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A New Year, A New Approach

This week I've been asking myself "What will I do differently in the coming year?" While I’m driven to achieve my professional goals, usually with the support of a coach, sometimes my personal goals a...
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Who’s Going to Tell You When You’re Heading for a Cliff?

In his reality show, The Rebel Billionaire: Branson’s Quest for the Best, Richard Branson challenged contestants to demonstrate their leadership skills while performing daring feats as a team.
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Why Recognition Should Be a Daily Habit

Do you like double dipping as much as I do? I know, you’re thinking of George Costanza on Seinfeld with his hand in the dip, aren’t you?
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How YOU Can Go From Good to Great

I am constantly thinking of ways to make improvements, always searching for the next scoop. Strategies to improve decision-making.
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Hungry for a Super-Productive Day?

For most of my career, I operated on auto-pilot, managing technology organizations. Always balancing daily operations with longer-term projects. Constant interruptions. Marathon meetings sucking up pr...
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Feeling Like Everything's #1 Priority?

You're in crunch more right now. Trying to get SO much done before the end of the year. How will you decide on your top priorities? Whoever screams the loudest? Yeah, I've heard those screams...
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Be Seen as an Influential Leader

Do you ever have someone approach you in the office with a long explanation of a problem or situation they want your help on - and it's clear they haven't thought it through? And they attempt to ad...
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How to Influence People Who Don't Report to You

Ever wonder how to engage and motivate people to deliver on a project, even though they don't report to you? This is a challenge we all share -- regardless of job title, level or status! I remem...
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Super Charge Your Energy & Productivity

You may have ambitious goals for what you'd like to accomplish this year. Or, maybe you simply want to feel satisfied that you're getting the right stuff done every day. Either way, there are only ...
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Create Your Own Blueprint

Are you wondering if you should stay in your current role -- or start looking for a new one? Are you thinking, "There must be something better out there for me. I want to be more excited about what...
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How to Evaluate that Crap Assignment

I attended a women in technology conference recently -- and I'm still thinking about a piece of advice I heard come from the stage. One of the moderators suggested, along with one of the panelists, th...
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Understanding Your Strengths and How To Apply Them

How many times have you dreaded being asked on an interview, "What are your strengths?" and "What are your weaknesses?" You may have replied, "I'm a team player, results-oriented, collaborative and...
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How to Manage Your "To-Do List" To Fuel Your Productivity

Every time you look at your "to-do" list is it causing you to feel stressed out? Are you overwhelmed trying to decide what to work on next? If that's the case, I want to share a few steps to hel...
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Strategies for Achieving Your Goals

How satisfied are you with the progress you're making on your goals? Do you wish you had more hours in the day -- so you could FINALLY make progress on them? If you're ready to try a new approac...