Want to know how to build your resilience during challenging times? Well the clue is in the question I just asked. To build resilience Ask better questions. In the previous 2 articles we saw how simply being grateful for the...
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We’re 2 hours into running our guts out at our nightly basketball practice; fast breaks, full court press, and running endless sets of lines. Suddenly the coach yells ‘STOP!’ As he berated the unlucky player who missed a lay up,...
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We’ve all been there. You’re in a meeting to come up with a solution to a stubborn challenge when someone suggests an idea that just might work! A a sense of hope begins to rise when someone says “That’ll never...
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It’s that time of year when leaders are getting ready for the new year, and the Performance Planning Cycle, and setting new goals. For some, it’s about as inspiring as mowing a lawn that’s been ravaged by crows looking for chafer beetles (you have...
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4 practical steps that will improve employee performance and maybe your love life too. Have you ever found yourself wondering why an employee is not performing a certain task consistently? Or you’ve been in a relationship where you found yourself pining...
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It seems that over the past 20 years, positive feedback has fallen from grace. Whether we call it constructive feedback, or Kudos it can be seen as ‘touchy feely’ or even placating. Maybe we’ve received feedback ourselves that just didn’t land right or felt...
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When I work with senior leadership teams I’ll often hear; ‘We need to hold people more accountable around here…’ Behind these declarations are good intentions. We want people to deliver on their commitments and to do so without us having to...
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