Don’t leave your personal development to chance or your company’s training department. Take control by creating your own development plan. Build on your strengths. Make your weaknesses irrelevant. Seek out situations that will drive you to grow. It’s your life and your career. Make the most of it. This is  »  Read More

Weekends are time when things slow down a little. Your weekend shouldn’t be two more regular workdays. That’s a sure road to burnout. Take time to refresh yourself. Take time for something different. Take time for some of that reading you can’t find time for during the week. Here are choice articles on hot  »  Read More

What are you really good at? When you identify your key strengths, you know what you can build on and what you have to offer in any situation. Most of us are pretty bad at identifying our own strengths, so it’s a good idea to get some help. There are books and instruments and programs you can use to identify your  »  Read More

One key to having conversations with your team members is listening more than you talk. You can do that easily if you use two key facts about human nature. We all like to talk. And we all have at least one thing we love to talk about. I call that the “Push-to-Talk” switch. Listen for clues to what it is for  »  Read More