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Roll Up Your Sleeves: Growing You & Your Team
If you have a goal to achieve and a stronger team to build, the only foolproof way to ensure you make forward progress is to roll up your sleeves. Here’s what I mean. When I was in my early 20s, I remember a job being posted inside the organization where I worked, and it was a […]
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Lack Confidence? Here’s How to Overcome It
I begin today by posing a really important question. Do you know someone — a family member, friend, co-worker, boss, subordinate — who has failed to reach their full professional potential for no other apparent reason than they lack confidence in themselves and their abilities? If so, it’s sad to witness, isn’t it? But while […]
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How Great Leaders Handle Gossip
How to Handle Gossip in the Workplace Workplace gossip can be irreversibly harmful to teams. But when it comes time to handle gossip in the workplace, most leaders won’t deal with the issue head-on. Why? Because it can be really uncomfortable and awkward. But if you don’t manage it, who will? Listen to this episode […]
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Mental Health At Work Doesn’t Matter If
Some people are exhausted with the talk about mental health in the workplace and culture in the organization. They want their people to ‘just show up and do the job they were hired to do’. Do you feel the same way or differently? Honestly, I can understand that frustration. And, mental health doesn’t matter in […]
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A Leadership Lesson Learned the Hard Way
What is the one leadership lesson you’ve learned the hard way? Think about it for a minute — whatever it is, has it stuck with you? Mine has. But as hard as it was, it was a positive turning point in my leadership growth. Maybe my experience can save you some pain while helping you […]
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Millennial Perspective — Professionalism is Not Commonsense
One of the most common frustrations among leaders and employees today fundamentally lies in differing expectations of professionalism. Ultimately, as opposing as two people’s expectations can be — it’s important to establish a cohesive expectation in order to improve your workplace culture. Let’s take a look at what leaders need to know…
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Managing Change? Use These 7 Questions
The COVID-19 pandemic is undoubtedly a season of incredible change, great stress and heightened fear for all of us. In fact, in a recent survey, 7 out of 10 employees indicated the COVID-19 pandemic is the most stressful of their entire professional career. Many leaders, their people and their organizations are overwhelmed managing change along […]
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Professional Speakers: The Overlooked Essential Service Provider
2021 Update: Meet the professional speakers of Van Hooser Associates “Mr. DeMille, I’m ready for my close up.” No, I’m not some Hollywood diva nor do I desire to be. I’m just a working professional keynote speaker, trainer, consultant and author who, like most everyone I know, has had a lot on his mind recently. Since […]
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Customizable Workplaces Will Win
It used to be really easy to spot the difference between the wants and needs of employees among different generations. However, the more I study the five generations in today’s American workforce, I am even more convinced of all generation’s commonalities versus differences. Because of this, here’s why customizable workplaces will win in the future.
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