This podcast interview with Dr. Nido Qubein was conducted by Misti Burmeister and was first published on mistiburmeister.com. Beyond being one of the most articulate communicators on the planet, Dr. Nido Qubein is a humble leader, with a waiting line…
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Reaching Success and Significance: An Interview with Dr. Nido Qubein
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Why Humble Leaders Inspire Loyal Teams
Dr. Tasha Eurich
Posted in Dr. Tasha Eurich, Employee Engagement, Human Resources, Inspiration, Leadership/Management, Uncategorized
Last week, my mom told me a gem of a story. She was 23 and had just started her first year as a high school English teacher. One day, she got out the record player as part of a lesson,…
4 Ways to Make Yourself Immune to Secondhand Stress
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Posted in Attitude, Communication, Connecting, Health & Wellness, Michelle Gielan, Shawn Achor, Stress Management/Life Balance, Uncategorized
Make Yourself Immune to Secondhand Stress by Shawn Achor and Michelle Gielan was first published on Harvard Business Review. Over the past decade, we have learned how our brains are hardwired for emotional contagion. Emotions spread via a wireless network…
How to Bring Out the Best of Your Management Style
Dr. Tony Alessandra
Posted in Communication, Dr. Tony Alessandra, Leadership/Management, Peak Performance, Uncategorized
If you’re a manager, you should be very aware of your management style and how it can affect others. Being conscious of the extremes of your behavioral type will allow you to work more effectively with your direct reports, and…
Data Obesity: When Big Data Gets Too Fat
This article by Corey White was first published on the blog of Future Point of View, Scott Klososky’s consulting firm. Football coaches naturally seek big offensive linemen to protect their valuable quarterbacks and running backs – the bigger the better. A…
7 Ways to Add Value in Your Next Meeting
Sally Hogshead
Posted in Communication, How to Fascinate, Peak Performance, Sally Hogshead, Uncategorized
Imagine this. You’re in a BIG meeting at work. You speak up to make a point. You clear your voice, and all eyes turn to you. Suddenly you realize… …everyone is fascinated. They’re listening to you, impressed by you, and…
Why Leaders Must Broadcast Happiness
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Posted in Communication, Leadership/Management, Michelle Gielan, Peak Performance, Uncategorized
Why Leaders Must Broadcast Happiness by Dr. Michael Wood was first published on FOXBusiness. As our work and personal lives continue to blend together so too has our understanding of happiness. Creating a happier life isn’t just about reading self-help books…
Tagged with: broadcasting happiness, business success, managing teams, MIchelle Gielan, positive mindset
4 Ways to Deliver Consistency to Your Customers
Customers want a consistent service experience. It seems like that would be easy to deliver yet it is not the norm. Since it is not the norm, consistency becomes a differentiator. Check how well you deliver consistency with these strategies.…
Nido Qubein: Believe you can be extraordinary
I left my home some 7,000 miles away with little money in my pocket. I was eager – and just 17. My father had died when I was 6, and I came to America for college with the words of…
Don’t Let Fear Stop You!
Rowdy McLean
Posted in Leadership/Management, Motivation, Peak Performance, Rowdy McLean, Uncategorized
I get to work with a lot of executive management groups across the globe; helping them develop strategies to play a bigger game, achieve more, be more, do more and have more. I find the dynamics and interactions of these…
Add More Positivity to Your Day: 3 Simple Tips
Michelle Gielan, national CBS News anchor turned positive psychology researcher, is the bestselling author of Broadcasting Happiness: The Science of Igniting and Sustaining Positive Change. Based on new research from the field of positive psychology, she shares case studies of real…
Why You Should Listen to Your Gut for Business Success
Recently, a smart, savvy executive approached me for some advice. She’d started a new job and was struggling with one of her inherited employees. The employee had worked for the company for ages, and the only thing worse than his…
Tagged with: business success, decision making, gut instincts, intuition, listen to your gut, tasha eurich
Is happiness the secret of success?
Scientifically, can happiness be an advantage? Some people think if you are happy, you are blind to reality. But when we research it, happiness actually raises every single business and educational outcome for the brain. How did we miss this?…
How to Tailor Customer Service Based on Personality Type
Dr. Tony Alessandra
Posted in Communication, Customer Loyalty, Customer Service, Dr. Tony Alessandra, Uncategorized
Everywhere you turn, you hear about the importance of customer satisfaction. From the bank to the phone company to the video store, every business seems to proclaim “The Customer Is King,” that “People Are Our Business,” and that “Your Satisfaction…
What high-performing teams do differently
Sally Hogshead
Posted in Communication, How to Fascinate, Leadership/Management, Sally Hogshead, Teamwork
Why do some teams get extraordinary results, while others struggle just to finish mundane tasks? Why do certain teams glide to victory, while others can’t even cross the finish line? What’s the difference? Here you go: 50% of the difference…
6 Easy Ways to Create a More Positive Workplace
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Posted in Attitude, Communication, Michelle Gielan, Peak Performance, Positivity, Uncategorized
This article by Locke Hughes was originally published on Greatist. Ask us how we’re doing at the end of a long, stressful workday, and chances are you’ll hear, “I’ve been better” or some equally snippy response. Although it may be unintentional,…
How To Pick a Technology Vendor: Top 6 Questions to Ask
This article by Mike Pierce was originally published on the blog for Future Point of View, Scott Klososky’s consulting firm. Choosing the right technology vendor partner has become a critical skill for business leaders to master. When companies decide to…
Create a Customer Experience that Builds Loyalty
Lisa Ford
Posted in Customer Loyalty, Customer Service, Leadership/Management, Lisa Ford, Uncategorized
In the best of all worlds, happy customers mean loyal customers. Loyal customers talk, create buzz and can be an advocate that leads to more customers. Customers want an exceptional experience and will quickly switch to another company to get…
The Advantage of Fascination: Interview with Sally Hogshead
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Posted in Branding, Communication, How to Fascinate, Peak Performance, Sally Hogshead, Uncategorized
This interview with Sally Hogshead was first published on storyboardmagazine.com. World-class branding expert and best-selling author Sally Hogshead believes the greatest value you can add is to become more of yourself. She identified seven forms of communication, detailed in her book,…
The First Rule of Business
Rowdy McLean
Posted in Customer Loyalty, Customer Service, Leadership/Management, Peak Performance, Rowdy McLean, Uncategorized
I read so many articles and hear so many conversations, presentations and podcasts about the next big thing! How we need to be early adopters of the next trend or technology. How our customers want or demand that we have…