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Recognizing and Compensating for BLIND SPOTS

The French refer to a blind spot as angle mort which literally means dead angle. Very apt indeed.  There are at least 4 different types of blind spots. Are you watching out for and compensating for each type? Read on to be sure you are avoiding these visual and cognitive errors.  Be on the lookout […]

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Tap into Your Talented Outliers!

Are you tapping into your outliers at work? If you don’t know what an outlier is . . . you need to read on. I’ll get you up to speed.  Outliers Defined: Remember the curve-breakers in middle-school? It was those 4 crazy-smart kids who got 99.5%, 97%, 95% and 92% on the Algebra II exam […]

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Work-Life Balance: 4 Tips For Today’s Crazy World

It’s Friday. Are you thinking about your plans for the weekend or the work you’ll be doing over the weekend? Work-life balance is tough to navigate. The demands that beckon us to work more (like the expectation that emails will be responded to before, during, and after working hours and that we will be responsive […]

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Magnify Your Talents, Ignite Your Team

Are you working on a team that recognizes your talents? The collective effort of  a high performing team results in a sum that is greater than its individual parts. Appreciating the talents of each team member and recognizing the critical role each plays in the team’s success are the first steps to becoming a high […]

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When Strengths are Under-Appreciated

I wish I could add two words to this quote. If I could, it would read, “I will no longer extend myself to anyone who doesn’t appreciate me, including myself.” Are you someone who under-appreciates the things you do best? If you are uncertain whether self-appreciation is an issue for you, answer the following two questions. […]

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More Than 11 Million People Know Their Strengths. Do You?

In fact, as of 11 a.m. this morning exactly 11,042,168 people around the world know their strengths. That is approximately the population of all of the residents in Indiana (6.5 million) and Kentucky (4.4 million) combined. Wow! And the movement is just gaining speed. It took 213 days for the most recent 1 million people […]

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How to Invest in Your Employees

It’s funny how some of the simplest questions can be the toughest to answer. I was reading a great New York Times article that reminded me of this fact. It’s worth sharing the authors’ words verbatim. “We (authors Tony Schwartz and Christine Porath) often ask senior leaders a simple question: If your employees feel more […]

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5 Tips to Instill Trust and Foster Engagement

If you think that trust and engagement are “nice to haves” not “need to haves” in today’s competitive marketplace, I have a reading recommendation. It’s an article from Fast Company that was recently published, entitled “4 Strategies of America’s Best Places to Work.”  The article explains that after surveying 257 companies, the truly great companies were found […]

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