Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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10 Steps to Personal and Professional Growth
August 2013 1. Awareness 2. Dissatisfaction 3. Affirmation 4. Responsibility 5. Personalized Goal 6. Demoralization 7. Intention 8. Action 9. Self-Support 10. Sustained Change. An Established Habit First, think of something you can do so well that you can teach another other person how to do it. Second, now think about the stages you went…
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Hiring Employees: The Four Requirements
August 2013 Most people look at previous employment history and skill sets to decide on candidate selection. Although past history and skills can be decent indicators of future work, it is far wiser to look at this process through a different set of lenses. Each job actually calls for four major areas to be…
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Successful Leadership: Seven Actions
August 2013 It’s rare to find anything new in the area of employee-leader relations. Effective leaders know the value of establishing trust, setting rigorous and tangible goals, reflecting on and refining practices and procedures, and keeping communication lines open. Here are seven other important considerations that will take your organization to the next level. Grow…
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How to Set Goals & Achieve Them
August 2013 Business Strategy and Implementation, Improvement, Leadership Development/ Executive Coaching, Mergers: How to Manage & Coach People Through Change, Work Place Articles Many people struggle with achieving goals, not because they aren’t serious, but because they don’t know how and don’t have a map to follow. Whether learning to lead people, run a department or…
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Leadership Requires Strength & Insight
August 2013 Business Success, Corporate Therapy, Leadership Development/ Executive Coaching, Work Place Articles Clarify the Results and Expectations of the Job Most employees deeply want and need an insightful and strong leader. In every intake interview session I have conducted, the data is clear. People deeply desire a leader who communicates with them, involves them,…
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Implementing a Strategic Plan Puts Companies on Path Toward Victory
August 2013 Business Management Consulting, Business Strategy and Implementation, Business Success, Improvement, Project Implementation: How to Create Ownership Whether it’s called a strategic plan for larger organizations or a plan of attack for smaller mom-and-pop businesses, the foundational elements are the same. Having a clear plan on where your business is going and how to…
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Non-Profit’s: How to do More with Less
August 2013 Business Success, Culture Diversity, Improvement, Work Place Articles “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” – Margaret Mead Each year my partners and I decide on a few nonprofit organizations (NPOs) to work with. We are drawn…
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Strategic Planning: How to Chart your Course for Success
August 2013 Charting Your Course For Success Business Strategy and Implementation, Business Success, Improvement, Leadership Development/ Executive Coaching, Mergers: How to Manage Organizational Change, Project Implementation: How to Create Ownership Overview In order for any business to end the year successfully, it must have begun the year properly by establishing achievable goals at the micro…
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Technology is no Substitute for Effective Communication
August 2013 Give Us a Technology Pill to Cure All Our Ills Communication Issues, Leadership Development/ Executive Coaching, Project Implementation: How to Create Ownership, Work Place Articles Overview Technology is no substitute for effective communication, trust and leadership development: Super software will not always cure your organizational ills! Digital systems will not always trim the fat…
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