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May 25 2018

Customers: Knowing is Growing

You may be thinking; “Of course you know your customers or you wouldn’t be in business.” Now, if your business is consistently growing, you could be right. If growth isn’t happening, let me share some advice. Many businesses assume they know customers and no longer take time to learn from or study them. In the […]

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Apr 13 2018

Stress and Success: A Conflict Primer

Prior to acting on a conflict, understand the basics of conflict and stress. Here are three pre-requisites to approaching conflict and why good facilitation of conflict matters.

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Mar 23 2018

Better meetings ahead

Well-planned and well-facilitated meetings give energy and clarity. My most successful meetings have been where I’ve spent nearly as much time in planning as in the meeting itself. Positive meeting outcomes are achieved because of preparation and maintaining meeting tempo.

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Mar 15 2018

Carrots: Good for Your Eyes; Not Your Employee Motivation

Do you ever ask yourself, “Why can’t I get my staff to [fill in the blank]? I used to be able to get them to do things fairly easily but now it’s so exhausting.” Consider that you might be practicing the “carrot and stick” method of motivation and influence.

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