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If You Were a Horrible Boss, Would You Even Know It?
“Is your boss a slave-driving psycho?” This is what a poster for the 2011 movie Horrible Bosses asks. As the movie’s box-office popularity attests, most of us have worked for a horrible boss at some point. In a brilliant piece on the subject, my friends at The Washingtonian review some especially hilarious, and horrifying, examples. One boss placed an electronic…
Tags: bankable leadership, Dr. Tasha Eurich, leaders, managers
02.13.2014
6 Ways to Press Mute on Brain Noise
In today’s world of smartphones and 24-hour news channels, we’ve become addicted to information. I found myself filling all my micro-moments each day with stuff that blocked me from forward progress. Brain “noise” is any information that is irrelevant, useless, hypothetical or distracting. And noise saps our brains of the energy to process the actually…
Tags: Before Happiness, Shawn Achor, Success
02.05.2014
The Difference Between a Management Company and Speakers Bureau
This question comes up often and, as someone who has worked at both a management company and speakers bureau, I thought I’d do my best to try and answer it. I don’t blame people for being confused – our daily tasks are similar and most of us have “speakers” in the company name, so it…
Tags: speaker management, speaker management company, speakers bureau, speakers bureaus
01.22.2014
Keys to Effective Feedback
Effective communication between two people is not easy. You really have to practice to make it work. Through the effective use of feedback skills, you can create a good communications climate. The following general guidelines will help you use your feedback skills more effectively. Give And Get Definitions The interpretation of words or phrases may…
Tags: business communication, effective feedback, feedback skills, Tony Alessandra
01.15.2014
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