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The Key to Good Teamwork Is…

Drumroll please… While many factors come into play in creating and maintaining a solid and healthy working team, the bottom line comes down to such a simple thing: kindness. Yes, it’s true, according to the mother of all team creators, Google. Wanting to find out what makes the quintessential team, a … well, a team…

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LOL: Why Humor Is Good for Teams and Business

There’s no contradicting the fact that a little laughter can lighten any situation. We’ve all been in one of those situations: a tense disagreement between team members or a stressful day with a deadline looming. How these times get handled is very important to the overall well-being of a team. One way to handle them…

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What to Do (or Not Do) on a Team

That old chestnut that there is no ‘I’ in ‘team’ is tired but true and those team members who forget it are likely to struggle. Working in a team isn’t necessarily easy. It takes effort and requires contributions from every member in order to be effective. There are, however, some specific things you can do…

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Five Steps to Building the Most Effective Team Ever

As any good leader knows, from the manager of the local big box store to the President of the United States, a good leader is only as good as his or her team.   Whether you are leading a group of scientists in new discovery or a staff of twenty in the first grueling days…

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3 Ways Gratitude Enhances Leadership

The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more you will have to express gratitude for.—Bill Gates As we enter the fall season, we begin to think of fall holidays, like Thanksgiving. But gratitude is not relegated to once a year on the 4th Thursday. Gratitude enhances leadership when practiced regularly and results…

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Four Reasons Knowing Your Worth is Vital for a Leader

If you consider the employers you have worked for in your past, you could probably divide them into two groups: those who knew their worth and those who didn’t. If you think about it in those terms, it will become obvious that the better managers knew their worth. This intrinsic knowledge is a vital asset…

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Physical Fitness is Vital to Leadership

Does physical fitness have any bearing on leadership abilities? The phrase “fit to lead” dates back to the early 1800’s. A leader needed to be spiritually, mentally and physically fit enough to lead a community. The same could be said today especially physically. Leadership is a taxing position that requires a certain amount of endurance,…

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6 Reasons Leaders Must Develop Patience

“I wanted it yesterday.” This is a fair statement if the deadline has actually passed. But demanding constant speed when there is no real urgency can wear down an employee. Great leaders know that having excellent skills in patience will create the best kind of team. Why? Patience Shows Respect Focused listening to an employee…

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Five Ways to Recharge Your Body and Soul

It’s a common scene. You are driving home and you glance down at your phone. Only 1% power left. But you needed to make that one business call before ending your day. You are forced to wait until you get home and plug in the phone charger. Your body and soul are very much like…

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Can Change Management Help My Company?

You’ve heard the buzz word before. Change management. According to Prosci Solutions, change management is defined as “the discipline that guides how we prepare, equip and support individuals to successfully adopt change in order to drive organizational success and outcomes.” For the past few decades, individuals have researched this relatively new skill set. Associations have…

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