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What Does it Take to be an Entrepreneur?
Have you ever thought about starting your own business and being your own boss? How about doing something you’re actually passionate about for the rest of your career life? But what does it take to be an entrepreneur? If entrepreneurship has ever crossed your mind, it will help if you’re aware of how your Thinking…
إقرأ المزيدRe-think Employee Engagement: Breathing Techniques for an Engaged Mindset
One of the biggest challenges of the workplace is finding a way to keep employees engaged and active. The responsibility of employee engagement though does not lie only with the organization. Each individual employee has an obligation to not only come to work every day and meet our deadlines, but to also be fully present…
إقرأ المزيدRemembering Abraham Lincoln: A Tale of Two Influences
April 14th, 2015 is the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. Looking back today, the role of his influence in leading the United States through its most tumultuous of times remains exemplary. Last summer, I was fortunate to visit Gettysburg, PA for the first time. It was a hot August weekend. Humid with the Northeast’s…
إقرأ المزيدDeveloping a Growth Mindset
Too often, organizational training and even personality profiles box people into rigid categories. In my experience, this turns people off to learning because they’re given band-aids to meet short-term needs, but long-term development goals aren’t addressed. Such an approach feeds the notion that having a strong toolkit is the end goal. While this is easier…
إقرأ المزيدDeveloping Your Critical Leadership Skills
What is the true definition of leadership? What actually makes a leader a leader? What are the leadership skills one needs to truly be effective? These were the questions asked and discussed at the 22nd annual ICAN Women’s Leadership Conference held this week in Omaha, Nebraska. Emergenetics Internationals’ own founder Dr. Geil Browning was one…
إقرأ المزيدThe Impact of Company Culture on Employee Retention
There’s more and more evidence to the notion that the companies who perform best financially also perform extremely well with regards to their workers and their company culture. The idea of using a measure like positivity to benchmark a company’s performance would have been laughable not too long ago. The culture and performance corollary were…
إقرأ المزيدEnhancing Self Awareness through Emergenetics
Recently I had the pleasure of participating in an Emergenetics Meeting of the Minds and Emergenetics Certification in Denver, Colorado. Being a part of the certification was an eye opening experience for me because I realized that many of the social boundaries set in place by the education systems and business norms that I have…
إقرأ المزيد3 Steps for Building Influence and Achieving More Effective Leadership
“Leadership is influence.” – John C. Maxwell Influence. Persuade. Convince. Sway. Engage. Motivate…. Your team. Your organization. Your community. Your relationships. Yourself. How do you use your leadership VOICE to influence…to get the outcomes you want? To get the results you desire? To make your vision come alive? To realize your purpose? What does being…
إقرأ المزيدExpressing Appreciation: Words of Thanks
Valentine’s Day, also known as the Feast of Saint Valentine, is celebrated in many countries throughout the world. With its evolution through the years, it became an occasion where lovers express their love and appreciation for each other by presenting flowers, greeting cards, candies, gifts or even enjoying romantic dinners. Personally, I do not celebrate…
إقرأ المزيدUnderstanding the Role of Assertiveness in Management
The predominant thinking tends to be that leaders are only effective if they’re assertive. How else are they going to be able to move things forward and hold people accountable, right? There are obvious benefits to a manager who is not afraid to speak their mind and drives key initiatives; however, the benefits of a…
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