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Life is accelerating. Product life cycles are shrinking. Corporations must re-invent themselves every 3.5 years. Innovation is not a nice-to-have but a must-have. Historically new product development has been driven by marketing or engineering. There are several levels of innovation within new ... Views:1833
A number of years ago when I was developing my coaching and mentoring skills in a formal way, I met a manager from a business based in the SW of England who told me her Coach telephoned her once a month for coaching sessions. The Coach lived in France and worked as a coach for managers based in ... Views:1831
Many people are afraid of challenges. I will be sharing with you “How to turn your Challenges into Money”
Everyone has a challenge. This is true. It does not matter if you are a President, Governor, Business owner, Student, Motivational speaker and so on.
The Challenge of being in darkness, ... Views:1829
Did you ever read the warning signs of an impending work disaster, okay maybe, disaster is too strong a word, a work difficulty. Then someone shrugs, pats you on the back and tells you to stop catastrophizing?
And when what you prophesized comes to pass, when the project failed or the ... Views:1822
Strategic thinking is regarded as an essential core competency for leadership positions. In fact, many organizations already use this competency, among others, to appraise and evaluate the performance of their executives and leaders. Thus, a competency gap in strategic thinking is considered ... Views:1814
My company, the Confident Solutions Coach, works with entrepreneurs to develop systems in their business. I spent the last five years learning how to do this in my own business, and it is really fun to go out there and help other people get this done.
The first thing you have to do is ... Views:1814
The truth about the physics of positive emotions may not always please moaners, and losers, especially when you try, with your best of intentions, to help them overcome their own limitation.
People will always resist that which they cannot understand. They will always tell you “this is how ... Views:1802
Do you wish you had exceptional presentation skills? Are you are fed up with not getting noticed, not getting ahead, and being a wallflower? If so, it’s time to take a step forward.
Giving phenomenal presentations is a lot simpler than it looks. Imagine you are cooking a wonderful meal. ... Views:1798
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What is the one thing that every success story has in common? It is, “I was here in this circumstance and I went to there in a new circumstance.” From here to there has a thread that you can follow. Successful people think a certain way. ... Views:1797
“To stimulate creativity, one must develop the childlike inclination for play and the childlike desire for recognition.”
~ Albert Einstein
Growth – an ever-evolving and continuous process – is an outcome of a successful innovation. As a thing of creativity evolves from an Idea, the ... Views:1793
In order to distinguish yourself from the masses it is essential to commit to the never ending process of personal enhancement. This spans far beyond mere physical appearance, exhibiting the essence of your innermost being and every aspect of social interacting. It is imperative to be ... Views:1789
The amount of time that you spend at your work place takes up almost 50% of your time. Since so much of our lives and energy are consumed by our job, isn’t it then important and natural that we learn to not just work well with our colleagues but build up great relationships with them?
Many ... Views:1789
Previously I wrote about "Forgetting my Purpose". July is about remembering where to find My Power. Acting from a place of power allows me to speak from my authentic self and accomplish what serves me as well as those around me. It takes courage to do this, but what I discovered last week is ... Views:1781
Sometimes the answer we desire is in what we are forgetting. I was at a conference recently where we found our coach in nature. You know, you sit in front of whatever and you ask a question and wait to see what comes. The first time I talked with my coach, she very wisely guided me with an ... Views:1779
Headhunter is a generic term used to describe recruiters or executive search consultants, usually people searching for senior candidates or people 'really going after a candidate'. Some argue that a recruiter is for low lever jobs, a Headhunter for trained professionals and all Senior Management ... Views:1775
SEEKING SPIRITUAL FULFILLMENT ONLINE
The marriage of Spiritual Consciousness and the Internet's world-wide web technology was consummated in a very public ceremony on a Monday night in March 2008, when more than 500,000 people gathered around their computers and simultaneously logged on to a ... Views:1770
Communication is at once easier and more challenging than ever thanks to the availability of high tech devices and programs that can keep us connected to anyone, anywhere, anytime. Now might be a great time to map out a personal communication strategy and review whether your time and energy ... Views:1770
How Efficiently Do You Qualify Your Sales Prospects? Before you spend hours preparing, presenting and then jumping through hoops for any prospect, take a little time to figure out if it’s worth your effort.
"In the world of sales, there are prospects, and there are suspects," says Jeff ... Views:1769
From the time that we are born, we are taught to DO things! Every time we accomplish something we are rewarded, which gives us such accomplishment that we choose to pursue more opportunities to DO things so that we can be rewarded again! Education and work is also designed to further entrench ... Views:1761
Five Reasons Women Make Great Salespeople
By: Liz Wendling
Why do so many business women spend more time hoping or praying for sales rather than just learning to sell? Because the mere mention of the word sales brings up fear, dread and anxiety in the hearts of many!
Countless female ... Views:1759
Excerpts from a free flowing dialogue with Pavan Choudary, CEO of VYGON Pharma, a French Multinational in India. Pavan has been widely interviewed in Media as a Coach and a Wisdom Guru.
A clear vision with a good value system creates the right environment for breakthrough performance. Success ... Views:1755
Ever wonder how your sales team is really doing using a whiteboard in sales with customers and prospects? If your staff is dispersed in regions or working remotely, worrying about performance standards could be keeping you up at night.
Sleepless nights? If nightmares about performance are ... Views:1755
You are giving a very important presentation to the board members and midway through something overwhelms you and you can’t for the life of you remember exactly where you were in the presentation. You are giving a sales pitch on a new product to one of your biggest customers and you just lost it ... Views:1755
"People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily."
~ Zig Ziglar
For the CEO, it is always a challenge to motivate his employees and also keep them motivated. Motivated employees are at the forefront to take up new challenges, adapt ... Views:1752
By understanding the different needs, approaches, strengths and weaknesses of each of the Striving Styles, the organization can maximize a team’s effectiveness by harnessing the natural energy that is engaged when individuals can meet their own needs through teamwork.
A team is an integral ... Views:1752
In my work as an executive coach, I tell my clients that successful people have five things in common.
• Successful people are self confident.
• Successful people create positive personal impact.
• Successful people are outstanding performers.
• Successful people are great communicators.
• ... Views:1747
Here’s a Banana For Your Baby… (your business)
One of the most difficult parts of serving entrepreneurial leaders is telling them a part or their entire baby (their business) is ugly. Some self proposed consulting experts say; “focus on the positives, build on successes” and not ... Views:1747
I recently had the opportunity to participate in a nine day intensive, small group training with Janet Bray Attwood, the founder of The Passion Test. From our group, more than half of the participants were from Japan as The Passion Test has been experiencing fast growth in Japan.
During our ... Views:1735
Some say “Life’s a journey, enjoy the ride”. Others say “The end justifies the means”.
In the one, the journey is the focus; in the other, it is incidental to the end result.
Those who are high-performance, results oriented, driven people would more likely see the journey or process of ... Views:1730
Whatever happened at home should stay at home, July 2, 2009 By Robert Morris (Dallas, Texas)
In this book, Sylvia Lafair explains how to break certain family patterns that limit career success by “claiming and taming the world of interpersonal relationships.” All people have problems at ... Views:1726
In the nonprofit field, salaries are generally low and working with clients who have multiple needs can be challenging. Although this can make employee retention difficult, there are steps you can take to provide a work environment that is supportive and fun, one that individuals look forward ... Views:1723
Seventeen—the threshold of adulthood, the last gasp of wily youth, the last days of burning the candle at both ends and greeting the burn with a grin. What if, however, you were an environmentally conscious seventeen? What if you were one of those second graders who’d toured ... Views:1712
Every businessperson wants to grow their company. Growth can be defined in many ways; revenue, profit, market share, asset value, strong team that lets you take more time off, increased happiness and contentment. Not every businessperson wants more money. Interestingly enough, virtually ... Views:1712
The change of behaviour at the heart of what this book is about is this: a little more asking people questions and a little less telling people what to do. But simple doesn’t mean easy, and theory’s no good if you don’t know how to put it into practice. So before we look at what to change, we ... Views:1708
Or… Stop waiting and start taking action from where you are right now.
For many of us, storms bring fear, uncertainty, anxiety and the need for protection from the elements, even though we are safely tucked away inside our homes. It seems that every time we have a storm, we put everything on ... Views:1707
MahaManan: The excellent –incomparable system of
essential education for true & universal
Human Development
Welcome to our ‘MahaManan Kendra’ ( MahaManan education center). We think, customary (formal) academic (school – college etc.) education is not sufficient for true development of ... Views:1707
Nonprofit professionals continuously search for potential donors who believe in the organization's mission and are willing to donate money to support it. All too often, however, the organization lacks an organized system to cultivate meaningful relationships with these individuals. This article ... Views:1703
Every business has its ups and downs. This article talks about how you can do your business continuity planning (BCP) in a better way as it is the BCP that allows you to continuously deliver your products or services even under adverse conditions.
Business Continuity Planning prepares an ... Views:1701
Change Agents or Gate Keepers?
The challenges facing employees in today’s economy and times of uncertainty presents new opportunities for Human Resources. As organizations are looking for new ways to grow the business, increase productivity, reduce costs and navigate the rapidly changing ... Views:1700
Prevailing in the face of intense competition requires companies to be nimble and innovative.
An innovative and high-initiative culture helps an organization respond better to market signals. It can better exploit opportunities, get new products and services to market more quickly and more ... Views:1698
What Exactly Is A Social Entrepreneur, Anyway?
The concept of “entrepreneurialism” was developed in French economics and has always been related to developing new markets and economic progress within a capitalistic framework. A successful entrepreneur of the traditional, capitalistic ilk refers ... Views:1692
Becoming a thought leader will radically improve the trajectory of your career and business. By definition, thought leaders are the ones people seek out for their insight and approaches. They are cited by others to prove their points, and their expertise inspires ideas and sparks fresh ... Views:1685
Excerpt from Dr. Jo Anne Bishop’s upcoming new book,
“You Can Do It: Transform Fear Into Creativity”
We all experience fear in some form every day, whether we want that fear or not. Fear is an ancient body sensation that compels and drives us toward survival through a fight or flight ... Views:1684
As you may know, I owe a tremendous amount of my successes, both personal and professional, to the power of coaching.
You see, it doesn't matter where you are in life, you are looking at reality through YOUR lens. That means that even if you're a big thinker, there are still things that you ... Views:1680
When one is a baby and then a child, they are completely dependent on their parent’s responses to them. Through their caregivers responding, one will be able to have their need for food and nurturing to be met.
And this also goes on to include one’s self image and how they view themselves. ... Views:1678
It takes a while for an expatriate to adjust to another culture, and it can be incredibly frustrating when your assumptions about the similarities between western cultures are proven untrue. Executive and Expat coaching eases international relocation.
Four years ago, after preparing for ... Views:1675
AWAKENING THE INTUITIVE WITHIN
Excerpt from New Book
By Jo Anne Bishop, PhD MPA
As you begin the fascinating journey of awakening the intuitive within, your pathway will be filled with the self-knowledge that you are in essence an unlimited resource for inner wisdom, guidance and ... Views:1672
As an active recruiter (I am the owner of HIREghana – www.HIREgh.com), I and my associates come daily across through a variety of candidates whom we prescreen for our clients.
Strangely enough and most definitely true, you need a completely different skill- set to get the job, than you need ... Views:1670
The Hallmark of great companies is their ability to consistently make and execute good decisions. Companies that succeed in developing their ability to “decide and deliver” not only turn in better financial results, but also cultivate more engaged and motivated employees. In short, they make ... Views:1669
The annual performance review has become a dinosaur because it has failed to change and evolve much in the last 50 years, while everything around it in business has.
50 years ago we had secretarial pools, carbon paper and mimeograph machines for making copies. Everything was sent “snail ... Views:1669