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Acknowledge the Elephant in the Room

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For example, if you are talking about the organization of the meeting or its purpose, reference meeting materials or if this is a meeting that involves a specific group and there are written rules and regulations such as bylaws, make reference to them so that everyone understands the source of your concerns.

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A New Resolution for the New Year

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So many of us decide in February that since we haven’t accomplished the goal set on January 1, it is hopeless, be consistent and persistent and refer back to your goals often. Write your goals down and refer back to them often; you may have to change your focus or create a new sub-goal. Re-evaluate your goals often.

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High Performers Versus Low Performers - 7 Ways to Tell the Difference

Stephanie LH Calahan

Below are seven examples to help you do that. For each example, note that the operative word is "positively." family of sites · 8 Shoreline, Suite 100, Bloomington IL 61704 TEL 309.663.1360 · FAX 309.422.7665 Feel free, but please give me proper credit and let me know so that I can thank you!

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Start the New Year off with a New Focus on Your Personal Affairs.

Stephanie LH Calahan

.  Here are a few tips to get started: Set up a filing system to store and manage your paperwork Your paperwork likely consists of three types of paper:  1) stuff you need to take action on 2) stuff you are saving for reference and 3) stuff that you should have tossed a long time ago, but haven't.    Avoid backlog. 

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Group Similar Tasks Together for Awesome #TimeManagement

Stephanie LH Calahan

  Example 1: If you need to do creative activities in your work like writing, put like activities together.  Example 2:   Do you have a litany of sales and prospecting calls to do?    The transitions become smoother. You gain momentum as you perform similar tasks and in some instances actually speed up! 

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A Test of Your Professionalism: Will You Pass?

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Below are examples of five tests you will encounter in your professional career, how will you score? If you are not the person who can assist them, refer them to someone who can. For example, my supervisor is great at prioritizing, so I asked her about prioritizing skills. So what do you do when your professionalism is tested?

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Cause and Effect - Productivity is an Action, Not a Result.

Stephanie LH Calahan

For example, if an individual increases his/her measured productivity by 1/10 of an hour per day (or 6 minutes), that improvement aggregates to 24 additional hours of production per year. As this small example demonstrates, slight changes in workflow processing behaviors have dramatic effects on productivity.