In a most compelling TED Talk, Angela Lee Duckworth, a management consultant turned teacher turned psychologist, shares her research on the common thread among successful people – students and adults. The common trait, she explained, is GRIT. Grit is the power of passion and perseverance, she explains. “Grit is passion and perseverance for very long […]
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How to Share Difficult Messages in a Brain Friendly Way
A recent Gallup study found that only 26% of the U.S. workforce strongly agreed that the feedback they get from managers or supervisors helps them to improve their work. Clearly, and as most people agree, giving or gaining feedback can be difficult. Further research indicates there are two primary reasons for the difficulty, which can […]
Performance Management: An Everyday Job
A strategically balanced performance management plan is the key to consistently effective leadership, especially when direct reports have responsibility for business development or organizational growth. The most successful approach not only enables managers to identify opportunities for execution and improvement based on analyzing past activities and outcomes, but to also identify preemptive action steps and […]
Call a Lot of People?
Arthur “Red” Motley was known for his conciseness and, true to form, each section of his famous definition of the sales process says a great deal in only a few words: “Know your customer, know your product; call a lot of people, ask all to buy.” Today’s focus is on the third component of the […]
The Value of Team Meetings
Leaders can enjoy a range of benefits by conducting regular team meetings – if, of course, the meetings are well planned and value-added! The question is, how can we best make our meetings value-added and worthwhile so that team members look forward to them rather than dread them? Consider this perspective from Executive Coach Lolly Daskal, […]
Retaining Talent
We all know that unwanted workforce turnover is disruptive and costly*. In a recent article, fuse, a workforce management firm, shared four of the most common reasons employees opt to leave a job. It’s likely we know these reasons as well… In case you’d like a quick refresher, the article identified the following as the most […]
Leadership, Motivation, and an Army of Frogs
As you might know, just as a group of fish is called a school and just as a group of geese is called a gaggle, a group of frogs is called an army. One day, an army of twenty-two frogs was hoping through the woods. Two of the frogs were younger than the rest of […]
The Science Behind Storytelling
Storytelling can be a highly effective tool for leaders and sales professionals! An article recently published on inc.com provided a concise but thorough explanation of why. “Storytelling is not something we do. Storytellers are who we are,” wrote author and Harvard Instructor Carmine Gallo. His article goes on to explain the evolution and neuroscience associated […]