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Leadership Truth #4 - Great Leaders Value Transparency
Transparency in an organization means not holding things back from people.In so many organizations people know there is information being denied them that they really ought to know. This is devastating to morale.

Leadership Assessment #9 – Admits Mistakes

There are hundreds of assessments for leaders. The content and quality of these assessments vary greatly. You can spend a lot of time and money taking surveys to tell you the quality of your leadership. There are a few leading indicators that can be used to give a pretty good picture of the overall quality of your leadership. These are not good for diagnosing problems or specifying corrective action, but they can tell you where you stand quickly. Here is one of my favorite measures. It how easily the leader admits mistakes.

Leadership Assessment #11 – Demonstrate Integrity

Integrity as a Catalyst

Integrity has always been one of the qualities I admire and respect most in others. The definition of integrity is: The quality or condition of being whole or undivided; completeness. Simply put, someone who lives in integrity honors their personal values - actions and choices align with an internal code. There is nothing inside that is divided; they are whole. Honesty is another dimension to integrity -- spoken words reflecting the inner world without distortion. Integrity is also about honoring your word and following through with commitments. defi

Buying a Franchise | A Small Business Start Up Franchising Primer Guide for Franchise Development Beginners

There are key components involved with buying a franchise and starting a business. The journey begins with a mind set that you will not be buying anything but rather investing in yourself with a concept to help achieve your goals. Investing in your future requires planning and honesty. Begin to think ownership thoughts as soon as possible and act accordingly. Design Build your idea with the end in sight.

Building a Client Base for Business

Building any aspect of your business requires determination and persistence. Like the hyacinth flower that grows and spreads over the pond, our efforts are not immediately visible or rewarded. But when we persist, be it for a month, a year, or even years, then we shall harvest. Patience and persistence will build your business far. Add expert knowledge, dedication, integrity, honesty and willingness to go that extra mile or ten and you have the ingredients you need to develop your client base for a good business.

Dear Husband, Inspirational Article

This letter, a wife to her husband demonstrates that even though now they are working hard to achieve financial and educational freedom, she will support him no matter what. Their time together at the present is limited, they should not and will not bring the past and should not worry about the future, the focus should be on “now”. No matter how long and what happens is irrelevant, as long as they are doing it together with love, honesty and respect.

Business Communication Still Works at Home
The myth is we behave differently at work and at home. The operative word here is “myth” - in reality, we should be the same in both environments. We should come from a place of honesty, respect, integrity and genuine behavior at home and at work. This article provides the key factors for leadership excellence at home and at work.

Using Borrowed Spectacles

You are your own expert. No one knows you like you do.To truly see your problems or concerns and to examine your life you must look through your own eyes, your own spectacles, using your own experiences, your honesty and your values. Not someone else’s. In other words do not use borrowed spectacles. If you have ever tried this you will be aware of the distortion, almost a pain, that is experienced when looking through the lenses. Your vision is distorted and does not allow you to see the true picture or vision of what life has presented to you.

The Three C's of Leadership --- Curiosity, Creativity, commitment

Most of us are not born leaders. However, a good percentage of us long to become leaders of men and make deep connections in our careers seeking that ultimate leadership position. It may be Sales Manager, Warehouse Supervisor, Vice President, CFO or even CEO. People who get results are high impact leaders. They are consistent, explicit and concise and they command a presence when they walk into a room. They have enough charisma to turn the dullest moment into a high-energy event. When they move on, others want to go with them. Their openness and honesty creates a legacy which people admire and look up to. They gain commitment and foster trust.

Honesty is Still the Best Policy

Warren Buffet Business Principle # 12 deals with candor in reporting about the important things in appraising business value. Read the actual Principle in the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Report. Below is a discussion of the ideas inherent in the principle of being forthright and candid about giving facts about how your business is doing. Every business can apply this principle in reporting to shareholders. Candor is not always easy but it wins out in the end.

Live Consultant Thinking: Looking at Honest, Confidence and Integrity
We talk about things like honesty, respect, confidence and integrity. You and I are enough alike. Yet, with our individual minds, we see nothing precisely the same. It is important to business owners and their managers that everyone see the big picture, to better understand the business goals. I think it is equally important to question the big picture, to question and study what we are seeing.

Where Did The Trust Go?
Have you lost clients because of bad customer service or because you broke promises to them? Are you trying to reinvent yourself as a business who offers excellence?

What If YOU Were Front Page News? Four Steps to Freedom from Secrets
Tips to achieve peace of mind and freedom from secrets

Lean, Green Sales with the S.H.A.R.P. Sales TrainingTM System - Part II

The acronym S.H.A.R.P. provides a comprehensive and definitive starting point for developing both organizational and personal goals. The philosophy is customer-centric with a goal to increase customer loyalty. S = Strategize, Solve, Support, Serve H = Honesty, Humor, Humility, Help A = Assess, Alleviate, Accountable, Achieve R = Relationships, Respect, Respond, Results P = Prepare, Prioritize, Perform, Produce

Find Those People
The Emperor's New Clothes was a favorite childhood story of mine. It made me laugh. I couldn't believe all those adults were standing around, watching the emperor make a fool of himself and not telling him the truth. When I grew up and went to work, I discovered it wasn't that easy.

Lost Your Job? Don’t Be Afraid To Share
The importance of being honest about losing your job to open the door for networking and opportunity

Honesty Speaks Loudly in Many Languages
Honesty being a component of integrity is a leadership characteristic with a universal value...leaders looking to lead effectively will not overlook its significance.

Leading Amateurs to Success: What Leaders Can Learn from Mt. Borah
If, as a leader, you have said, "I wish I heard more talented people our production would increase" or "The reason we fail is because we don't have experienced people" think twice.

Lesson #4: Act With Integrity
“Mary Kay Ash, founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics, once told me something I’ll never forget,” recalled Thomas. “She said the one suggestion she got in life that helped her most was to ‘pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, ‘Make me feel important.’”

Lesson #4: Mistakes are a Must on the Road to Success
“Only those who are asleep make no mistakes,” says Kamprad. “There are few people who have made so many fiascos in my life as I have.”

A Doodle And A Dream: How McFarlane Turned Spawn Into A Success

“In all honesty, I wouldn’t say that the business end of it came with any kind of ease,” says McFarlane. “It was more Darwinian. You have to learn business if you’re going to be self-employed and survive. If you’re a bad businessperson and you’re an entrepreneur, you’re going to be out of business.” Drawing had always been his passion, but not once did McFarlane consider it a career choice. That is, until an injury forced him to reexamine his life. How did this young man with nothing but a dream in mind and a doodle in hand become the success he is today?

Lesson #1: Build Up the Trust Factor for Business

Building relationships is the key to successful sales, and at the heart of any strong relationship is the Trust Factor. Hines may have started his business late in life, but he worked hard at all of the little things over the years to build up a sense of trust between him and his customers. His reputation for honesty and reliability were two of the single most important ingredients in his recipe for success.

Seven Steps for Creating Successful Marketing

1. Find the inherent drama within your offering. After all, you plan to make money by selling a product or a service or both. The reasons people will want to buy from you should give you a clue as to the inherent drama in your product or service. Something about your offering must be inherently interesting or you wouldn't be putting it up for sale. In Mother Nature breakfast cereal, it is the high concentration of vitamins and minerals.

The Top Ten Lies of Entrepreneurs
I get pitched dozens of times every year, and every pitch contains at least three or four of these lies. I provide them not because I believe I can increase the level of honesty of entrepreneurs as much as to help entrepreneurs come up with new lies. At least new lies indicate a modicum of creativity!

How to Change the World: Defensibility
Blog reader Curtis Thompson asked me a very good question a few days ago: What should an entrepreneur say when she’s asked what makes her company defensible? This question is more and more common as more and more entrepreneurs start “Web 2.0 companies,” and investors torture themselves by wondering why they didn’t fund YouTube.

The Power of Integrity
The definition of integrity has two parts, both equally important.

Mind Your P's and Q's
Some people might think billionaires don't have to impress anyone, but most of us still live by these rules.

Talk to Your Boss about Your Next Job
Guess what? If you've built a strong relationship with your boss, you should be talking to him or her about your next job. It's stupid to pretend you will be at your current job forever when everybody's thinking about their next move.

You’re on show - ethics in sales

Today people are looking for honesty and authenticity and do not have time to be misled. They want to work with people who are what they say they are. They are assessing your every word and action. They are looking beneath the surface and are wanting to see the real you. Many people are now more wary about companies and sales people making big claims and promises with lots of ‘sizzle'. They are wary of the ‘charmers' and the sales people after the ‘big kill'. What they are now looking for is the steak and all that comes with it: i.e. what kind of steak is it? How it was it grown, prepared and cooked? Where did it come from? Is it grown in an environmentally friendly, humane manner? etc. They no longer want to confuse packaging with substance. They look for evidence at every turn and how you align with the promises you make.

Honoring Honesty - How Honest Are You?

Honesty is one of those virtues that most people say they possess. When you look at your interactions with family members, friends, colleagues, and others, how honest are you? To what extent are you truthful? When you say you will do something, do you actually do it? When someone asks for your opinion, do you provide an honest one, even if you know it may hurt the person's feelings? Do you strive to be honest but back away in fear of retaliation? This article provides some tips on what honesty is and how to be honest in a way that is not offensive to others.

Do You Over Promise and Under Deliver
A new client recently admitted to me sheepishly that she often didn’t get to complete a client’s work until the client called to see if it was ready. I admired her honesty if not her time management skills.

Top Three Ways to Become a Sales Truth Teller
Many people believe that it's impossible to close deals while remaining truthful. However, as the economy gets more and more competitive, it’s vital that salespeople are honest with themselves, their team, and their clients. Learn how to be honest with yourself, tell the truth to your prospects and clients, and stay in touch with your customers’ needs in order to close more business!

Qualities of Leadership Part 3 Honesty and Integrity and Confidence and Courage
This is the third article in a six part series which discusses the Qualities of Leadership. It builds on what was covered previously so if you haven’t read the previous articles, be forewarned. In this article we will discuss in greater detail the next two of the qualities of leadership: Honesty and Integrity and Confidence and Courage

Social Networking Strategies Or Just Good Manners in the Social Web?
Social Networking Strategies is the new buzz term for marketing to individuals through social networking sites online, and numerous industries are certainly abuzz about it right now. The concept of networking incorporates the social interaction taking place online as well as various forms of networking between consumers and organizations with strategies to connect people, ideas and products.

Network Marketing? You Can Only Go So Far on "Stretching the Truth!"

Don't "stretch the truth". I can't tell you how many marketing campaigns I see that "stretch the truth" to sell their products. Ok, perhaps I can, it's a lot. A whole bunch. A gigantic number. But just because they do it doesn't mean you have to. After all, I would like to still believe that at the end of the day honesty, truth, hard work, and a good product win. Perhaps that is "old fashioned" but I don't care.

Creating a 6 Figure Income..... Is It Realistic?
With more and more online business opportunities appearing and with claims of a 6 figure income I look into this to see how realistic this actually is. Additionally is money the only reason why people joing an online business.

We Can be Civilized
Just when I'm getting depressed - a Bright Light shines. A little boy named Noah engendered a showcase of civilized behavior this week.

CUSTOMER SERVICE CAN EITHER MAKE OR BREAK YOU BUSINESS.

When it comes to understanding the importance of good customer service, there are many small business owners who wonder why it is so important; why such a large focus should be placed on it. In all honesty, without trying to come across too harsh, if you don’t already know the importance of customer services, especially when it comes to running a small business, maybe you should re-think and have a diffuse understanding on your decision to be a small business owner. Yes, it is really that simple. As a business owner, you need to remember that your customers are what keep your business doors open; they are the reason why you have food to put on your table each week, and the reason why you receive a paycheck, they are the the life blood of your sales When you think about it like that, there is lots you are owning your customers.

Your Truth and Accountability is Helping Our Planet!

Everything we do either has a positive or negative effect on our world. And, now even more, our world needs our help! It’s time to really step it up. It’s encouraging to know that my own daily actions can help our world. Taking accountability is a representation of “truth” and “right action” which impacts the frequency of the collective consciousness and our own personal empowerment. Everyday occurrences, even being aware and accountable for the small occurrences makes a difference. There have been times that we may have made excuses in our mind, told small white lies or pretended we were not responsible for something by making someone else accountable. The planet is correcting itself now, and needs our help. As you have noticed, anything that is not set with a foundation of truth, honesty, kindness and oneness is coming up to the s

HR Technology Conference- Closing Thoughts
Last Friday I was able to participate in the final day of the HR Technology Conference in Chicago. I've shared some of my thoughts on the benefits of attending the conference from the perspective of networking and today I'd like to share some ideas about the sessions I was able to attend and some general thoughts on the conference:

How To Say 'I Don't Know' With Confidence

No one knows the answer to every question. No matter how diligently you study up on your products or offer, there’s bound to come a time when you face a question that you can’t handle off the top of your head. Don’t become paralyzed by the need to know everything about your product or offer, you can’t know it all. Someone’s always going to ask that one question that makes you say to yourself, “I should have known that.”

Stress and the Dating Game
Sure dating in this day and age is stressful, what with all the game playing involved even though what women say they value most is honesty, I find that women will often play their own games. It’s no wonder why men are stressed around dating. I thought I would provide some ways to rethink the dating game so that when stress does come up, you are better able to deal with it.

To Grow Your Business Requires Closing the Gap Between Sales and Customer Service

For many businesses, there is a distinct line between sales and customer service. To ensure that the sales process is executed without problems, separate departments have evolved addressing what are perceived to be sales issues and customer service issues. Yet is this really effective given the research about customer turnover, the time to earn a signed commitment and how quickly sales leads become cold?

Recovering From a Mistake
Everyone makes mistakes. It is what happens after a mistake that tends to build or destroy trust. This brief article gives a case study and advocated that admitting a mistake is better than trying to finesse it.

Profitable Online Home Based Business Ideas and the Recession; How to Avoid the Scam’s

The online home based business industry is growing by leaps and bounds, and for good reason. More and more people want to work from home. People are tired of working for someone else and not being paid what they are worth. Parents are realizing that their children are growing up much too quickly. With the problems of the global financial crisis many people are realizing the potential of a home based online internet business. But with the growth of the work at home internet industry also comes’ the growth of scams on the internet. How do we avoid them?

Profitable Online Home Based Business Ideas and the Recession; Three Questions
If you are considering building your own online home based internet business and are having doubts, I want to talk to you. It’s natural to be afraid and hesitant whenever you attempt something new. Most people will start out with a lot of questions, and that’s ok. But all the doubts and questions can really be boiled down to just three questions. Let’s look at them right now.

Profitable Online Home Based Business Ideas and the Recession; Leadership
People worldwide are craving one universal thing, leadership. Most people view the word leadership as just being a leader. It is so much more than that. There is so much more to being a leader than just saying, “Follow me!” Let’s talk about the kind of a leader people want to follow and how we can all become one.

Oprah's Was Steamin' Mad
How One Man's Credibility Broke Into a Million Little Pieces.

See You on Venus...
The message is simple: you have the power to bring together the parts of your self that have become fragmented and to become one daring and truthful realisation of the perfect star you truly are

Why So Much Business Training And Development Goes To Waste

The effectiveness of so many training and business development programs is being limited by the fatigue and poor concentration levels of many of the participants. The fatigue is generally due to the participants being out of shape.Before embarking on business training programs, management should consider programs to boost the health and energy of their workers. The resultant heightened energy levels among the participants will increase their capacity to get more out of the training.

Crazy Talk or Clear Communication?
Most people have learned to hide their feelings. They've learned to be guarded because dropping the mask and being emotionally honest can lead to feeling vulnerable. In the heat of the moment, it can be hard to see how honesty and vulnerability might be good, how completely disarming they can be and how important they are to building trust and compassion.

Does Integrity on the Internet Really Matter?
Is the subject of integrity even worth our time considering when doing business online? What's the point when people are separated by vast distances? There may be more at stake than you realize ...

Trust-based relationships
I typed ‘Sales' into 'youtube' the other day just to see what was on offer. I have to say that some of the initial videos displayed on the front page were very disappointing indeed, especially when it came to building trust-based relationships with clients.

Personal Branding - How To Do It In 5 Easy Steps
If you think of yourself as not being very different from other salespeople, please read this to learn 5 easy steps you can use to develop your personal brand.

If people know it is PR, will it work?
The Public Relations policy is founded on honesty and transparency. Therefore, PR professionals can never disguise their work. But with public misconceptions about PR as "spin" if people know it is PR, will it work?

A Better Way to Live
Random Thoughts on Life and Entrepreneurism

Bad Business Profits Are Not the Way To Increase Sales
Did you ever think some business profits could be bad? Profit is supposed to be a good thing. However, during down economic times or when businesses choose not to innovate, the proliferation of bad profits is everywhere.

Why Managers and Supervisors ARE NOT the Best Communicators During Times of Change
Most of the programs fail to manage change within organizations...Here’s why managers & supervisors are not the best face to face communicators during times of change.

Improving Morale After Redundancies

When the actual redundancy process is complete and the unfortunate employees are made redundant there remains the issue of low morale that inevitably continues for some time. Without close monitoring this can become a very serious issue to any business. Once the reduction in employees has taken place the staff that remain will probably be expected to achieve more and may have additional responsibilities placed on them. How do you get the best from your staff now that they feel uncertain about their future and how do you improve morale? There are five key areas that need to be considered and worked with carefully on an ongoing basis.

Learn Sales Telepathy: How to get into your customer’s head and heart without going out of your mind…
Imagine knowing exactly what's going on inside the head of the person you're talking to about becoming your next client or event attendee. It's not magic or extra-sensory perception -- it's sales 101. And you can learn it...

Slippage

We have certainly seen a great deal of slippage in our world in recent years. The business world is tough and extremely competitive these days. Some people might be feeling that it would be easy to lower their own standards of honesty and ethics, and rationalize that they are still “better” than a lot of other people we have read about and seen on the daily TV news. Allowing yourself to be weak in your own values may allow others to misguide you into behavior that will later strike you as very poor judgment. Prospective clients are looking for professionals who demonstrate honesty and integrity.

10 Ways To Operate From Your Highest Level Of Integrity
Have you ever wondered what makes someone have a high degree of integrity? Do you notice that people with integrity are generally more respected and successful? This article highlights ten attributes that individuals need to possess to operate from their highest level of integrity.

WHY THE F*** WOULD I WANT A BLOG?
The PR Guru explains why blogging IS worth the effort!

Heres the fastest way to outdo your competition
Wondering how to get an edge over your competition? By keeping your customers happy. A satisfied customer is a repeat customer. What’s more, they’ll tell all their friends. This article will show you how to keep your customers coming back for more.

Evaluating yourself through Questioning to Clarity
You can have everything you want, you just need to know what is is. The evaluation below is designed to clarify your life and action to move to the place where you want to be. Definition is clarity.

how To Create A Reputation for Honesty as a Leader-Part 3
Modeling a few simple behaviors can help you create and keep a deserved reputation for honesty-the most important reputation a leader can have.

How To Create A Reputation for Honesty as a Leader-Part 2
It is possible to have a well deserved reputation for honesty-the most important reputation a leader can have, simply by modeling a few behaviors.

Finding Your Passion
Will your life become more blissful if you are spending most of your waking hours (typically your working hours) doing what you love? Studies consistently show that really looking forward to what you do, not only increases your happiness, but improves your physical and mental health as well.

Seven Steps to Positive Power

As part of your spiritual refinement, you might seek to eliminate the character flaws that affect your life most negatively and to add as many good traits as possible, since all good traits affect your life positively. Only a clear perception of the exquisite worth of your spiritual traits will cause you to rid yourself of your negative habits and cultivate positive ones. The more negative habits you can weed out, the better your life will become. Some habits may disappear as easily as pressing the delete button on your computer keyboard; others may take years to overcome.

Win More Sales By Losing The Chains of Spiel and Commonality
Are you chained to your sales spiel? Do your marketing and sales messages weigh down potential qualified customers (qualified prospects) with your rhetoric or commonality links? Learn how to lose these chains and win more sales.

Top 12 Qualities of True Business Professionals
Many in the business, education, government and not for profit sectors consider themselves to be professionals. Yet if this was so, why are we experiencing far more poor ethics from the financial meltdown to pay for play to the decline in even professional associations?

In Your Shoes

Ever wish that you could have the lifestyle of someone you truly admire? Perhaps it’s the lifestyle of the “rich and famous” like a movie star, or a singer? How do you think people would react if one day you decided to start acting like a “diva extraordinaire,” or a megastar actor? My guess is that your family might want to have you admitted for observation. Would the ramification be any less serious if you instead decided to imitate your next door neighbor or business mentor?

Keeping Clients Happy in Hard Times
We all face difficult times at some point. When problems come our way we can become so occupied "fighting the fires" that we forget our clients in the process.

Blagojevich’s silence speaks volumes
Don't avoid the media during a crisis

6 Affiliate Marketing Tips To Create Successful Internet Business
Are you considering of starting your own affiliate marketing internet business? Affiliate marketing can be an exciting experience. But often it can be also very frustrating. If you want to make a living from promoting other people products and/or services, unless you are very fortunate, the road is not going to be easy.

Let's Put the B.S. Aside . . . For Good
In the past few months, how many times have you encountered one or all of these statements, either from sales people, marketing messages or promotions?

How to Win More Sales
Would you like to be the top or near the top sales winner? Can you imagine if you achieved this goal to increase sales, what would that mean for your business or even yourself?

Your Marketing Actions Must Match Your Business Ethics To Increase Sales
Are you marketing messages in alignment with your business ethics or core values statement? If not, you may wish to reconsider existing and future messages because you may just be shooting yourself not only in your foot, but your pocketbook as well.

The Meaning of Integrity
We hear many people in business talking about integrity these days. This article sheds some light on what integrity really means and why it is the mark of all true leaders.

Your Inner Entrepreneur
Recently I was asked by a friend “how do you see so many opportunities?” I thought about her question for a while and was not sure how to answer and said “My mind always sees the big picture, but I’m not sure why.”

Building Confidence~ Be a Rebel in Questionable Times
Develop assets that no one can take away. Build reserves of confidence that are unshakeable. Open your mind to see circumstances from various perspectives, and choose actions that are unique. Read on to learn 10 tips to build confidence and be a rebel when tomorrow seems uncertain.

A Day In The Life Of A 1-800-WATER-DAMAGE Franchisee
You've probably heard of them or seen them around town, but even if you haven't, this article will give you an in-depth look at the day-to-day operations, roles and responsibilities of a franchise with 1-800-WATER-DAMAGE

Small Business Tips: Terrific Testimonials
Testimonials are a critical part of effective copy to help build credibility and to reduce objections to purchase. But many of my clients have been asking lately – how do we go about getting terrific testimonials?

Being as professional
Living up to the expectations of being a professional when in business.

*HOW TO KEEP YOUR BEST PEOPLE*
This article was created to help hiring managers reduce attrition and retain their top talent.

I (Dis)Honestly Love You
One aspect that suffers greatly during midlife crisis is your primary relationship. Knowing what's happening (and how to cope) is critical.

The Fine Art of the Handshake
In today’s world of virtual offices, online meetings, email marketing and Internet selling, business people may be losing their ability to reach out and touch someone – literally.

Leadership in Crisis

Top executive failure rates are estimated to be as high as seventy-five percent and rarely lower than thirty percent. A McKinsey study found that the pipeline for future leaders is broken. Only three percent of those responding to the survey felt their company developed leaders well. Why is this happening? Simply because leaders -- like the rest of us -- tend to judge their own performance significantly better than do those they work with.

Goal Setting: Specific vs. General
It's a new year and I look at it as a clean slate in which to create. Create anything I want. It doesn't matter what goals I didn't get or did get last year. I get to dream and plan for this year with no baggage from the past. I will take the lessons learned and make some new success habits. But it is just so darn exciting to be sitting with a fresh canvas upon which I get to create!

10 SIMPLE (but not easy) STEPS TO TURNING A COMPANY AROUND
ten simple steps that can help turn your company around and increase productivity of your staff

Purpose of Your Organization
When a business has clearly defined its Purpose, Mission, and Values, then all decisions, policies, and actions will have a means to keep them on course and you will have an organization which attracts and keeps the best!

Employees are your life blood. Don’t spring a leak.
Maximize employee longevity, productivity and loyalty

Innocent Drinks: profile of Richard Reed, the fruit smoothie king

Innocent Drinks are one of the UK's best known brands, and a small company with big ideas. The company turnover is heading towards £100 million and the business is expanding rapidly across Europe. I heard Richard speak recently and felt that their ethos of sustainability driving profitability is very similar to the principles behind many women-owned businesses. In short, Innocent focus on procuring ethically, reducing and offsetting carbon emissions, recycling and putting something back through charitable living.

Whats Your Life Purpose
Many of us find ourselves meandering through life, taking each day as it comes, without specific purpose or direction and then wander why life is so monotonous and dull. If you can relate to this then why not from today take control and start to build the foundations of a challenging, exciting and rewarding life. A life that you deserve…….

Rules of Service 101
Good service can be distilled to down these 4 basic rules.

Five Steps to Lead A Team Effectively
Follow these five steps and you will be a more effective leader and build successful team.

Healthy Living Franchises Make Healthy Business Sense
Healthy Lifestyle Trends Among Franchises

Leadership Transformation

It is imperative that leaders go through a personal transformation process in order to bring about effective change within an organization. People, productivity, and profitability are the tools that make an organization successful. Through personal transformation, you will understand that you can be wounded and still learn from your mistakes. You will learn how to forgive yourself and others. You will learn to deal with reality while being comfortable with changes. Most importantly, you will create and motivate movement, as well as positive changes not only in yourself, but also in the people around you, and in your environment.

UNDERSTAND OTHERS BY UNDERSTANDING YOURSELF
Our imperfections, preferences and prejudices do govern our behaviour whether we are aware of them or not. If we are not aware of them we remain under their control as we can do nothing to control them or counteract them

Is the Baby Ugly?

Well of course all babies are beautiful and there are very few things more precious than a new life in this world. Yet the analogy of a baby to our work is very interesting to consider. It is difficult, if not impossible, to not see extreme beauty in what we helped create. When we work hard on a project or invest a significant amount of time on anything, we become blinded by the emotional investment we have already made. We lose our objectivity and in some cases "fall in love" with the ugly baby we have created.

Nice vs. Honest - A Woman's Struggle

Why is it that so many women have a hard time being "honest"? Honest in the sense that when a colleague or peer asks for advice on a task that they've done, an article they've written, or a new project they've created.... women will tend to be "nice" as opposed to honest. Instead of giving them an honest response and critique, women many times will just say, "It's wonderful", "It's perfect', or "I think you did a great job", when in reality they may think it needs a lot of improvement.

Business and Friendships: Keeping the Lines Divided

Can business and friendships happily co-exist? Certainly, if the lines are not crossed and respect is given from both sides. Much too often ill feelings can arise when friends attempt to do business with each other. One person crosses the line with their expectations of what they feel should be acceptable behavior because of their friendship with the business owner. I hear time and time again how this has happened to many business owners, especially women in business.

Nice or Honest?
I’m leading one of my martial arts classes on a hot summer afternoon. The air conditioner is working full-tilt, but only teases us with an occasional whiff of cool air. The students are fully focused and sweating through a set of choreographed exercises we call “kata”. After laying it all on the line they wait for my judgment... I ask, “Do you want me to nice or honest?”

How to Cold Call with Integrity
The way we've always wanted to do cold calling!

Secrets of the Top 10% - Part III: Honesty Sells!
Lies not only damage your ability to communicate with your clients. In many cases, they can lead to a complete breakdown in communication that can be difficult - or even impossible - to repair.

Downsizing Mistakes
When organizations need to downsize, it is not a fun time for anyone. There are so many ways to do it poorly, and they detract from critical objectives. While there is no magic wand to make downsizing activities happy times, I believe the behavior of higher transparency is one best practice that should be used more often.

EMBODYING THE VALUES
CARRY OUT A PERSONAL AUDIT:To identify your most important values , you need to carry out a personal audit.It means that you have to take stock of what type of world you want to live in, what will induce meaning and purpose in life. Once you have found your most important values, you need to pursue and embody them in your life.The exercise which follows will help in practising your values.

Business Advisors: Which is better: beautiful lies or brutal honesty?
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Are You Living Your True Self
Many people today are not living their true self. Many people believe certain things about themselves, but it rarely shows up in their actions. Between beliefs and actions are a person's values.

Top Ten Tips About People Management
Sadly, Performance Management has got itself a bad reputation. Dreaded by those on the receiving end and considered an unproductive chore by the manager, the value and benefits have been lost. But there is another way and here are Ten Tips to help.

Managing Change - Get it Right
Managing change in organisations is a challenging, process driven exercise, unless you have been courageous enough as an organisation, to be enlightened and multi-inclusive in decision making.

Build a Dynamic Business - 10 Steps to Start You Off
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Employee Success 7 Ways Feedback Works
Feedback to your people works if you get it right. They develop; your business grows and everyone's a winner. Now, here's the good news! In this article are 7 reasons to build 'Feedback' into your skillset.

Why I always Keep my Promises
It's a small thing, but it is important. In your business, forgetting little things promised causes erosion of trust and belief in you. And ultimately, those little things add up to a lot for your people. And that affects you and ultimately, your business success.

Being True to Your Values
Reflect on your Life in a holistic way. If you have clear understanding of your destination, the end in mind,what matters to you most, then the steps you take will always be in the right direction. The more your goal fits into the structure of your core beliefs and values, the more likely it is going to be achieved.

THE GIFT OF LOVING YOURSELF FIRST
Many loving, naturally-giving people experience an imbalance in their flow of giving and receiving. They give easily; it’s receiving from others that is challenging. Unlike those who have difficulty considering others, this message is addressed to those who disregard considering themselves!

How to Create Your Personal Work Life Balance Plan
Creating a Work Life Balance Plan is not hard but there are some crucial issues to explore. In essence, you need to 'Plan your work and plan your play'. You may also need to deal with conflicting demands on your time and energy. Here is how to get started.

Who Is In Your Circle of Influence What Does That Say About You

We have heard that old saying, “You are judged by the company you keep.” That saying is important in our business life and our personal life. Who you associate with will say as much about you, your ethics, your integrity, your honesty, your core values, your beliefs, your passion and your future intentions as your actual personal behavior does. And as a business owner or business leader, you are being observed every minute of every day. Colleagues, clients, vendors, suppliers, et al are all scrutinizing, watching, listening to those people you influence. Therefore, this is a serious matter for consideration when you decide who will be in your circle of influence. Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach challenges you to stop and look around you. Who do you see? Who is there? Who is in your circle of influence?

Five Vital Small Business Strategies
With a thunderstorm of different economic problems raining down on any small business owner, it can be tougher than ever for your business to survive. The question I get most often is “How can I better my circumstance?” To be short and sweet, you have to take things one step at a time, be brutally honest, know your limits, keep a positive attitude, and simplify the business equation.

3 Techniques For Giving Feedback To The C-Suite
Real change in behavior, regardless of who is receiving it, is more likely to come from a delivery that is sincere and made in a respectful way.

How To Increase Website Conversions
Many Webmasters and e-store owners get so caught up in trying to increase traffic levels that they almost forget to track conversions. However, the number of conversions, and the conversion rate of your site are among the most important figures to monitor.

Home Business Scams, Lies, and Flat-Out B.S.
Home business scams, lies, and flat-out BS is what drives me absolutely haywire! I get tired of having to put on my HazMat suit to wade through these mangy scams everyday. Anything I do whether it be email, submitting an article, advertising, blogging, etc...I get bombarded with so much dung heap crap opportunities that I want to jump...

12 Ways to Persuade People to do More for You
Persuasion, it’s something we need to be able to use every day…even if it’s only to persuade our partners/spouses to put out the washing…here are some fun ways in which you can persuade others to do things for you.

The Presentologist Learns in Future Tense
Predicting the future is easy, but predicting it accurately is the hard part. You can prepare today by learning for the future. When you consider your options, look into the mirror, the telescope, and the magnifying glass.

You Have The Right To Choose Happiness
The recent tragic death of the very talented Whitney Houston got me thinking about how so many of us are unaware that we are all born to be happy and are tuned into the dark and difficult aspects of life, remaining blind to our innate beauty

Fostering Truth Telling: Six Tips for Developing A High Integrity Staff
When you foster truth telling in your company, it creates the critical trust needed to enhance the productivity of your staff members and the loyalty of your customers. Read on and discover six tips that will help you develop a high integrity staff.

The Power of Honesty
Truth, honesty and integrity work like magnets. On a deep level we all recognize and are drawn to these qualities in others. Your honest engagement with the world is your greatest asset.

Authenticity, Transparency and Integrity
Do you know how to discern when someone is being transparent and authentic and when they are being duplicitous?

All Bets Are Off
How do honesty and integrity weigh into life in business and sales? In what ways are these factors altered in trying times? What must you know and understand in order to succeed when it comes to your own character? Read on...

5 Ways To Get A Job
No more simple career advice. You're smarter than that. You deserve honesty.

Integrity and Honesty - Qualities Necessary for a Successful Business
Integrity and honesty are the pillars that can make or destroy your business. Practicing integrity and honesty in business will help you in establishing a good reputation in the market, enabling you to make more clients and thus grow your business the ethical way.

Productive Conflict in Leadership Teams
Productive conflict in leadership teams is essential if they want to be high performing. This has to come from a basis of trust, understanding and honesty. The Leader needs to role model the right behaviours for this to happen.

Honesty and Integrity Produce Trust
Honesty and integrity are motherhood leadership phrases. And they should be. They are fundamental to leadership. Honesty and integrity produce trust, which produces high levels of confidence. High confidence encourages people to dream and to reach for new horizons.

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