CLICK HERE to get your copy). As a business leader, you know […]



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Are you exploratory or hypothesis-driven when you solve problems?

Our reader poll today asks: When solving problems, are you exploratory or hypothesis-driven in your search for answers? – I explore broadly to try to find the best answer: 70% – I’m hypothesis-driven so I can get an answer quickly: 30% Exploring instead of driving. Clearly folks have a bias toward exploring and finding the […]



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Being an Authentic Leader Versus Just Being Different

Authenticity isn’t difficult – just be yourself. Aha! Now that can be difficult. Authenticity requires us to make ourselves vulnerable. To share what makes us who we really are. While that may be scary, you’ll find the benefits of that vulnerability are immeasurable. We sometimes mistake being different for being authentic. Being different is fine […]



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