Category Archives: Motivation

Leadership and Passion – Gary Vaynerchuck

Great video of Gary Vaynerchuck talking about passion for your job. Continue reading

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Want more tips on retaining your best people?

Join us on April 28th at 2PM Eastern for a free 1 hour webinar on retaining your best people as the job market improves. Don’t miss it! 2010 is here and the job market is improving – is your employee … Continue reading

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There’s No Such Thing as “Leadership for Women”

Lately I’ve been receiving a lot of requests and suggestions about developing a leadership program for women. I’m assuming this is because people have noticed that I’m a woman and that I talk a lot about leadership. So naturally I … Continue reading

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Your Best People are Updating Their Resumes Right Now

The recovery is beginning and the fear of instability that has held your best people in their seats for two tough years is fading away. Research indicates that 2010 may be the year of turnover – the year that your best people start looking at the job market. Are you doing everything you can to retain your best people? Continue reading

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Randy Pausch on Time Management

If you haven’t seen the long version of this talk by Randy Pausch, it’s here. For those of you who are not familiar with the story, Randy was a professor at Carnegie Mellon who died of pancreatic cancer a few … Continue reading

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Crisis Leadership

In February 2010 the Canadian sail training vessel Concordia sank off the coast of Brazil. 15 minutes to get 64 students and staff members into lifeboats. Due to great equipment and proper training everyone was safely rescued by the Brazilian Navy and other area vessels. Continue reading

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How to Build a Team

Teambuilding is a key component of effective management. A group of happy, high-performing individuals is not a team. So how do you build a culture of mutual dependence within your team? Find out the top three key components to effective team building for new managers. Continue reading

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Lost Generation

The Lost Generation video presents a fantastic twist on turning our beliefs around. Continue reading

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Introducing GRASP – A New Model for Goal Management

You’ve heard of SMART goals and the GROW model – this post introduces a new way of looking at goal management for new managers – the GRASP model. Continue reading

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Fear Can Kill Your Career

Fear can save your life but it can kill your career. As a leader, fear of failure can keep you from making the decisions that are critical to your success as a manager. Learn how to focus on the goal, not the obstacles. Continue reading

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