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Ready, Set, GOals!

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People with goals succeed because they know where they’re going. Add into the mix, the approaching season of resolutions and goal-setting, and suddenly 3, 6 & 9—all divisors of 12 and standard monthly intervals—popped into my head. From there it was an instantaneous leap to thinking about business goals for the coming year.

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Team Building 101: Techniques to Improve Your Team’s Productivity

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If employees think the goal is to win at a team-building event, then they may feel more pressure to learn the rules which will help them win against their opponent instead of getting into the spirit of doing something together as a group with no ‘Win’ (or ‘Lose’) as the defining outcome. Build a House.

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Business Travelers Say Productivity Essential to Work-Life Balance

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One reason work-life balance is challenging for business travelers is that companies demand greater productivity from business trips. Respondents indicated that increasing productivity on the road is essential to achieving work-life balance. ” How do you maintain work-life balance when you travel for business?

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Live Your Passion and Increase Your Success

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Passion for life and business is what excites us to jump out of bed in the morning and set out to accomplish our goals. You may not be able to do them 100% of the time but incorporating them as much as possible will increase your productivity and you will enjoy what you do. Also ask yourself: When do I feel the most stressed?

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Managing Virtual Teams: Three Keys to Success

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Steer toward a clear, desirable goal. Show everyone how their activities will directly or indirectly help attract new customers or contribute to product development. Alleviate their concerns and make each person feel valued and connected by building and encouraging productive relationships.

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GUTSY WOMEN RELATE RADICALLY at WORK

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They are strong and focused on one thing, the goal and getting that ball across the goal. In our GUTSY WOMEN WEEKEND program (the next one is November 11-13 at The Country Place Retreat Center in Pa) we offer women leaders the tips and tools to lead and participate in great meetings, making sure they are balanced and productive.

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Building on Common Purpose for More Powerful and Effective Leadership

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We were moving business from one system to another, and the project required a strong understanding of the product, as well as knowledge of how both systems worked, so we could translate from one to the other. We had a team of five people in this project, and we were given three months to accomplish the goal.

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