Women on Business

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Have you taken the time to wrap your brain around what motivates your customers and what problem they need solving? That means he’s open and eager to serve. Buddy asked a lot of questions because he wanted to understand what made the “human” world tick. Just like Santa’s nice list…he knows what you want for Christmas.

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Give yourself the breathing room to be open to new opportunities, experiences and people. Are you going after the book of business that’s right for you? Build it and they will come is never an effective strategy, so be open to new ways of positioning your services and reinvent what makes you unique.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Moreover, building rapport is easily achieved assuming your motivations for doing so are sincere. However this will rarely happen if lines of communication do not remain open. Trust, leads to a willingness to be open to: new opportunities; new collaborations; new strategies; new ideas, and; new attitudes.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Read on and find out… People who attempt to lead out of self-serving motivations or misplaced intentions are not really leading – they are pursuing power, glory and status. It is love for those you lead that allows for right thinking, proper perspective, and pure motivations. Should leaders be more open with their feelings?

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Women on Business

JANUARY 7, 2011

Sally Helgesen’s “Web of Inclusion&# states: “A postindustrial organization requires integrated and organic organizations which focus on nurturing good relationships…where lines of communication are multiplicitous, open, and diffuse&#.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 29, 2010

It is absolutely essential to understand other’s motivations prior to weighing in. If the issue, circumstance or situation is important enough, and there is enough at stake, people will do what is necessary to open lines of communication and close positional gaps.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

They are the ones that inspire, motivate and challenge others. Leaders and non-leaders alike need career-pathing, training and development. It's an open question as to whether they'll be embraced and placed in positions of trust or smothered as a potential embarassment to the rest of the organizational heirarchy.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

It is absolutely essential to understand other’s motivations prior to weighing in. If the issue, circumstance, or situation is important enough, and there is enough at stake, people will do what is necessary to open lines of communication and close positional gaps. Love your articel and the suggestions within it.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

I plan on circulating your information and just ordered your book. link] mikemyatt Thanks for the kind words Dan, and I hope you enjoy the book. One example from my latest book, Ruthless Focus, is Staples. Go… Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] Dan Rogers Mike – This is a great post with excellent perspective.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

I have found that highly productive executives and companies clearly understand the value, leverage, efficiency, and economies of scale that are generated by assembling highly focused, motivated, and productive teams.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2010

His primary motivation, he says, is love. He had a successful career in ministry and was in good churches, but he felt God calling him to this assignment. Peter has been the manager at Mologne since it opened 14 years ago. but you’ll not find that here. but you’ll not find that here. but you’ll not find that here. link] [link].

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

Any professional should have antennae open for business every time you answer the phone, e-mail, or walk out the door. By investigating resources MOST open to you, momentum increases. Many career-enhancing activities can develop from carefully chosen volunteer-based projects. Additionally know what you have to trade.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 5, 2010

If you are not open, honest, frank and transparent with your people – you cannot fully empower them to solve the big problems and make great things happen. While I guess I shouldn't be, I'm always taken aback by the numbers of people who will so easily over-complicate their lives rather than have open and honest discourse.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

As a leader and manager, it is quite likely at some point during your career that you will encounter employees with personal problems. It is also a function of managers to ensure that employees are happy and motivated so that they contribute positively on a long term basis to the organization. Book value is not guaranteed.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

It is not my intent to offend anyone with the text that follows, and if you find yourself being offended, it is my opinion that you need to examine your motives and principles. Thanks for your reply and for opening this topic up for discussion. The issues of diversity in business when handled properly can be catalysts for growth.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Few of us will pursue college degrees as nonagenarians, or even as mid-career professionals (though recent statistics indicate that increasing numbers of people are pursuing college degrees at advanced ages). Being open and curious has profound personal and professional benefits.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Did you know that the average American only reads one book a year? Contrast this with the fact that CEOs of Fortune 500 companies read an average of four to five books a month. Even more impressive is that some of the most successful leaders throughout history were known to read one book every single day.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2010

I don’t care in the slightest about winning arguments, whether someone is right or wrong, or whether logic is sound or flawed, but I do care about motivation and intent. If everyone always agreed with me conversation wouldn’t be very stimulating, and acquiring new knowledge and insight would certainly be more difficult.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

How many times during the course of your career have you witnessed executives and entrepreneurs who desperately need help, but either don’t recognize it, or worse yet, make it virtually impossible for someone to help them? The important thing to remember is asking for help should not be age or experience dependent.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Today also happens to be the launch day for Rebel’s new book “ Defying Gravity. &# As a bonus to our readers, I have included a link at the end of this interview that will allow you to purchase Rebel’s book and receive an 80 page workbook for free (today only) on how to defy gravity in your own company.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2011

Knowing and communicating your career goals is challenging for even the most ambitious and focused person. In today's work world, careers take numerous twists and turns and the future is often murky. You have to clarify for yourself what you aspire to do with your career before you can communicate it confidently to others.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

When you’re looking for a job or exploring a new career path, it’s smart to go out on informational interviews. ” John Lees, a UK-based career strategist and author of The Success Code , agrees. . ” John Lees, a UK-based career strategist and author of The Success Code , agrees. What the Experts Say.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

More on: China , Sustainability Join the Discussion | Email/Share Previous Reality is Overrated as a Motivator Never miss a new post from your favorite blogger again with the Harvard Business Review Daily Alert email. The Alert delivers the latest blog posts from HBR.org directly to your inbox every morning at 8:00 AM ET.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Then there’s the issue of purpose and motivation. The freedom of being unanchored sounds great, but it comes with the potential of drift and lack of motivation. Selling your business may be the pinnacle of your career, but the emotional experience is similar to retiring or quitting a job you’ve loved.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

What motivates >? That's why I think it's good to have a few questions on hand to help define your direction, but then keep your eyes and ears open to figure out what other questions you will need to ask as you move forward to keep you on course to that true north revealed by answering Dan's question.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 25, 2016

Rediscovering the Core Lesson of a Motivational Classic. I have spent more than twenty years as an author, publisher, and personal seeker in the world of positive-mind metaphysics and motivational philosophy. Like Hill, I began my career as a journalist. I sought and found a successful career in publishing.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2010

As Chairman and CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers, the largest Christian publishing company in the world, and the seventh largest trade book publishing company in the U.S., I had a lot of success early in my career. This has happened several times in my career. Michael’s track record of leadership has stood the test of time.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 17, 2010

But because true leaders are motivated by loving concern than a desire for personal glory, they are willing to pay the price.&# - Eugene B. It made me sit down and think… Just yesterday I attended the opening of the second Columba 1400 Leadership Centre here in Scotland. Serves people.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 6, 2007

The career path to running a business at ABC will now look more like a “Z” (series of different jobs) than a “T” (narrow, vertical promotions). Help them develop this competency prior to the new job through targeted assignments, coaching, books, or articles. Help them learn to ask questions and listen.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Where someone sits within an organization determines both their underlying motivations and their risk profile — the two factors that determine whether they will say yes or no. There are numerous books, seminars, and courses on the subject of getting from “no” to “yes.” What shapes the deal blocker’s motivation?

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Where someone sits within an organization determines both their underlying motivations and their risk profile — the two factors that determine whether they will say yes or no. There are numerous books, seminars, and courses on the subject of getting from “no” to “yes.” What shapes the deal blocker’s motivation?

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

It's not enough to be smart — you need to always be getting smarter," says Heidi Grant Halvorson, a motivational psychologist and author of the HBR Single Nine Things Successful People Do Differently. Weintraub suggests you also make sure the skill is relevant to your career, your organization, or both. Make sure it's needed.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2017

Over the course of our careers, and through our formal research on mentoring within and outside of academia, we’ve found that good mentoring is discipline-agnostic. Mentors trade away hours they could use to pursue their own career goals and spend them on someone else’s. As academic physicians, we do a lot of mentoring.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2010

An example of the importance of flexibility would be that when staff are highly motivated and competent, a combination of highly delegatory and moderate participative styles of leadership would be most appropriate. Some individuals openly seek out positions of leadership, while leadership is thrust upon others.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 17, 2010

The number of books, blogs, tweets, videos, webcasts, podcasts, etc., Was it when I wrote my first book on the subject or the third? It's the old example; you can hear 100 times that when you open the door, a dog on a chain will try to attack you. being pushed into the market is reaching truly overwhelming proportions.

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