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Legacy, Love & Life Lessons

Legacy. It’s a powerful word we often don’t consider in the living that consumes us. The deadlines, meetings, commitments, responsibilities, decisions and pressure can mask...
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A Modern Perspective on the Generations & Engagement

This week I got to check out the new digs of Modern Survey and catch up with employee engagement guru and company president, Don MacPherson....
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How Many Books Are You Going To Write This Year?

How many books are you going to write this year? How many? That was the question on my mind as I walked into the restaurant....
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Where will you be 5 years from now? {My 5 Year Plan}

I hired a coach a little over two years ago. I wanted her to evaluate my work product and provide feedback. Specifically, I wanted to...
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Commitment Phobia & The Sale

Fear of commitment is a problem.  Especially if you are a sales professional. Too many salespeople present to share information without a focus on securing...
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Growth is a Team Sport

We all need help. Critical insight and expert outsider perspective help to shore up performance gaps and clarify priorities. Constructive criticism and high counsel are...
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How are other people experiencing your brand?

Consider your brand experience.  Your personal brand experience.  How do other people you may care to impact or influence experience your brand? They do a...
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The Eggshell Relationship: What Should I do?

I've commented on the kind of leadership and relationships that when sustained with consistency cultivate a  passion culture.  I've also cautioned against the fragile nature...
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Work is an Emotional Experience

Today's work experience is fueled with emotion. The means in which you provide for your family, the community you live in, the evolution of your...
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Content Marketing: Authentic, Differentiated & Compelling

"Every two days, we create as much information as we did up to 2003."  ~ Eric Schmidt I am talking about since the dawn of...
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Best Friends at Work

SueAnn & Roberta: Continental Airlines Dynamic Duo Meet SueAnn and Roberta. They are a dynamic duo delivering extraordinary service for Continental...
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Accelerate 2011

If you are in a New Year state of mind you may be 'resolutioning' sometime over the next few days.  To support resolution readiness and...
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Ghandi on Vacation

Once Mohandis Ghandi was asked, "You have been working at least 15 hours a day, every day, for almost 50 years.  Don't you think it's...
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Sarcasm

There are people that revel in the sarcastic or "snarky" sense of humor. Whether it be in the context of personal or professional relationships it's...
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Giving the Gift of Happiness in Terminal D

Lily Olson - Pouring Happiness in Terminal D It's Christmas Eve and I am in the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.  Heading...
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