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Leading In Difficult Times With Steve Armstrong

Joseph Lalonde

Answers From Leadership Episode 31 Steve Armstrong is a Calgary-based speaker, educator, and consultant. A couple of things is after a 22-year army career and retiring as a company sergeant major and a career with the Canadian Red Cross, I’ve spent the last couple of years teaching and developing others to become a better leader.

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Conduct your OWN performance Review

Career Advancement

Here’s your guide on how to do that. Ask yourself how you leveraged your successes, advises Sharon Armstrong in The Essential Performance Review Handbook. Write up specific proposals for ideas you wish to pursue, suggests Armstrong. Be sure to add them to your list, so you can make them known to your boss.

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Network after Work

Career Advancement

Armstrong Williams~. If you’re a non-drinker, here’s how to overcome some common alcohol-related hurdles and share all the social benefits that drinkers get. (If Refusing these duties can definitely hurt your career. “Networking is an essential part of building wealth.”. Solution: Go and have fun with your client!

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How To Be A Coach And A Counselor

Eric Jacobson

As a coach , a manager: identifies an employee's need for instruction and direction and this need is usually directly related to his or her performance or career goals. Generally, coaching should precede counseling. Coaching is collaborative. You coach to help retain employees and to show you care about your employees as individuals.

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What’s The Right Stuff of Leadership? Think Dog, Turtle, and Cockroach

Terry Starbucker

They were my childhood heroes, and I still vividly remember that night in July of 1969 when I ran outside moments after Neil Armstrong uttered that famous “one small step” line and stared at the moon, utterly captivated by the notion that a man was walking on it at that very moment.

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The January 2013 Leadership Development Carnival: Best of 2012 Edition

Great Leadership By Dan

How to grow a company that remains healthy long into the future. Sharlyn Lauby , from HR Bartender , picked How to Tell if Your Boss is a Bully or Just Tough. Joel Garfinkle , from Career Advancement Blog , picked 3 Ways to Avoid Burnout in Today’s High-Pressure Work Environment. " What should I do?

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Human Feedback is the Greatest Path to Efficiency

Strategy Driven

Once you are aware of this, you can re-wire your brain to see feedback-giving as a very positive way to help employees do a great job and succeed in their careers. Most recently, Anna has focused on how leaders and team members can overcome their barriers to exchanging valuable feedback in the workplace. Want to learn more?