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#80 Mindful Holiday Tips for Dealing with Stress, Difficult Relatives, Grief and the New Year Revisited
The holidays bring a sense of rebirth, joy and gratitude. Sometimes they also bring stress too. In this episode we talk about how to manage yourself, set clear boundaries, what to do with expectations and how to...
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#124 11 Signs Your Employees Are Yawning
According to Gallupās State of the American Workplace Report the majority of workers are not engaged or are actively disengaged. The old command-and-control style of leadership does not work today. In this episode you...
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#123 A Portuguese Adventure ā Six Reasons Why and Why Not to Travel
Just last night I returned from a 16 day Portuguese vacation to Lisbon and The Algarve during which I made time to notice some important aspects of why travel does and does not work for people. Over the years, my...
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#122 How You Know If You Have Executive Presence
When you walk into a room you can tell immediately who the strong and respected leaders are by the way they carry themselves, by the people around them, by the way the speak and by their body language. In this episode...
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#121 Transition Versus Evolution - When You Donāt Know What is Next and It Scares You
Every one of us has been through a transition ā first day of school, first day of college, first day on the job, heartbreak, a layoff, having been terminated at work, a divorce, death of a loved one, moving to a new...
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#114 Eight Success Practices for Leaders in the High Stakes Corporate World
How do you maintain executive presence, be an accessible leader, exhibit agility and strategic execution when youāre being asked to do more with less, you doubt yourself, you see others advancing when you are not, and...
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#119 Nine Mindful Presentation Tips that Inspire People to Take Action
Every day in your work you present information for the purpose of influencing others. A great presentation creates connection, builds, rapport, underscores trust and closes deals. Poor presentations bore people,...
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#118 The Most Dangerous Risk of All
Humans are wired to play it safe. This is why we are not extinct as a species - we know our tribe, we know our role in the tribe, and we know if we donāt live up to our role we may risk being ousted by the tribe which...
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#117 Ageism ā What It Is and How to Avoid It
Many of my clients are in their 40s, 50s and 60s and are experiencing ageism at work and in life. It is an insidious form of discrimination because it is hard to prove, rarely litigated yet quietly undermining...
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#116 When You Are About to Lose Your Executive Presence with a Difficult Person
Have you ever tried to reason with a difficult person who absolutely will not listen? Anxiety builds when you think you are making a logical argument, have the facts behind you, the other person is not bending at all...
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#115 When Itās Out of Your Control Trust the Coping Strategy of a Master
Itās human nature to look in the mirror and compare ourselves to the images our culture throws at us every day. Being young, successful, body beautiful and wealthy are what our society thrives on, reminding us of what...
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#120 Three Girls and a Car in Search of Lighthouses
My two thirty-something daughters asked to go on a vacation with me ā just the three of us alone. I was profoundly touched and also grateful because when they were little I didnāt have money to take the family out to...
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