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Why Doesn’t Your Team Work?
All of us get to spend time on teams. Some of us spend all of our time on teams. There are terrible teams, good teams and great teams. Most of us rarely get to spend much time on great teams. … Continue reading
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How Do You Get Noticed?
Do You Get Noticed? Do you feel like you work as hard as every one else? Do you feel like your deliverables are better than others? Do you feel like no one notices how hard you work, or how good… Continue reading
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Can’t Trust Your Boss?
What is Trust? First, let’s talk about what trust is. Trust is the ability to rely on a particular response from another person. If I trust you, then I’m pretty sure that you’ll do what I expect you to do… Continue reading
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Will Your Style Get You To The Next Level?
You have gotten to where you are based on a lot of things, but a key element of your success is your style. Are you the “expert/straight-forward/opinionated” person? Are you the “social/make everyone comfortable/cheerful” person? Or are you the “large/take… Continue reading
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Sorry. You Are Not Indispensible.
We all see ourselves as the hub of our own universe. This is not a bad thing–and it is natural. It does create blind spots, however. When we evaluate our importance to the organization it is through our own eyes. … Continue reading
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The Way You Think Is Wrong
No Matter Who You Are No matter who you are–black, white, Hispanic, French, Executive, Gen X, Retiree–the way you think is wrong. Oh, I left out Democrat or Republican. Our brains are truly wonderful things. They are efficient processors of… Continue reading
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The Water You Swim In
Understanding Your Organization’s Culture Organization culture for people is like water is for fish. It is there. It is critical to how the organization works. It shapes people’s interactions. It guides how work gets done, what is considered success, who… Continue reading
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How Do You Know If You’re a Good Leader?
How Can You Judge Your Leadership Skills Let’s start with how you know whether someone else is a good leader? You just know, right? Yes, you know when someone is a good leader for YOU. Each of us is looking… Continue reading
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Just a Paycheck
“Just a Paycheck” If the reason that you’re working at the job that you have is for “just a paycheck,” you’re wasting your time and maybe your life. I’m not talking about people who are working at a job to… Continue reading
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What We Can Learn From the Olympics
People who make it to the Olympics are REALLY good at what they do. Even people who finish LAST at the Olympics are way better than most of us. How do they get there? Well, the easy answer is that… Continue reading
Jo McDermott 