Be SMART About Creating and Achieving Your Goals

October 29, 2015 | Comments Off on Be SMART About Creating and Achieving Your Goals

In an effort to help you GROW, last week I challenged you to ask yourself some specific questions and to answer those questions honestly.  Your next step is to take those answers and create short and long term goals for yourself.    To do this, you will want to use the SMART system. SMART is an…

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Planning for Growth

October 22, 2015 | Comments Off on Planning for Growth

This week we continue the focus on our motto, LEARN, GROW, ACHIEVE and PROSPER, by focusing on the second word – GROW.  As a reminder, the definition of GROW is to become better or improved in some way, or to become more developed and mature. “Growth is the great separator between those who succeed and…

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It’s Ok to Pat Yourself on the Back

October 20, 2015 | Comments Off on It’s Ok to Pat Yourself on the Back

Somewhere over time, society has taught us that we should be humble and quietly go about our business. Again and again, the message is reinforced that we should never “toot our own horn”. This lesson is often doubly reinforced to women. I have to break the mold and say that there’s a real problem with this…

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Learning by Effectively Listening

October 15, 2015 | Comments Off on Learning by Effectively Listening

With organizations and individuals so fervently focused on the bottom line, it’s easy to ignore the softer skills, such as listening well.  “All that touchy-feeling stuff is a waste of my time,” you might say or think.  On the contrary!   A focus on listening can lead to more effective teamwork, higher productivity, fewer conflicts and…

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Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.

October 8, 2015 | Comments Off on Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.

Now is a great time to review your goals and plans to finish out 2015 strong.  What are you doing now to plan for 2016 to help you LEARN, GROW, ACHIEVE and PROSPER? This month, the focus of my note will be on one part of our motto – LEARN.  Remember, to LEARN is to…

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