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Team Dialog: Environment Matters

Persuasive Powerhouse

We don’t put the effort to change the wall pictures for internal quick one hour or half day meetings, but we do it for classes that last more than a day or so. Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services.

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Thoughtful Thursday: Something Meaningful

Persuasive Powerhouse

Interestingly, although I am not Buddhist, I am a student of Budhism; I’ve taken classes and do a lot of reading in that arena. Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services. So you’ve found me out!

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Resistance and Change – A Personal Experience | Aspire-CS

Persuasive Powerhouse

Sounds like an experience I have at the beginning of almost every grad class I’ve taken. When I’ve taken college classes, I’ve always attended with the stance of being a learner who knew little of the content. That believe make me to take classes even after several years of graduation. Thanks for that.

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Coaching Others: Short Term Pain for Long Term Gain

Persuasive Powerhouse

Can you imagine how much easier your performance reviews will be when that happens? So don’t just attend that coaching skills class and complain about the time it takes. This post was selected as one of the five best independent business blog posts of the week in my Three Star Leadership Midweek Review of the Business Blogs.

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Meaningful Work: A Love Letter | Aspire-CS

Persuasive Powerhouse

There was a “buzz” in the school hallways about elections for class officers. I said to a friend who encouraged me to run that “I wouldn’t run for class office because campaigning would be a lot of work and I’d never get elected anyway”. Many, many years ago I was preparing to go to high school. That’s why they touch us.

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7 Ways to Enjoy Others at Work

Persuasive Powerhouse

I’ve had clients who took guitar lessons, photography classes, flew airplanes and coached soccer. Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services. I took classical ballet lessons for several years. It’s up to the leader to uncover it.&#

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How to Ignite and Sustain Organizational Growth

Skip Prichard

You develop a first-class organization by winning hearts and minds. The culture required to drive a strategy of innovation is different from the culture required to develop efficiency or operational excellence. Corporate leaders that operate with an ivory tower mentality are likely to find their tower tumbling down.

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