“Super Soul Sunday – Oprah & Shawn Achor: The Secret of Happy People” Super Soul Sunday Episode Summaries Part 1: Aired Sunday, May 25 at 11 a.m. ET/PT on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network Oprah sits down with Shawn Achor, a Harvard-trained researcher and the New…
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Dead Leaders Walking
At some level, I am tired of talking about leadership, and am sure many leaders are sick of reading about it. This is an extremely over-talked about subject. I retired from doing speeches about leadership in general some years ago…
Meaningful Work: Not Just for Millennials
Dr. Tasha Eurich
Posted in Dr. Tasha Eurich, Generational Differences, Leadership/Management, Stress Management/Life Balance
Americans spend at least half of our waking hours at work. Given the role work plays in our lives, most people strive for a sense of purpose and meaning in what we do. What precisely constitutes meaning can be different…
How to Handle Price Objections
When you get price objections, consider these suggestions: 1. Clarify what the prospect means when she says your price is too high. • She may mean she can’t afford the price, although the product is worth what you’re asking. Strategy: a)…
A Happiness Campaign To Live Better – featuring Shawn Achor
The quest for happiness is one of humanity’s oldest pursuits. Many believe if you work hard to be successful, then you’ll be happy. Shawn Achor, Harvard researcher, speaker, and best-selling author of The Happiness Advantage and Before Happiness, says research…
How to Make a Brilliant First Impression at a Conference
What kind of impression do you make? Do people remember you, and want to connect with you? Or will your business card become just a piece of clutter? Your influence as a professional will be measured according to your ability…
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Working Fewer Hours Can Make You More Productive – Interview with Dr. Tasha Eurich
Dr. Tasha Eurich, speaker, executive coach, and author of the New York Times bestseller Bankable Leadership: Happy People, Bottom Line Results and the Power to Deliver Both was a recent guest on KUSA 9News. Tasha says it’s possible to build downtime…
Do a Reality Check on Your Customer Experience
It is easy to think your service efforts are exceptional. Often the reality does not match your opinion. An often quoted piece of research from Bain and Co. tells us how executives tend to misread their performance. When surveying 362…
How to Work Towards Your Goals
Goals are the most important tools you need to accomplish anything, and there are certain steps you can take to complete your goals after you’ve made them. There are certain areas you need to consider while you work towards your…
The Power No
One afternoon in Los Angeles I took my mom out to lunch. We had decided to try a cute little café in Santa Monica that is well known for healthy food. Both of us were trying to get more exercise…
10 Ways to Increase Sales Confidence
When you feel uncertain or unsure of yourself you are unlikely to compel anyone else to buy or to accept your advice. The “killer app” in sales and leadership is Confidence. We are drawn to confident people and put off…
When a Vacation Reduces Stress–And When it Doesn’t
I thought it was simple: Vacations are fun, Americans are stressed, and happiness raises productivity and sales. Therefore, people should take more vacations, right? But research doesn’t hold that line of thinking up. Not every vacation is equal. According to a 2013…
7 Ways to Solve a Conflict with Your Team
You’ve probably experienced that tense moment when conflict arises… when furious glances dart across the conference table, or screaming matches erupt in the hallway. (Awkward!) Yet, conflict can be a healthy part of team communication. Conflict can spark creativity. It…
Be Realistic: There Is No Limit to What You Can Do
Have you ever thought about what you could do, if you really decided to? I’m not merely talking about what your skills, education and talents are capable of. I’m talking about what is really possible for you. There is a…
If You Were a Horrible Boss, Would You Even Know It?
“Is your boss a slave-driving psycho?” This is what a poster for the 2011 movie Horrible Bosses asks. As the movie’s box-office popularity attests, most of us have worked for a horrible boss at some point. In a brilliant piece on the…
6 Ways to Press Mute on Brain Noise
In today’s world of smartphones and 24-hour news channels, we’ve become addicted to information. I found myself filling all my micro-moments each day with stuff that blocked me from forward progress. Brain “noise” is any information that is irrelevant, useless,…
The Difference Between a Management Company and Speakers Bureau
This question comes up often and, as someone who has worked at both a management company and speakers bureau, I thought I’d do my best to try and answer it. I don’t blame people for being confused – our daily…
Keys to Effective Feedback
Effective communication between two people is not easy. You really have to practice to make it work. Through the effective use of feedback skills, you can create a good communications climate. The following general guidelines will help you use your…
How to Make a Valuable First Impression
Have you ever experienced love at first sight? You were enamored. You were captivated. You hung on every word, and everything about him or her was wonderful. Everyone who came before and anyone to come after was irrelevant. The only…
Executive Digital Denial – from Scott Klososky’s Technology Story
Scott Klososky
Posted in Leadership/Management, Scott Klososky, Social Technology/Social Media, Technology, Uncategorized
The following article is a guest post from Vaughn Rachal of Future Point of View. It originally appeared on Scott Klososky’s blog Technology Story. There’s no denying that technology is perpetually accelerating in both performance and function! The changes we’ve…