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JULY 17, 2010

Saturday, July 17, 2010 Run Better Meetings Here are five handy tips for how to run a better meeting: Limit attendance. July 18, 2010 6:58 PM Executive Coach Caroline Smith said. July 19, 2010 4:23 PM Executive Coach Caroline Smith said. BABY BOOMER Employees -- Like having decades of work experience and input still valued.

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OCTOBER 5, 2010

Tuesday, October 5, 2010 Find The Ideal Tone For Your Emails Cant quite master the ideal tone for the emails you send employees and customers? ToneCheck , a software program that works with Microsoft Outlook 2003, 2007 and 2010, helps to ensure your tone is clearly communicated and understood. You might want to check out ToneCheck.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2010

Saturday, November 20, 2010 Give Positive Feedback. BABY BOOMER Employees -- Like having decades of work experience and input still valued. Great Quotes "Everybodys a teacher if you listen" -- Actress Doris Roberts Become A Mentor OR Be Mentored MicroMentor My MicroMentor Experience Search This Blog Loading. Dont Praise.

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JANUARY 15, 2011

BABY BOOMER Employees -- Like having decades of work experience and input still valued. Great Quotes "Everybodys a teacher if you listen" -- Actress Doris Roberts Become A Mentor OR Be Mentored MicroMentor My MicroMentor Experience Search This Blog Loading. Honor The Legacy Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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DECEMBER 24, 2010

Friday, December 24, 2010 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Having a mentor is one of the best things you can do to advance your career as a leader. BABY BOOMER Employees -- Like having decades of work experience and input still valued. So, decide today to secure a mentor who will work with you during 2011.

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DECEMBER 1, 2010

Wednesday, December 1, 2010 How To Avoid 8 Common Performance Evaluation Pitfalls As the year comes to a close its likely time for many business leaders to tackle the annual performance appraisal process. BABY BOOMER Employees -- Like having decades of work experience and input still valued. Make conversation with your team.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Tuesday, September 28, 2010 Be A Manager Who Makes Decisions A manager who cant make a decision or who cant make a timely decision will frustrate his/her employees. Equally bad, a lack of decision will impede the progress of the managers team. Honor The Legacy Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

Sunday, September 26, 2010 How To Create A "Best Places To Work" Company Overland Park, Kansas-based author Leigh Branham, along with Mark Hirschfeld, recently completed a survey of 10,000 employees in 43 states to better understand what separates a "best places to work" company from other companies. Been looking at this book for awhile.

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JULY 21, 2010

Wednesday, July 21, 2010 Share The Bad News Of course its much easier to share good news with your employees, but its perhaps even more important to share the bad news. BABY BOOMER Employees -- Like having decades of work experience and input still valued. Glad you are sharing this message with your readers.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2010

Saturday, September 18, 2010 How To Improve Your Internal Communication Skills Here is this weeks book recommendation. BABY BOOMER Employees -- Like having decades of work experience and input still valued. Its a quick read, yet power-packed with useful tips for communicating effectively -- tips you can start to use tomorrow.

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DECEMBER 7, 2010

Tuesday, December 7, 2010 How To Talk About Poor Performance With An Employee As a leader, the time will come when you will have to speak with an employee about his or her poor performance. BABY BOOMER Employees -- Like having decades of work experience and input still valued. Honor The Legacy Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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APRIL 26, 2010

Monday, April 26, 2010 Engage Your Employees.Especially Now Im a big fan of the books authored by Leigh Branham. Posted by Eric Jacobson at 7:37 PM Labels: Books For Managers , General Management Skills , Goal Setting , Leadership Books , Management , Motivating Employees , Soliciting Suggestions 1 comments: davidburkus said.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2010

BABY BOOMER Employees -- Like having decades of work experience and input still valued. Great Quotes "Everybodys a teacher if you listen" -- Actress Doris Roberts Become A Mentor OR Be Mentored MicroMentor My MicroMentor Experience Search This Blog Loading. Honor The Legacy Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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AUGUST 24, 2010

Tuesday, August 24, 2010 Dont Hire Someone Just Like You Despite the temptation to hire someone like yourself, hire someone to complement your skills --not to duplicate your skills. Managers often find it easier, more comfortable, or less threatening to hire someone with similar skills and work habits. Good post Eric.

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DECEMBER 18, 2010

Saturday, December 18, 2010 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Lynn Flinn of EWF International in Tulsa, OK wrote the following in a recent newsletter. How many experiences have you overlooked in your own town, because you just keep going to the same familiar places? Its so powerful I wanted to pass it along.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Monday, September 6, 2010 Keys To Telling A Good Story In Your Presentations Joey Ashers new 100-page book, 15 Minutes Including Q&A provides a "plan to save the world from lousy presentations," proclaims Asher. BABY BOOMER Employees -- Like having decades of work experience and input still valued. Make conversation with your team.

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JULY 12, 2010

Monday, July 12, 2010 The next time you stay at a Marriott hotel look in the nightstand drawer for Marriotts booklet that highlights its milestones and tells the Marriott story. Its more important to hire people with the right qualities than with specific experience. Success is in the details. Eliminate the cause of a mistake.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Tuesday, September 21, 2010 How Do You Answer These Leadership Questions? ▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi. . Third to last is crucial.

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DECEMBER 12, 2010

Sunday, December 12, 2010 The Five Points Of Professionalism Heres more good advice from The Everything Coaching And Mentoring Book : Professional behavior on the job means that work habits are strong and consistent. BABY BOOMER Employees -- Like having decades of work experience and input still valued.

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JUNE 2, 2010

Wednesday, June 2, 2010 How To Be An Open Leader Charlene Li, the author of the best-seller book, Groundswell , was kind enough to send me an advance copy of her newest book, Open Leadership , which she released for sale on May 24. BABY BOOMER Employees -- Like having decades of work experience and input still valued. Great read.

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OCTOBER 23, 2010

Saturday, October 23, 2010 Key Interviewing Questions To Ask To Identify Leaders The next time you are interviewing a candidate and you want to access their leadership skills, consider asking the candidate these questions: What personal qualities define you as a leader? Honor The Legacy Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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AUGUST 25, 2010

Wednesday, August 25, 2010 Mix Praise With Constructive Feedback When you provide overall feedback to your employees, mix praise with constructive feedback about what they can do to improve. BABY BOOMER Employees -- Like having decades of work experience and input still valued. I totally agree. " It gets seen through.

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OCTOBER 17, 2010

Sunday, October 17, 2010 What To Think About For Next Year Hopefully, 2011 will be better for most businesses. BABY BOOMER Employees -- Like having decades of work experience and input still valued. "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac. Make conversation with your team.

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AUGUST 8, 2010

Sunday, August 8, 2010 Use A Board Of Advisors David Burkus often provides valuable comments to my various Blog postings, and hes a person who effectively uses a board of advisors, instead of mentors, to help him achieve success. "Ive I benefit from the variety of experience these people have." Make conversation with your team.

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AUGUST 4, 2010

Wednesday, August 4, 2010 Never Say These Words To A Customer Author Harvey MacKay wrote the following spot-on advice in his recent column in the Kansas City Business Journal. BABY BOOMER Employees -- Like having decades of work experience and input still valued. plain and simple. Honor The Legacy Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Sunday, September 19, 2010 Do you have a brand strategy? ▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi. . Honor The Legacy Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2010

Saturday, November 27, 2010 5 Reasons To Do An Employee Survey Business leaders who wonder whether they should conduct an employee survey should think about these five good reasons for conducting surveys, as recommended by John Kador and Katherine J. BABY BOOMER Employees -- Like having decades of work experience and input still valued.

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AUGUST 22, 2010

Sunday, August 22, 2010 5 Tips For Generating Ideas From Employees Your employees have lots of ideas. ▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2010

▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi. . BABY BOOMER Employees -- Like having decades of work experience and input still valued.

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JUNE 13, 2010

Sunday, June 13, 2010 Lessons From Good To Great Here are two of my favorite quotes from the hugely popular leadership book, Good To Great : "The good-to-great companies did not say, Okay, folks, lets get passionate about what we do. BABY BOOMER Employees -- Like having decades of work experience and input still valued.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2010

Sunday, November 28, 2010 4 Quick Tips For How To Lead More Effectively Roger Fulton’s book, Common Sense Management , offers these quick tips for how to be an effective leader: • Don’t Blame Others – When in a position of power, everything that occurs is your responsibility, even the errors.

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APRIL 29, 2010

Thursday, April 29, 2010 Create Core Values Sometimes when you are leading an organization or business and struggling to articulate your core values, it helps to see how others have stated theirs. BABY BOOMER Employees -- Like having decades of work experience and input still valued. In past postings Ive shared Marriotts core values.

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AUGUST 3, 2010

Tuesday, August 3, 2010 Let Employees Learn From Their Mistakes Mistakes happen. The best thing you can do as a manager and leader is to help your employee learn from his (or her) mistake. BABY BOOMER Employees -- Like having decades of work experience and input still valued. New employee messes up and losses $1 million.

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APRIL 20, 2010

Tuesday, April 20, 2010 Welcome Ideas At Any Time From Anyone Great ideas for your business can come at anytime from anyone on your team. BABY BOOMER Employees -- Like having decades of work experience and input still valued. You're absolutely right. Honor The Legacy Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Make conversation with your team.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Friday, November 12, 2010 5 Open-Ended Questions To Ask Your Customers I really like author Paul R. BABY BOOMER Employees -- Like having decades of work experience and input still valued. Timms advice to stop asking your customers the "typical" questions and instead ask them open-ended questions. Make conversation with your team.

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JULY 10, 2010

Saturday, July 10, 2010 How To Give Constructive Feedback Eric Harvey and Al Lucia wrote a booklet called " 144 Ways To Walk The Talk." BABY BOOMER Employees -- Like having decades of work experience and input still valued. "Great Places To Work" Employee Perks New Book Shows You How To Set A Goal And Then Reac.

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APRIL 12, 2010

Monday, April 12, 2010 Build These Leadership Skills I had the pleasure of interviewing Overland Park, KS-based author Leigh Branham recently. Posted by Eric Jacobson at 8:01 PM Labels: Leadership Books , Leadership Skills , Management , Motivating Employees 1 comments: davidburkus said. Honor The Legacy Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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