Joseph Lalonde

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6 Uncomfortable Leadership Decisions

Joseph Lalonde

The second: You free the employee up to find a career path that fits them. Staying the course: You’ve made a decision. Do you stay the course or do you change directions ? Staying the course is uncomfortable when you know there’s an easier way. However, staying the course can lead to outstanding outcomes.

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5 Thoughts On Goal Setting

Joseph Lalonde

I’ve struggled with setting goals throughout my career and life. You can easily course-correct. I hope you’re interested in trying to set a few goals for your life and career. Maybe you’re like me and struggle to accomplish goals? Does that sound more like you? Either way, goal setting can be brutal.

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Why Small Choices Derail Big Dreams

Joseph Lalonde

Instead, I took a few college courses and began working. I could easily blame college or a career for me not pursuing my dream of creating a video game. Over the course of your life, you’re making many small choices every minute. You could put your life on a drastically different course. But I didn’t.

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The Various Relationships A Leader Must Juggle

Joseph Lalonde

These are the relationships you build within your organization and over the course of your career. The professional relationships you form mostly happen in the office or during the course of business from golf outings to business meetings to conferences. Professional relationships will help you move your career forward.

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Managing Your Business’ Finances Properly

Joseph Lalonde

People are realizing that the nine to five isn’t for them and they want a lot more control over their careers and their professional lives. Of course, as a business owner, you’re not necessarily going to be automatically well acquainted with this, or necessarily good at figures. Image Source.

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Three Ways To Better Navigate Turbulence

Joseph Lalonde

And, of course, what’s on some people’s lists (listen better) is not on others (speak up more). Here are three ways to help you better navigate the turbulence that will inevitably arise in your career as a leader. Whenever people tell me they want to be a leader, I always ask them ‘why’? Leadership isn’t easy. Nothing is too small.

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A Practical Application – Performance Reviews

Joseph Lalonde

Being rated on accomplishments is necessary, of course, but it is only part of the picture. Her career has spanned international program management, web design, corporate communications, trade journals, and software manuals.