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A Culture of Trust

Coaching Tip

"Trust motivates a desire to make an extra effort to reach organizational goals," Zak attests. "A In TRUST FACTOR: The Science of Creating High-Performance Companies , Zak shows that building a culture of trust is essential for any organization that aims to be successful. Those who get weekly feedback are rarely surprised.

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The Best Leadership Books of 2016

Leading Blog

Deep Work : Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport To thrive in the new economy—the current information economy—you need to master these two core abilities: 1. What separates effective communicators from truly successful persuaders? The ability to quickly master hard things. Blog Post ).

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Focusing on Your Life Signature

Coaching Tip

They are the catalyst for your future success. Cialdini, author of The Psychology of Persuasion (William Morrow, 1993). Your life signature and professional goals are linked. When your purpose is ignited, goals become an essential part of your "action plan." Your life signature or life purpose is what drives your focus.

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Talking with Each Other @ Work

Coaching Tip

Other successful companies build upon social interaction to develop innovative concepts leading to disruptive product and service developments. And since competition is a matter of relations, the company’s ability to structure and control the process of securing productive relationships will determine success in the marketplace.

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Increase the Odds of Achieving Your Goals by Setting Them with Your Spouse

Harvard Business Review

And we often think of our personal and professional goals as occupying distinct and separate spheres. But what if the work and home “spheres” could merge and actually improve the odds that we’ll achieve our goals? Research shows that it’s easier to achieve our goals when we’re not trying to go it alone.

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Buy-In – The Imperative Strategy

Strategy Driven

Business Improv: Experiential Learning Exercises to Train Employees to Handle Every Situation with Success by Val and Sarah Gee The secret to business growth is right before your eyes – it’s the creativity and innovation percolating in each one of your employees every minute of every day.

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How to Memorably Introduce Another Speaker

Harvard Business Review

Assuming you’ve got the basic speaker credentials covered, here are three additional goals to consider: Goal 1: To transition the audience from what they are doing or thinking about, and to focus their attention on the speaker. Goal 2: To show the audience that you personally endorse the credibility of this speaker.

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