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The Magical Way to Succeed – No Kidding
0 comentsLast week I wrote about my roadside chat. And I’ve heard from many of you who had a similar experience, usually a moment that turned your frustration, unhappiness, or despair into a new beginning. It seems that many people can relate to my example of feeling like a failure at some point in their lives. The main reason for my own failure way back then was my timidity, and inertia. I ...
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The Big Change
0 comentsBecause of the Internet, everyone has easier access to markets – and that means you – and your competitors as well. The companies that haven’t had to sell – and who think of “selling” as a dirty word – have to change. For example, professional firms that have technically-oriented, left-brained thinkers are now required to be comfortable in a ...
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How to Achieve and Succeed
0 comentsSeveral years ago, I created and presented a workshop that covered a combination of thoughts and practices. The short course contained ideas and actions I’d discovered and collected over years of studying the all-important subject of “how to succeed and achieve”. Of course, I first applied the actions, testing them myself. And then a CEO client of mine asked me for my ...
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How Not to Be Left Behind
0 comentsHave you noticed that How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie has been showing up on top ten lists all over the world? What’s going on? Why is that? The book is a 77-year-old classic that was selected back in 2000 as the top business book of the twentieth century. I just read another review recently in the Toronto Star, Canada’s largest paper, where the reviewer also ...
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Unique Opportunities and Trends
0 comentsThere are some unique opportunities and new trends that high-performing companies are addressing in their efforts to compete, engage, and retain their best people. A) It seems that every high-performing company is creating a culture that embraces and drives change so that their business can be talent-ready and have the capacity to hit stretch goals. B) Organizations realize that they will ...
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How Leaders Get Better – Part Two
0 comentsHow do you attract, build, and retain leaders so that you can compete successfully in the marketplace? How do you invigorate your leadership training and development initiatives? These were a couple of key questions our worldwide organization asked human resource professionals and managers recently, as part of our research project. The following is a small taste of what we ...
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Why No Action?
0 comentsImproving a business sometimes feels like an impossible task. Why don’t some groups take the actions necessary that will improve the business? I remember working with a team that was trying to increase their revenues and it became clear that the management and individuals involved had designed the business to fit their personal lives. No matter how I tried to get them to understand ...
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5 Strategies to Build Stronger Relationships With Your Clients
0 comentsIt’s no secret that in any type of business, the relationships you form with your clients are crucial for long-term success. Just like with personal relationships, a business relationship must be nurtured and respected in order to develop and grow. By following some proven strategies, you can build stronger relationships with your clients that will help your business grow by leaps and ...
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How to Set Attainable Personal Goals
0 comentsSetting goals is an important part of anyone’s personal development system. Without goals, how are you supposed to map your progress? One big problem that a lot of people make when setting goals is that the goals are not attainable. That is, the goals are set so high that there is really no way they will be reached. And actually reaching your goals is also an important step in any ...
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How a Performance Consultant Can Improve Your Employees
0 comentsA performance consultant is someone who works with clients or businesses to improve and optimize performance in the workplace to help support overall business goals. The client will bring the consultant up to speed on any performance-based issues, and then the consultant takes in the information, analyzes and recommends solutions. The solution or intervention must be linked to the business ...
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Communication is more than a fleeting thought at Wheels, Inc.
0 comentsLouise Clune knows that not everyone is a natural when it comes to delivering presentations. But with encouragement and good coaching, Louise believes we can all learn to communicate with more confidence, and that translates into clearer and more effective presentations. Louise credits Dale Carnegie’s® High Impact Presentations Workshop with providing the tools and coaching that have enabled ...
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Investing in the future
0 comentsStaff training and development is the organization’s mantra at Valentino’s Grande Salon Valentino’s Grande Salon is a pre-eminent business in Durham Region and one of the most successful salons in the country, positioned in the top 1 per cent of Canadian salons. Since its inception, Valentino’s has been dedicated to training its staff in the newest, trend-setting techniques and products ...
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