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Six ways to tell if your performance is being stymied by clutter

Is your office super streamlined, without a paper or knickknack in sight? Are your files – what few you keep – neatly organized, out of sight, and easily accessible? Do you know immediately where to find what you need to keep your projects on track, whether it’s the notes from last week’s staff meeting or […]

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Why we really don’t listen very well

Leaders, you know how important listening is.  And you probably know some distinctions around “active listening.”  But if you are like many leaders, you still don’t listen very well. March is International Listening Awareness Month.  One key to better listening awareness is understanding the barriers to listening and working to overcome those barriers. The are […]

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Seven benefits of better listening

Listening is one of the most effective tools that a leader has in his arsenal. With relatively little effort, a leader who is a good listener can net high yield results. Think about it. When you listen, you don’t have to DO much of anything. Yes, you may ask some curiosity questions or clarifying questions, […]

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Not getting anything done? Are you focused on Progress or Maintenance?

A client recently told me that the most important distinction I had shared with her was my notion of “Progress versus Maintenance.”  The concept is simple and it is one that I started working on very early in my career and adult life when I noticed how easy it was to get bogged down with […]

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Seven things you can do to achieve your intentions

Now that we are more than a month into the New Year, I have to ask:  How many of you made New Year’s resolutions?  I don’t know the statistics but anecdotal evidence would suggest that very few people bother to make these annual pledges to themselves any more.  It seems that a lot of people […]

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