Archive for the ‘Thought Leadership’ Category
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7 Steps to Self-Belief
Thursday, July 8th, 2010
How to develop powerful tools to get your mind on your side
The crowd waits. Surely he’s going to die. How can he survive a dive from such a massive height into a tiny pool of water? But he can fly! – Only he doesn’t yet believe it. He’s been shunned all his life as a [...] -
Trust & Betrayal in the Workplace
Thursday, July 1st, 2010
We are inclined to trust people who…
■Are self-aware.
■Take responsibility for their role in the relationship.
■Demonstrate that they consider the best interests of others rather than just themselves.
■Do what they say they will do.
■Practice the values they tell us are important to them.
■Are willing to recognize and consider both sides of the story.
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Employees - Treat Them the Way They Expect to be Treated
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010
When you have to deal with one of your team who’s complaining to you, rather than allowing your negative programmes to take over, get your thinking part in gear and try to see the situation the way they see it. You don’t necessarily have to agree with them but perhaps you can empathise with their [...]
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10 Ways to Change the Way You Think
Friday, June 25th, 2010
I have urged so many of my clients in this past year to change the way they think so they can attract love or money or that new car into their lives, that I decided to publish some tips on how to change our mind-sets, our approach and attitude. Here are 10 ways to shift [...]
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Change The Way You Lead
Monday, June 21st, 2010
Lead generation is a fairly core activity to marketing. Sales people need leads to close sales. You might not always look at it in those baseline terms, but that’s the general process, right? Find people who want that thing you’re selling, be that Jesus or real estate, higher education or luchador masks.
You build someone’s interest, [...] -
10 Ways to Grow Your Business
Friday, June 11th, 2010
Looking to take your business to the next level? Then check out these 10 practical ways to expand your business.
When you first started your business, you probably did a lot of research. You may have sought help from advisors; you may have gotten information from books, magazines and other readily available sources. You invested a [...] -
Good to global: Committing to a global mindset
Thursday, May 13th, 2010
Making the leap from local player to a global firm often takes the better part of a decade. Owners and executives take the first step by committing to a global mindset. Many executives still view the world from the vantage point of their corporate headquarters. This mindset resembles the route maps found the in-flight magazine [...]
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Seven Tips to be More Productive While Working at Home
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
Everybody who dreams of working from home know the facilities they can benefit from while working at home. Some of them are – comfort of working in safe homely environment, flexible work hours, no office politics, no monitoring. But what they don’t know is that the comfort they are enjoying can also negatively affect their [...]
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The Difference between an entrepreneur and a businessman
Monday, March 15th, 2010
There are several definitions to describe entrepreneurs, but in general the term is used by almost every Tom, Dick, and Harry. The Oxford Dictionary simply states that an entrepreneur is “a person who sets up a business and businesses.“ That is basically why most people call Richard Branson the proto-entrepreneur; the man personifies “the risk-taking [...]
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25 Common Characteristics of Successful Entrepreneurs
Friday, March 12th, 2010
Do you have what it takes to get through the recession? Here are the traits that get home based business owners through the hard times.
Regardless of your definition of success, there are, oddly enough, a great number of common characteristics that are shared by successful businesspeople. You can place a check beside each characteristic that [...]