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Instant Intimacy
Whether your goal is to sell more widgets or make more friends, you'll be more successful the quicker you can connect with people. And of course, the more intimate the connection, the better. So let's discuss how you can capitalize on the many brief interactions at your next conference or social gathering.
Ten Questions With Michael Raynor
Michael Raynor has a doctorate of business administration from Harvard and works for a big-name consulting firm so I had to overcome several deep-seated prejudices to read his new book The Strategy Paradox: Why Committing to Success Leads to Failure (and What To Do About It).

Balance - Take More Time for Yourself!
Most of us are busier than ever. Our lives are full of things to do, places to go, people to meet. All of this in the name of "getting ahead." But there comes a time when we need to question "is this really success?"

The ultimate secret to business growth
I talk to business owners every day that want to take their businesses to the next level, but are puzzled as to why it’s so hard. They push and work and expand and contract only to find themselves right back where they found themselves last year.
THE PARADOXICAL WAY WE LIVE
How is it that we have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more medical experts but less wellness. We have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider freeways but narrower viewpoints. We spend more but enjoy less. I mean just what is it that we have created here anyway! What have we been thinking or perhaps we haven’t been thinking, at least not enough about what really counts, what really is important in our lives. If the paradoxes we find all around us are an indication of how effective we have become at living happy, fulfilling lives, we are in real trouble.

Nothing is static – all is in a state of flux
Nothing in the world is static. Nothing remains the same. Everything is in a state of change. Those who long for stability, whereby what is present now will forever be so, are delusional. Such a situation will not and cannot exist. Change is everywhere at all times. The world and life is dynamic. Everything is in a state of flux.
Hire People with Organizational Grit!
“Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable people attempt to adapt the world to themselves. All progress, therefore, depends on unreasonable people” - so said the famous Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw. For organizations seeking progress and change there seem to be too many reasonable people about!
Managing Paradox
Managing paradox is a strange concept for most managers. Yet it lies at the heart of successful management. Find out why in this article.
Are You Managing Paradox?
What do we mean when we say that management is a paradox? Find out in this fascinating article exploring the true nature of managers and the managed.
Cost of office fit out
The service providers or retail companies in the office fit out, commercial fit out, relocation, interior design and refurbishment services sectors promote their inspirational services and products in amazing budgets all around the world. Alas, as they likely spend more in promotion, they neglect the real buyers and their unique needs that are limited by their tight budgets as the result of the economical recession in the world.
The Land Of Purposeful Paradoxes - The Birthplace Of Your Divinely Inspired Life Purpose
Paradox is defined as something that appears to contradict itself, two statements that say opposite things and yet are both true. Something that seems to contradict itself and when heard together form a Truth. If there is such a thing as Truth in the cosmos, one of the most interesting places to find truth is in a paradox because like we said in our definition of a paradox, a paradox contains multiple truths. We as humans tend to want to see things as either/or, black or white. We are often uncomfortable with two things being true. We tend to want things one-way or the other. Do you have a FAVORITE paradox? Here are a few examples: "The more you learn, the less you know." Or "The more things change, the more they stay the same".... Or one of my personal favorites from Charles Dickens: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times".
Human Resources: Getting to the Leadership Table
Most Human Resources professionals want a seat at the leadership table--but struggle to gain the opportunity to do so. This article describes the challenges facing human resources professionals and prescribes an approach that builds credibility to the contributions that HR professionals can and should make to the success of the business. Follow this prescription, and you are more likely to find yourself a more highly regarded member of the leadership team.

Would a wiki work?
A recent study conducted by CSO Insights indicated that poor sales knowledge management is hitting the top and bottom lines of companies in extremely negative ways. These included high sales rep turn over, longer sell cycles and lower win rates.

Motivating Others
People are self-motivated. The task is to find out what needs and values motivate the individual internally, or more importantly, how to select people who will be naturally motivated by what the environment and job offers. Check out the list of questions to ask. It is an interesting paradox that as a parent, manager, supervisor, or owner, you can stifle motivation, but you cannot create it. If a person has been motivated in the past, but is not now, something may be going on at work or home which is stifling the person’s motivation.
A Better Way to Live
Random Thoughts on Life and Entrepreneurism
Searching for Wholeness and Balance As An Entrepreneur
Balance and Wholeness are two sides of a coin for the living entrepreneurs.
Search Engine Optimization, Google, and The Reptilian Code
Search engine optimization dominates the thinking and to a large degree the marketing efforts of many small and medium-sized companies, but have you ever noticed that many of the largest and most profitable companies in the world ignore many SEO techniques.
What a Leader needs to understand on Trust
In this financial and economic crisis, people has lost trust in their leaders. Why and how do they get it back?
THE MASTERY OF HARDSHIPS
"Life is Difficult, and when we come to accept that life is difficult, it no longer seems so!" (Scott Peck) It is a bit of a paradox but true happiness, as in intrinsic, in fact is a resulting symptom of a life well spent in solving problems and overcoming hardships.

Leading With a Light and Gentle Touch
Some of the most powerful leaders in history have been gentle leaders. Think of Mother Teresa. Think of Nelson Mandela. If you lead others in teams or in groupwork, you can be as powerful as these great leaders. By having class and being gentle.
Leading Leaders
Dr. Paul Hersey probably best described the phenomenon of leading other leaders in his work on Situational Leadership. Dr. Hersey clearly identified different skill sets related to managing and leading people based on their skill set and based on the particular leadership situation. His groundbreaking work identified some of the possible disconnects when leaders utilize the same skill set to manage leaders as they do when they supervise entry level workers. In his model, when leading leaders, you can no longer be directive, use a cookie cutter approach and overly define the process details and steps.
What Franchisers Look For in Franchisees
Most franchisors talk of "awarding" franchises, rather than selling them. Learn how franchisers think and how they decide which prospects they will and won't sell a franchise to.
The Paradox of Sales Training
Companies spend a lot of time and money in providing sales skills training. However, they skip the most important sales skill - Prospecting. The only skill that puts a sales person in a position to use all their other sales skills. Yet Prospecting training is easy, inexpensive, and requires very little time. The best ROI for your sales training dollar!!!

Why Africa’s oil riches don’t make Africans richer
Here’s an interesting read from Wharton School’s Knowledge network.

Other paradox Related Articles

Are You Managing Paradox?
What do we mean when we say that management is a paradox? Find out in this fascinating article exploring the true nature of managers and the managed.
The Manager's Art and Skill of Managing Exceptions
It's vital for any manager to create a disciplined approach to the way they manage their team. And, of course, show they can be flexible too, so there's the paradox...

Leadership Myth #3 - Great Leaders have a College Education
To be a great leader, does one need a college education? No, that is not a prerequisite for leadership, but the weight of evidence is that better educated people do make better leaders. This article explains the apparent paradox.

Growing Your Business in a Difficult Economy
Admiral James Stockdale was the highest ranking American POW during the Vietnam War. He was held for more than 8 years and after his release wrote a book Love and War that described how he was able to not just survive the ordeal but actually thrive when many others didn’t. The story of his absolute confidence that he would survive coupled with his ability to confront the brutal facts of his current reality came to be known as the “Stockdale Paradox”. Many years later Jim Collins wrote his business masterpiece Good to Great and demonstrated how many companies used the “Stockdale Paradox” to survive and thrive in tough times while many of their competitors fell by the wayside or disappeared completely.

Catch-22 Leads to Credit Card Debt
A Catch-22 (def) is a logical paradox wherein you find yourself in need of something which can only be had by not being in need of it.

Why Rewards Cause Problems #2: Rewards Can Punish
It seems wrong to say it, but rewards actually sometimes feel like punishment. Managers need to be very careful how rewards are administered in order to avoid an entitlement mentality. Here is an article that explains the paradox.

Managing Paradox
Managing paradox is a strange concept for most managers. Yet it lies at the heart of successful management. Find out why in this article.
The Land Of Purposeful Paradoxes - The Birthplace Of Your Divinely Inspired Life Purpose
Paradox is defined as something that appears to contradict itself, two statements that say opposite things and yet are both true. Something that seems to contradict itself and when heard together form a Truth. If there is such a thing as Truth in the cosmos, one of the most interesting places to find truth is in a paradox because like we said in our definition of a paradox, a paradox contains multiple truths. We as humans tend to want to see things as either/or, black or white. We are often uncomfortable with two things being true. We tend to want things one-way or the other. Do you have a FAVORITE paradox? Here are a few examples: "The more you learn, the less you know." Or "The more things change, the more they stay the same".... Or one of my personal favorites from Charles Dickens: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times".
Ledership Vs. Followership
A strange paradox; America wants better leaders but invests nothing in followership.
3 Ways of Leading
This is when there were way too many frustrations. It was the biggest paradox at work. They loved it when he left them alone and hated it when they asked for his help and he would shrug and say "You take care of it. That's what I'm paying you for."

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