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Connect, Grow, and Transform: Get Your Team Out of the Box

  Working from home can be a grind. For many teams who are accustomed to working alongside one another, this unprecedented time of working from home due to COVID-19 has come with a high price tag. The price has been felt in a variety of ways: increased stress, increased loneliness, decreased engagement at work, and […]

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Harnessing Your Strengths – Best Practices

Sometimes it’s nice to get a quick reminder of the way we can, and should, direct our attention to our strengths. Below are 9 strengths-based best practices that can help you to grow your business, develop your team, or even improve your life satisfaction. Don’t focus on your weaknesses. It’s ok to be aware of […]

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Are you a diamond in the rough?

Isn’t it remarkable that all diamonds start as coal? In their early days, diamonds are a far cry from the gleaming and glittery precious stones that we know them to be. The diamond’s backstory is seductive: who doesn’t want to be plucked from obscurity only to be cut and shaped to reveal our remarkable beauty […]

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Wisdom comes to those who appreciate the unique qualities found in self and others.

Do you know what makes you unique? If “no” is your answer, this issue can be quickly fixed. Take the Clifton StrengthsFinder assessment and find out. The chances that anyone else will have your results is one in 33 million. Your unique qualities make you special and powerful beyond your wildest dreams. Your strengths can […]

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Getting Unstuck

I just released my book Unstuck at Last: Using Your Strengths to Get What You Want on Amazon. It is the first book I have ever written, but I hope it’s not the last. The entire process has been surprisingly rewarding, even fun! I wrote the book to share my own story of feeling stuck and how discovering my […]

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How to Improve Your Bottom Line

  Is your organization bottom line driven? I’d be very surprised if it was not.  But what does that mean and how is it accomplished? When your company’s CEO or CFO refers to increasing a focus on the bottom line, he or she means that your company needs to grow its net earnings or reduce its costs. It’s […]

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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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