“What is your ultimate goal?” Lately, I’ve been asking my clients the ultimate goal question. I ask it because they have issues with people, friends, loved ones, jobs, etc. And they don’t know how to proceed. To help them formulate a plan of action, we have to figure out what they want. They need to…
Valued Employees Feel and Do Better One of the best things you can do for people you work with is to tell them when they’ve done great. Research shows that feeling valued motivates people to do a better job. And when they also feel like they’re an important part of the team, everyone wins. The…
If you work with clients or customers, it’s a good idea to remind yourself about this once in a while. You are not only what you do. You don’t get worth or value just by bringing value to others (even though so many of us were taught that we’re only as good as how well…
Does how your voice sounds mess with your head? Do you hear yourself and cringe? Even though many people tell us we shouldn’t care about that, lots of us still do. And that insecurity might be keeping you from putting out content and connecting with your audience. And if you have to speak to people…
How do you want to be remembered? How do you want the colleagues and staff you interact with to remember you afterward? Do you want them to know you as a strong person? A kind person? A go-getter? As someone who’s amenable? Do you want them to think of you as someone who’s a good…
How to Provide for Your Plant-based Attendees at Meetings and Events. People are embracing plant-based diets. And that’s changing how events and meetings are run. If you know you’ll have plant-based attendees, how will you provide for your plant-based attendees to make your meeting successful and give all your attendees a delicious and healthy meal? And which are…
Add more value with this easy technique. “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Repurpose” isn’t only a best practice for your stuff. It works with words, too! Do you feel like you’re constantly trying to keep up with all the content you’re supposed to be posting daily? Does it feel exhausting? Well, here’s an easy way to repurpose…
Don’t Work For The Weekend Imagine if we could help everyone we worked with love what they did. What would it look like? What do you love about what you do? Can you think of something super fast? If you can, you’re in the minority. Most of us do work we don’t love. And that’s…
Do you have an innovative idea for or in your business? You’ll need these to succeed. You can call them fans, supporters, or evangelists. If you’re doing something new, if you’re trying something different, you must have them. When you’re an innovator, you’ve got to have people who will not only love what you’re doing…
What defines an expert? At what point do we think, “They know their stuff!” In the case of art, I’ll bet you’ve seen art the critics hail as masterpieces that you secretly think is bunk. And yet that “art” hangs on museum walls. We give critics’ views more weight because we hope they know more…