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Bill Parcells on Cowards, Heroes, and Feelings

Great Results Team Building

Coach Bill Parcells is well known for having taken struggling organizations and building them into successful teams. One of the personal binders that Parcells kept in his desk as coach of the Dallas Cowboys had, in the back, the written story of a match between two boxers that Parcells often brought up in conversation.

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Chasing Away the Monday Blues

HR Digest

From the euphoria of a Friday ending the workweek to the inevitable Monday blues after a weekend are part and parcel of work life. The room can have a massage chair, a yoga mat, activity games, coloring book,— a space to space out without being bothered. A workweek has its highs and lows.

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Last Minute Office Christmas Party Themes to Lift Your Spirits

HR Digest

A slight twist on the classical passing-the-parcel game, in this game a big box is wrapped multiple times. Materials – List of Movies/Songs/ Books. Themes can range from movies to favorite books to Christmas songs. If your team is heavily into movies/ books, you can pick a theme based on that. Unearthing the gift.

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Book Review of “Good Company: Business Success in the Worthiness Era”

The Practical Leader

Critics of this book will likely try to dismiss it as left wing propaganda describing an unrealistic utopia. The two companies in the “highest” category were United Parcel Service and Walt Disney. Good Company is an inspiring and uplifting read for those of us working to bring about a values-based leadership revolution.

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Interns to the Rescue! :: Women on Business

Women on Business

By Susan Gunelius Guest post by Abby Marks Beale (learn more about Abby at the end of this post) As a solo entrepreneur, I have learned to spend my time on those things I major in (activities I am good at and like to do) while parceling out the things I minor in (tasks I am not good at or don’t enjoy) to those who have the expertise (and interest!).

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Psychology of Time – The Impact on Your Orientation

CO2

RSS Feed Schedule a Call Free E-Book Assessment Test Coffee Schedule Coaching Lunch About Us CO2 Story Our Approach Our Successes Our Executive Coaches Gary B. His book Just Ask Leadership - Why Great Managers Always Ask The Right Questions (McGraw Hill 2009). About the Author As President and Co-founder of ACI Telecentrics, Inc.,

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Harvard Business Review on Building Better Teams: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Harvard Business Review on Building Better Teams Various Contributors Harvard Business Review Press (2011) How and why some teams “shoot out the lights”…and most don’t Those who aspire to help create and then lead create teams that deliver high-impact results will find the material in this HBR book invaluable. It is one of the volumes [.].

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