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February 5, 2014
#083: 5 Strategies for Becoming a Better Conversationalist [Podcast]
Great conversations are a balance of give and take like a ping pong match. You wait for the ball to come over the net, then you hit it back to the person on the other side. Then you do it all over again—and on it goes.
This is an essential leadership skill and one that can be learned with a little practice.
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February 4, 2014
Success is a lousy teacher [Photo]
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February 3, 2014
5 Reasons You Should Smile More as a Leader
Several years ago, when I was the CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers, I was presiding over our monthly business review meeting. One by one, each of our divisional managers would appear before the executive team and review their operating results for the previous month.
At the first break, one of my business consultants who was attending pulled me aside.
“Are you angry at someone?”
“No,” I said, somewhat surprised.
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February 1, 2014
Stop looking for your next big opportunity. Give everything you got to the one you have right now. [Tweet]
“Stop looking for your next big opportunity. Give everything you got to the one you have right now.”
@MarieForleo
January 29, 2014
January 30, 2014
The Problem with Facebook [Video]
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This video from Derek Muller at Veritasium expresses my frustration with Facebook.
Question: Does this frustrate you, too? What’s the alternative? You can leave a comment by clicking here.
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January 29, 2014
#082: How to Keep Your Team Aligned During Times of Intense Change [Podcast]
The key to keeping your team aligned in the midst of change or chaos is communication. Unfortunately, most leaders are not intentional about this. They either don’t communicate or don’t have a plan for rolling their message out. The result is that people are left to create their own narrative about what is happening.
If you are going to be an effective leader, you must be deliberate in keeping your team informed. If you don’t, you will create a tremendous amount of “sideways energy” as people speculate and come to the wrong conclusion.
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January 28, 2014
Can’t accept not trying [Photo]
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January 27, 2014
2014 Love’s Travel Stops General Manager’s Conference [Event]
I am thrilled to be speaking at Love’s Travel Stops General Manager’s Conference this year.
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Date:
February 5, 2014
Time:
07:30-08:30 a.m.
Event:
2014 Love’s Travel Stops General Manager’s Conference
Topic:
The Leader’s Heart
Sponsor:
Love’s Travel Stops Operations Group
Venue:
OKC Convention Center
Location:
Oklahoma City, OK
Public:
Private
January 24, 2014
How the Placebo Effect Can Tank or Torpedo Your Career Dreams
I’m guessing most people have heard of the Placebo Effect. A doctor tells a patient this little pill is going to help cure whatever ails her. But the pill is no medicine at all. It is a sugar pill. The unknowing patient believes she’s going to get better, so she does. It is the positive expectation that creates the cure.
Have you ever thought about what power a placebo really has? The Placebo Effect is not some imaginary thing. A real chemical change happens within a person’s body after taking a sugar pill (or receiving a saline injection, sham procedure, etc.) because the person believes in the medicinal quality.
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January 23, 2014
Evidently, Lots of People Are Ready to Move Beyond Survival [Photo]
Last weekend, I read and reviewed Crystal Paine’s terrific new book, Say Goodbye to Survival Mode . Evidently, Crystal has hit an open nerve. Last I checked, the book was at #18 overall on Amazon. If you haven’t picked up a copy, do yourself a favor and buy it now!
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