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During an economic downturn, it is easy to get caught up in the entire negative media and get lazy about our work. I know many of you have asked “why should I care about a positive mindset, going the extra mile or looking my best at work when business is slow?” That is exactly when [...]
People sometimes believe that image consulting is only about visual appearance but that’s not true. Your image encompasses your whole persona and includes how you dress, behave, and speak. Recently I have gotten lots of calls from corporations that have just promoted someone who is extremely talented – but who lacks the soft skills needed [...]
If you want to seize the day and capitalize on your window of opportunity to move up in your career you have to be fully prepared to jump at the chance. Opportunity doesn’t linger; it knocks and then moves along to the next person’s door. These are scary times. People all around you are being [...]
Here is a profound idea to ponder at the start of your year: We fear being wildly successful more than we fear failure. For the vast majority of people – including talented and ambitious leaders – the greatest obstacle is not their fear of failure. They aren’t scared to fail because they have gotten so [...]
You work hard to make team contributions and respect your teammates. But your peer has a “me first” mindset. They steal your thunder, but don’t shoulder their own share of the workload. Even when you try to approach them to talk about it they just retreat into their shell – in complete denial! So what [...]
In today’s rapidly changing and highly competitive business environment it is more crucial than ever to concentrate on building high quality sustainable relationships. Unfortunately many leaders forget to leverage the KLT Factor when communicating face-to-face to build that vital rapport. But when people know, like, and trust you it strengthens your personal brand and accelerates [...]
Everyone knows the importance of competitive corporate branding strategies to market to a targeted group of people with unique offerings of specific goods or services. But what is often forgotten is that professionals each have their own personal brands, whether they know it or not. It doesn’t matter if you are a top-level executive, an [...]
High performance leaders are high achievers. You demand more from yourself and have a natural tendency to push yourself into overtime. You keep going, even when your energy reserves are tapped-out. That’s fantastic, and it’s a great asset which will make you more competitive. But overdo it and it will undermine you. Lack of energy [...]
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