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Team Dialog: Environment Matters

Persuasive Powerhouse

Going off site has the psychological advantage of distance from the daily work too, encouraging minds to be open and more creative. A quiet room will promote their creative abilities, and open the space for conversation. What else have you noticed about the environment that promotes team dialog?

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Boost Your Creativity in Our Overloaded Information Environment.

Strategy Driven

Is it harder to be creative when information is constantly coming at you from all directions? Is it harder to be creative when information is constantly coming at you from all directions? Is our digital environment interfering with our employees’ ability to see the big picture? Keep a pad and pencil by your bed.

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Leadership: 5 Ways to Build & Sustain Battery Power

You're Not the Boss of Me

Human energy is a precious commodity. It fuels creativity and extraordinary accomplishment. This post from 2011 explores some ways of preserving and generating energy both for leaders and their organizations. “ I believe that leaders are particularly vulnerable to this kind of energy depletion.

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Worn out at Work? Twelve Common Workplace Behaviors that Drain Everyone’s Energy – and How to Purge Them in 2011, part 2 of 2

Strategy Driven

When employees, coworkers, or supervisors have to spend their time tracking you down for clarification, rather than getting the communication from you that they need, productivity falls and creativity is stifled. When people realize that you’re this kind of teammate, they’ll take on your projects with confidence and energy.

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Worn out at Work? Twelve Common Workplace Behaviors that Drain Everyone’s Energy – and How to Purge Them in 2011, part 2 of 2

Strategy Driven

When employees, coworkers, or supervisors have to spend their time tracking you down for clarification, rather than getting the communication from you that they need, productivity falls and creativity is stifled. When people realize that you’re this kind of teammate, they’ll take on your projects with confidence and energy.

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Top 10 US Cities to Capture Small Business Recovery Act Dollars.

Women on Business

Ranking third in Popular Science ‘s list of ‘America’s Greenest Cities,’ Boston is putting its recovery money toward clean-energy initiatives. Partner with local R&D brainpower to start your own clean-energy venture. Capture those dollars with an electronic medical records business.

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Katrina Markoff Named Woman of the Year by American Express and.

Women on Business

Katrina leads her company with a focus on keeping her staff creative and relaxed. That kind of team environment undoubtedly helped Katrina get her company to where it is today. She also leads her company with a keen eye on the environment. The Vosges-Haut Chocolat headquarters runs on 100% renewable energies.