The decision tree is a useful method of delegation and development of your team. It is a tool discussed in “Fierce Conversations” by Susan Scott that I have used successfully throughout my career and with many teams. Here is the basic philosophy: Think of your project and your company as a green and growing tree [...]
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My Biggest Timesaver
I would like to tell you about the biggest time saver I have ever found. If you are like me and always looking for ways to get more done in less time, I have a tip for you. For months I felt frantic every day with the long list of things that I felt needed [...]
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read moreChanging companies minds about women
Article from McKinsey Quarterly, September 2011 Despite significant corporate commitment to the advancement of women’s careers, progress appears to have stalled. The percentage of women on boards and senior-executive teams remains stuck at around 15 percent in many countries, and just 3 percent of Fortune 500 CEOs are women. The last generation of workplace innovations—policies [...]
read moreTimes they are a Changin’
As the Bob Dylan song says, “times they are a changin’”. Some changes are exciting and fun. Others are frightening and produce overwhelming anxiety. The reaction depends on the person and their situation in life. I will never forget watching my daughter drive away from our house for the first time. My stomach was in [...]
read more“Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office 101”
Author: Lois Frankel Ms. Frankel details distinctive behaviors that women learn in girlhood that sabotage them as adults. In the book she describes how to eliminate them and offers tips for incorporating different behaviors in your social and business skills. Each chapter is a category of behavior including how we think, sound look, brand ourselves, [...]
read moreMotivation Magic
You can motivate and reward people with whom you work and live for no cost and very little effort. I bet you are already doing several or all of these things and don’t even know how motivating they are to others. When I was a corporate employee I sent a card every year to half [...]
read moreEight Tips for Vacation Bliss
Do you spend the first few days of your vacation trying to shed stress and worries from work? Here are eight tips to quickly relax and make the most of your precious vacation days. Vacations are a time to rejuvenate and re-energize. Many companies require vacations to be taken within a certain time period or [...]
read moreBe All That You Can Be!
You don’t have to join the U.S. Army to be all that you can be. This weekend I watched The Princess Diaries movie again. This time I was uplifted and entertained in high definition due to our Christmas purchase of a new television. The line that really stood out for me this viewing came as [...]
read moreDe-stress Your Life
Your in-box has 200 or 1,000 messages in it. Information continues to enter your life in a seemingly constant and endless flow. News blasts at you from everywhere, the bank lobby, the gas station pump, and your car radio. Every business wants you to visit them on FaceBook and Twitter.
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