Tag: focus

  • 5 Best Actions Leaders Use for Active Listening

    How To Actively Engage In Listening: Five actions leaders can take Posted on 10-01-2017, by: Blake Beus There are clear differences between listening to someone and just hearing what they say. Listening is an active process that facilitates the conversations necessary to building a solid relationship. When a leader listens to a team member, they are…

  • Disrupted Sleep? No Wonder You’re In a Snit

    by Margaret Wood, Freelancer Sept 21, 2017 No one likes moody people. And moody people typically don’t like other people. Are they moody due to sleep deprivation? On any given day, you can easily find tons of articles online, in magazines, in television commercials, etc., that try to increase our awareness of the negative effects…

  • What’s your mantra?

    Originally posted on Thriving Under Pressure: This is my mantra. I write it on my bathroom mirror. I post it on my refrigerator door. I tape it to my office wall. I speak of it every time I teach. These 4 words remind me to focus on what’s good, what’s working, what’s infinitely possible. Even (especially)…

  • 10 Traits of Managers Whose Teams Are Happy to Come to Work

    A dictatorial manager who lacks empathy or insight may produce but high turnover will cause them to ultimately fail. Excellent managers do their best to make 80 percent of the job rewarding, with a 20 percent balance of healthy stress…

  • Writing Down Goals -A Means to an End

    Do you believe in the power of written goals? Most people will say yes, yet when asked individually if they’ve written goals for this year, most people say no…