Let’s say you decided to start a business (I know, some of you have, stay with me). There are lots of things to think about – marketing, sales, production, financials, and LOTS more. But regardless of what type of business you are in, you can’t do it alone. You will have suppliers – from insurance

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The world is changing for leaders – and one of the biggest changes is that many of us are leading people that live and work further and further from us. For that reason, we’ve been thinking a lot about remote leadership (and I’ve been doing it for a number of years). Rather than just think

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Building relationships starts with this very important and very simple building block. Check out today’s episode to learn more. If you want to build relationships, use the sweetest word in peoples’ world. Their name. @KevinEikenberry Check out our Communicating for Results workshop here. You are Remarkable!   p.s. Sign-up here to receive my Leadership Tip

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The longer I live and the longer I lead, the truer I believe today’s quotation is. The lesson in it for you today may be personal or professional. Sam, “Mr. Walmart” Walton clearly believes it applies to everything. Questions to Ponder – How high are my expectations in different parts of my life? – How

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So you are a leader and a coach – and you need to give someone some feedback. Most people would focus on getting their facts together and thinking about how they are going to give feedback. That is fine preparation, but it is only half of what you should do, based on what I call

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You want to motivate, influence and inspire your team members to get their work done, meet job expectations, and hopefully for more beyond that. And yet, you feel hamstrung. After all, you don’t have the ability to give raises when they are deserved, and without the ability to use money as a motivator, there is

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We, as leaders, make a big mistake sometimes, and when we fall prey to this mistake, it spreads throughout our organization. I’m going to tell you what this mistake is, why it happens, and how to fix it, in less than 400 words. Are you ready? The Mistake We frame our customer relationships as solely

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This picture won’t mean much to you, but to the small group I spent two days with in Houston this week, it means a lot.  On the morning of the first day of our intimate training session on Coaching, the group had consumed our entire carafe of water pretty early.  When the staff came in

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By Deb Calvert If you are looking at the cover of this book and seeing “for professional sellers” you might be ready to stop reading. Don’t. This book is written from the perspective of people in a selling position, but think about this for a second. Do you want to improve your relationships? Asking better

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The number of assessment tools available to us is enormous (and growing). And while they are all useful, most miss the real goal and aren’t as valuable as they could be. Here’s what you could be missing… Learning about DISC? Focus more on the style of others and how to communicate with them than on

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