How To Turn Things Around In A Hurry

In This Issue -My Weekly Reminder–REVVED!-Feedback From a Subscriber-Pass it on My Weekly Reminder Do you manage a department, team or sales force where employees routinely underachieve?  If so, would you like to turn your situation around immediately—as in overnight?  In 2006, Jim Leyland, manager of the Detroit Tigers, took a team that had 12…

Acts Of Kindness Are Never Wasted

In This Issue -My Weekly Reminder–REVVED!-Feedback From a Subscriber-Pass it on My Weekly Reminder Some people look at performing acts of kindness as the expenditure of time and effort to benefit someone else.  In reality, the big winner for being kind is you.  First of all, peforming acts of kindness makes you feel good because…

We Can All Be An Inspiration To Others

In This Issue -My Weekly Reminder–REVVED!-Feedback From a Subscriber-Pass it on My Weekly Reminder Recently, USA Today celebrated the 25th anniversary of its founding.  As part of the celebration, it published a list of the 25 people that the USA Today staff determined had inspired us the most during that same time period.  The list…

How You Treat Others Reveals Your True Character

In This Issue -My Weekly Reminder–REVVED!–Feedback From a Subscriber-Pass it on My Weekly Reminder The way you treat others is how you put the real you on display for the whole world to see–and people will be watching and making judgements.  They will be entertaining thoughts like: “Is this the kind of person I want…

Which Kind Of Leader Are You?

In This Issue -My Weekly Reminder–REVVED! Update-Feedback From a Subscriber-Pass it on My Weekly Reminder Recently I received an email from a subscriber containing the following quote: “There are two types of leaders: those interested in the flock and those interested in the fleece.”  Effective leaders are those interested in the flock–the people they’re leading. …

Hard Work, Not Talent Is The Stuff That Heros Are Made Of

In This Issue -My Weekly Reminder–REVVED! Update-Feedback From A Subscriber-Pass it on My Weekly Reminder While reading through some of the hype that preceded the recent NFL draft, the comment I kept seeing over and over was about how many talented players weren’t willing to do the work necessary to take advantage of their talent. …

Taking Risks Has Many Rewards

In This Issue -My Weekly Reminder-5 Cool Ideas-Feedback From a Subscriber-Pass it on My Weekly Reminder Television Commentator, Charles Kuralt, once said, “Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fades and popular opinion.”  Dale Carnegie put it this way, “The person who goes farthest is generally the one who is…

The Importance Of Taking A Day Off

In This Issue -My Weekly Reminder–REVVED! Update-Feedback From a Subscriber-Pass it on My Weekly Reminder A recent CareerBuilder survey found that more than half of all workers say they are under a great deal of stress and nearly 80 percent say they are burned out on the job.  At the same time, people are taking…