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Coaching Others: Short Term Pain for Long Term Gain

Persuasive Powerhouse

Let’s call using coaching skills “short term pain for long term gain”. The great news is that if you are dedicated to it, and spend the time it takes there are some wonderful long term benefits for you and your employees. Like a lot of things in life and in leadership, coaching others well isn’t easy and it isn’t quick.

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The Magical Career Fairy Will Help You

Persuasive Powerhouse

Because you are doing such great work, she’ll soon tap you with her enchanted wand and sprinkle you with sparkly fairy dust and you’ll get that key project, significant promotion, raise, bonus or new career that you’ve been waiting for. She doesn’t exist, and career rewards for your great work don’t just appear.

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The Five Reasons We Give Up

Marshall Goldsmith

Yet many of the roadblocks that prevent us from getting to the gym often are the same ones that thwart us in achieving any goal.Five of the most common reasons for giving up on our goals are listed below. Goal setters have a chronic tendency to underestimate the time needed to reach targets. I’m not sure it’s worth it.

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Two Things to Remember as You Change the World

Persuasive Powerhouse

Perseverance is the act of persisting despite forces that keep you from achieving your goal. Your ability to persevere, to be that shining light who leads others through the swamp may be the only thing that will make the goal possible. Bret Brandon Jones : January 5, 2011 at 11:35 pm This is a great post! It is difficult.

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Making True Leadership Shine

Persuasive Powerhouse

But those are behaviors borne from his experiences, not traits of his career. What is it about the term “public relations” that brings the pot of social ire to a boil? In short, they embrace “spin,” a word that every PR professional and every leader should strike from their vocabulary. And what can leaders learn from that?

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Take Your Career to the Next Level by Being Fearless

Strategy Driven

Most do not realize how strong a role this dominating emotion can play in their everyday actions, but once it enters, the results can be catastrophic to the person’s short- and long-term goals. As you work through daily challenges in your job, remember your original reasons you chose this career path and your greater purpose.

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Should CEOs Have Term Limits? | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Posted on July 7th, 2010 by admin in Leadership , Operations & Strategy , Rants By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth I have read some interesting articles and blog posts of late on the subject of CEO term limits, and felt this topic worthy of discussion.

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