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Hiring? Recognize and Use Feelings Wisely
It was an important hiring decision – a senior manager with a healthy budget and high-level staff. Most hiring processes will consist of an interview panel, checking references, conducting several rounds of interviews, and even potentially a police clearance to ensure...
The Secret Culprit behind Over-Thinking: Fear
By Saturday afternoon there was already 18 inches of snow. Tree limbs sagged with the weight and narrow, shoveled paths wiggled toward the garage. And, it was still snowing. The boxwood hedges, that I have nurtured since they were tiny, splayed apart from mounds of...
Forget Boisterous Bravado. Three Tips for Authentic Leadership
Last week, I participated in my first speaker showcase. More than 20 speakers provided ten minutes of their program to a room full of 200 meeting planners. Hearing different a motivational christian speaker throughout the day it brought nerves on. It was like speed...
Power in the Pause: Re-imagining the Workday
It starts the instant the alarm on the phone sounds. There's that jarring moment even if you set the phone for a soft harp, quiet ring, or the chirp of crickets. It's off to the races. We struggle to pack more and more in and feel bad when we're not successful. I'm...
Stop! Before Launching 2016, Reap Rewards from 2015
Have you ever noticed that little bits of wisdom show up in the most unexpected places? I love when that happens. It was an overcast New Year’s Eve morning as my girlfriends and I met for our morning run. The Chesapeake Bay glistened silvery and still as we jogged...
Feeling Deflated? Take Time to Reflect and Rearrange
Carols were sung, gifts were exchanged and fudge was consumed. After all of the holiday hub-bub, it's easy to feel a bit deflated. Instead of the excitement of finding the just-right gift and anticipating the look of glee on a kid's face, you're left to fight the...
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Customer Service Week: Lessons from Helicopter Pilots
They started with two helicopters, an office crammed into the corner of the hangar filled with beat up furniture. Today, there are eight helicopters, a flight simulator, an office building outside the hangar and services offered in three locations across the country....
Communication Lessons from a Lightning Strike
We were climbing out of the Denver International Airport on an overcast day with bumps typical of Denver. I was flying from a speaking engagement in Keystone to another one in Atlanta and was engrossed in my work when…POP! Flash! The noise and bright light came from...
Tasting Scottish Whisky: What It Means to Your Team
Scotland is known for fine woolens, shortbread, the heather-covered moors and single malt Scottish whisky. I'm not a single malt whisky drinker but as a visitor to Scotland for ten days, I decided to try two per day. If I was a teenager or student I would be loving...
Scaling Difficult Tasks: Leverage Your Resources
The Isle of Skye in Scotland is laced with hiking trails. Some run through heather-covered rolling moors; some are technical climbs that scale tops of peaks; others drop to the sea along sheer cliffs. It's not just Scotland with the tricky terrian; all around the...
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