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What are you waiting for? Ask for what you want!

The beginning of the year is the time of the year to clean the slate and try new things. What things have you been thinking about, but haven’t put into action yet? What is holding you back? So many people that I work with have a lot of dreams and aspirations for change to occur, but are hesitant to try. So let’s clean the slate and try a new approach. Write…
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Want to be more productive? Block time on your calendar.

During this time of year, parents all over the country are getting up at 4:30 am in the morning on the weekends to drive their children to all-day regional volleyball tournaments. Some people even fly out of state for the national tournaments. This didn’t really exist when I was younger, or at least I didn’t know about it. Both of my girls were a part of club volleyball for about 5 years. At times my husband and I would have…
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Are You Ready For a Transformation?

I was watching a video by Dr. Benjamin Hardy, who is the author of many books including the one that I am reading now called 10x is Easier Than 2x. His book, that he co-authored with Dan Sullivan, is focused on ways to achieve more by doing less. In the video, he discussed some of the concepts from the book, he shared that, “courage is the starting point of all transformation.” If I look back on my own transformations throughout my career, that…
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How to Master Project and Program Visibility

If you have been following me for any of amount of time, you know that getting visibility for you and your team is important. However, there is also an opportunity for you to consider creating visibility for projects and programs too. Let me share an example: A client of mine shared the details of a discussion that he had with an executive leader about a project that would be kicking off soon. My client intended to walk through the proposed…
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Leading Through Uncertainty: Strategies to Develop Stronger Leaders

Change is a constant, especially when it comes to business. Companies and their leaders need to anticipate customer needs, focus on internal business changes, retain employees and grow the company at a rate that is acceptable by their management and shareholders. Navigating through all of this change isn’t easy for leaders today and it isn’t going away. The Current State This quote was shared from an article on hrexecutive.com, “increasingly, employers report that new hires lack the necessary skills for the job….
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