When fully understanding the problem is a “bad thing”.
Raleigh has many lovely parks and lakes in the area. One such lovely and convenient lake is Shelly Lake at […]
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best-practices
Interrupting is a two way street.
Everyone has complained about being interrupted. People have interrupted our conversations, our tasks, even physically (i.e. being cut in line, in traffic, beepers, texting, instance messaging).
On the other hand, everyone has interrupted. Everyone does it. Find out why, and how to manage around it.
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“Just say ‘No’” isn’t as simple as it seems.
Undoubted you’ve heard the advice “Just Say No” to things when you’re feeling overwhelmed. In actuality, saying “no” to life and its opportunities is a resistive, defensive and negative attitude producing additional stress. This stress management presentation shares fun, practical and life-changing tips on ways to say “YES” to things — on your own terms.
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Effective Meeting Management: Tips to use at any meeting
In a previous blog (“Effective meeting management skills are not only for the board room”), I shared a story illustrating
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Effective meeting management skills are not only for the board room
Effective meeting management skills are not just for the board room. Everyone could benefit from these useful tips. Check out
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Use the Parking Lot Method for easy flowing conversations and meetings.
Have you ever been in a meeting or conversation in which the conversation starts to stray off course? Have you
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Find ways to have your cake and eat it too.
In this discussion, I cover some quick tips for Work/Life Balance. One of the tricks to a positive Work/Life Balance
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Setting expectations: A positive defense against moochers
Today’s economy is certainly making most people anxious. In these desperate times, the positive frugal, thrifty and cautious nature can be taken a tad too far. Without knowing, this singular cost-conscious attention morphs turns to mooching or taking advantage of friends and family. Use this tips to avoid being either the moocher or the enabler.
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Making excuses for yourself and others is a self-fulfilling prophecy.
In this discussion, I covered some quick tips to keep us moving forward. The adage “you get what you expect”
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90%?
“Project management? That’s just a lot of useless overhead!” I remember hearing variations of this a lot years ago.
Traditional versus Agile — false war?
On this theme of Conventional Wisdom…. Not too long ago I was hearing lots of things about Agile. Most of
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