Strategic thinking is simply the ability to plan ahead. Find ways to set goals, prepare for meetings, and manage your business or career strategically.
This free webinar offers 12 tips to make 1-on-1s the most productive time in your week. One of the things my clients thank me for most are my tips for productive 1-on-1s. Now you can have these tips for free! Please join me for a free webinar entitled: Supercharge Your One-on-Ones: 12 Tips to make 1:1s the most productive time in your week. When managers first come to me for coaching, many of them think these weekly meetings are a…
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If you want to build a high performing company, start by building a high trust culture through emotional intelligence. Some people think employees are inherently untrustworthy, lazy and self-serving. Others believe employees are inherently trustworthy and motivated by a sense of pride in their work. Who is right? Research says: they are both right. As it turns out, the assumptions that managers make about employees determines the outcome. If you start with an emotional intelligence approach and build trust, you…
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My New Article in Forbes Explores The Real Reasons Behind Low Performance (And How To Help). As a business coach, the question I’m asked most often is what to do about low performers. For many managers and organizations, this is a thorny question. Organizations dedicated to supporting their employees feel rightly ambivalent about those whose results are less than expected and below average. By investing in your lowest performers using your managers and high performer’s talents, you not only save…
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Emotions can help us improve decision making. Unfortunately, emotions can also get in the way. The key is to make decisions based on emotional intelligence, not raw emotions. Most of us don’t think of decision making as an emotional intelligence skill, but often, it’s emotions that get in the way of good decisions. Using emotional intelligence to inform your decisions can help you get better outcomes. Using emotional intelligence means being aware of what you are feeling when weighing your…
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What made me think that I could start a business? A story inspired me. Every entrepreneur has to deal with naysayers. In 2005, a lot of people told me that there was no way I could start a business. No one believed it was possible for me to transform myself from an English teacher to an entrepreneur. And yet I did. No one believed that Americans would buy and actually use reusable shopping bags. And yet they did! The first…
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