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Read ArticleA Unique Approach To Personal Productivity: Three Strategies For Those With Short Attention Spans
A number of years ago, I realized that my approach to being productive needed to be quite different from what seemed to work for others. I always struggled to feel productive, to focus, to handle...
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Read ArticleIt Takes Courage To Say No — Tips For Mastering This Key Skill
Let’s start by acknowledging this: Saying no can be hard; it’s so much easier to say yes! In fact, saying no can take a great deal of courage in certain situations.
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Read ArticleWhy It’s Important To Always Protect Your A-Players
I’m passionate about developing successful teams, especially entrepreneurial teams, in which everyone is contributing, engaged, productive and profiting. How do you achieve that? What are the...
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Read ArticleWhy “Great Job” Isn’t Always Great Acknowledgment
We all love to be acknowledged, and we’re taught that expressing our appreciation is part of being a caring and effective leader. However, when it comes down to actually showing appreciation, most...
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Read ArticleThe Face Of Leadership — And What Your Team Might Be Reading Into It
Even a strong, skilled leader can send their team into a tailspin of self-doubt — and at worst, fear — just by being unaware of the emotion or lack of it writ large on their face. In the same way,...
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Read ArticleWhy Perfectionism Is The Number One Enemy Of Teamwork
A lot of people consider themselves perfectionists, and they take a perverse pride in holding themselves and others to almost impossibly high standards. If this were a winning strategy, I’d be all...
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Read Article4 Steps To Freedom: When Firing Yourself Is The Smartest Thing To Do
Many entrepreneurs—and even team leaders and team members—fall into a trap that, at Strategic Coach, we call “Rugged Individualism.”
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Read Article3 Teamwork Books To Make You A Better Communicator
Communication is an art form. In both your personal and professional life, it massively impacts your relationships as well as your success levels.
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Read ArticleHow NOT To Make The 7 Biggest Hiring Mistakes And Hire Right
Letting a team member go is hard on everyone involved. Think about the time and expense of the search, the hire, and the training, only to find the person isn’t working out. Then come the agony of...
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Read Article1 Simple Habit To Deepen Your Working Relationships
There are certain underpinnings and values every company operates with that determine the quality of their office culture and the relationships team members share.
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Read Article5 Ways To Show Appreciation And Boost Company Morale
It’s so easy to take our teams for granted—especially when we’re pushing toward big goals and driving for results.
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Read Article3 Productivity Hacks For You And Your Team To Prevent Burnout
Have you experienced burnout or seen it drag down your team? As defined by the Oxford English Dictionary, burnout is a physical or mental collapse caused by overwork or stress.
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Read ArticleHow We Grow Entrepreneurial Team Members
“What’s my growth path?” is a common refrain I hear from team members. It’s also a question most business owners struggle to answer.
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Read ArticleStop Complaining. Start Creating.
A close friend gave me an incredible compliment. He said if he ever wants to complain about something, I’m his last resort. However, if he wants a solution—he’ll turn to me first.
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Read ArticleMeeting Makeover: 5 Productive Meeting Tips For Entrepreneurs
For business leaders, there are numerous conversations that have to happen with different team members to keep things moving, and back-to-back meetings are a daily experience.
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Read ArticlePodcast: Letting Go To Grow
Firing isn’t easy. Sorting out personnel issues can be one of the most difficult parts of growing a business—our empathy and loyalty get in the way. In this episode of The Team Success Podcast,...
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Read ArticleTo Succeed, You Must Be Able To Overcome Procrastination
We’re all procrastinators in one area of our lives or another, and there are valid reasons why we procrastinate—but it gets particularly problematic when it starts to impact teamwork.
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Read ArticleCaution! Feeling Burnt Out At Work?
We’ve all been at the hands of performance-depleting fatigue. It’s mentally and physically exhausting and makes it difficult to deal with even the simplest of situations.
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Read Article7 Characteristics Of An Innovation Manager
Ever had an idea you were extremely passionate about and thought could alter the course of your company?
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Read Article10 Nice Ways To Say No And Still Be A Team Player
Being an overachiever isn’t usually a bad thing unless you’re guilty of constantly over-committing and under-delivering—then it becomes your Achilles’ heel. Far too often, I’ve watched people...
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