Office Dynamics

MARCH 6, 2017

Image Designed by Freepik. Hopefully, you read part 1, Fighting Manager Dragons , where I introduced and explained the topic of office dragons. In case you did not open that issue, you may want to check it out as I discussed employees’ perceptions of manager dragons and tips to success. Today, I want to address co-worker dragons. When I teach my Star Achievement Series® classes, I ask participants, “What are some of the things co-workers do that make them “appear” to be dragons?

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On The Job

MARCH 6, 2017

Do you have a boss who discredits the ideas of others while claiming to have superior ideas? Does your boss blame other people and refuse to take personal responsibility for anything? Does your boss reject feedback? If so, you have all the makings of an arrogant boss, someone who can drag down an organization with his or her sense of superiority in all things.

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Clutter Coach

MARCH 6, 2017

by If you’re the type who is always planning to tackle a particular project tomorrow, but then you don’t do it, you’ll like this. A behaviorist asked smokers who wanted to quit to smoke the same number of cigarettes every day, not to cut down. Sounds counterproductive, doesn’t it? This put the smokers in a bind. They wanted to quit, but they promised to continue smoking.

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Health 100

Small Business Labs

MARCH 6, 2017

The Center for the Future of Museums released their annual trends report, TrendsWatch 2017.  This is one of our favorite trends publications and we read it front to back. This year's report has 5 chapters: A Mile in My Shoes: closing the empathy deficit. Let Justice Roll Down: the next horizon of civil rights. The Rise of the Intelligent Machine.

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Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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Small Business CEO

MARCH 6, 2017

There are many different types of insurance policies available to small and medium-size business owners. There’s so much to consider, much of it being industry dependent, and also depending on what risks you, your employees, and customers undertake while doing business together. Of course, if you’ve done any research to this point, you’re probably interested in seeing if you qualify for a comprehensive Business Owner’s Policy (BOP), which is great if you qualify and in fact need all that a BOP p

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Small Business CEO

MARCH 6, 2017

When it comes to running a business any business owner will tell you that it is easy to make customers dissatisfied. Making customers satisfied, on the other hand, is a little bit more of a process which requires effort and attention. In order to keep customers coming back, the formula is usually the same regardless of your line of work. Here are some of the most foolproof ways to make and keep your customers coming back.

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