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Creating Healthy Work Environments
We want security and we want it everywhere. As a nation, we’re focused on national security. We schlep to work everyday for financial security. Once we get there we work hard to prove ourselves hoping for job security. We have lifestyles we want to secure and we look for it in our relationships. We secure our buildings, our computers, our accounts and our valuables. But we never seem to notice that the security people feel inside is often the least secure thing of all. Instead we install more alarms, add to our nest eggs and write new laws to protect our assets, our futures and our loved ones, when what we really need to do to make better, healthier companies is exert as much energy securing ourselves internally as we do our external environments and circumstances.

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If Your Canary Dies, Then Your Sales People May Need Help
Most people are familiar with the age-old practice of bringing a canary bird into a coal mine to see if the oxygen is acceptable for human consumption. If the poor little bird dies, then the miners would know that either the air is toxic or there isn’t enough oxygen to sustain human life. I certainly hope that in these current times there are more humane methods for checking the atmosphere. No – I don’t mean throwing your boss in the mines instead of a bird! I mean technological equipment that measures air quality for humans. I DO know, however, that a similar inhumane practice exists in many sales environments.
Cubicle Courtesies Unlock Doors
It’s true that the close quarters of office cubicles in companies are a breeding ground for hot tempers, resentments and damaged relations. It’s also true that most of our complaints about our co-workers are valid and should not be ignored. The challenge is to devise and employ strategies to create goodwill in the office so that minor annoyances do not explode into a toxic work environment that no one will benefit from. Open environments and cubicles are here to stay. Ensure that your business relationships enjoy that same longevity by employing strategies of cubicle courtesies which will open doors to a more productive and enjoyable workspace.
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.
Toxic Leadership and Change Management - How to Spot it, Deal With it and Avoid it
Toxic leadership is all about the abuse of power and its destructiveness. In change management terms, having anyone in a leadership or a management position in your organisation who displays these characteristics is like a poison that needs to be identified and eradicated at the earliest opportunity. There are a number of defenses to toxic leadership...
Toxic People
A few years ago, I attended one of Debbie Ford's ( No1 NY Times Best Selling Author and Self Development Expert) Shadow process workshops in New York. One of the biggest light bulb moments I had on this course was when Debbie led us through a process where we learned to accept that ' There are people out there who are toxic and will screw with you'. Being a coach and a 'People Pleaser' this was a new thought process for me as I had got into the habit of making excuses for other peoples poor behaviour and also, forgetting that sometimes we need to put limits on toxic people in order to protect ourselves.

Non Toxic Laundry Detergent – Why is Bio-degradable so Important for Your Family and Health?
Have you considered yourself a Goes Green family or do you still trust the old line of it doesn't really make any difference? There are so many areas to consider. The first might be for you; do these non toxic laundry detergent natural cleaning products really work that well or are they just over priced and over sold. What are some areas to consider?

"Power Up" Your Environment to Support "YOU"
The key to building a rock solid foundation is to become AWARE of your environments. You are the product of your environments. Therefore, it only makes sense to intentionally design them to be supportive, inspiring and stimulating. Your immediate environments include the Physical, the Self, Family, Friends, Relationships, Nature, Finance and the Spiritual - Success begins with you and the environments you create.
The #1 Leadership Communication Problem Preventing Your Employees from Doing Exactly What You Want
Communication is a catch-all phrase for things that go wrong in companies and relationships. Unfortunately, the concept is too ambiguous to do anything constructive to fix it. There are seven communication mistakes that lead to mis-understandings, and cause conflicts between co-workers, and bosses and their subordinates which lead to low morale and toxic work environments. These are the "The 7 Deadly Sins of Organizational Leadership Communication," and the least understood and most common of the sins is communicating with a lack of specificity.
Blind CEOs
It is amazing how many toxic environments exist in organizations. One would think with all the leadership training it would be harder to find oppressive cultures. A larger conundrum is why so many top leaders simply cannot see their contribution to the malaise. In this article I explore the problem of blind CEOs and offer some antidotes.

Using Removable Hard Disk Drives (RHDDs)
Removable hard disk drives (RHDD) are a form of removable media which includes magnetic tape that address many common use cases. Usage scenarios include enabling bulk data portability for larger environments or for D2D backup where the media needs to be physically moved offsite for small and mid sized environments.

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