6 Essential Leadership Traits That Build Effective TeamsBy Jeff WolfTo create a fully functional team, the leader needs to exhibit six leadership traits. 1. Build trust. Trust is a three-way street: A. You must be able to trust each member of your team. B. They, in turn, must be able to trust you. C. Team members need to trust one another. Trust is earned, so set the stage for success by creating regular and ongoing teambuilding opportunities |
Teamwork and Strong TeamsBy Jeff WolfEffective leaders know that their organizations will realize substantial benefits by building strong teams to reach their objectives and strategic goals. Bringing people together on the same page is highly effective because people can accomplish more collectively than individually. Every participant brings a unique skillset to the team. Some may be highly creative at coming up with new id |
Nonverbal CommunicationBy Jeff WolfFunctions of Nonverbal Communication It’s vital to understand how we communicate, not just the meaning of the words we speak. As a leader or manager, you should explore how nonverbal communication serves many functions: • Repetition. Gestures, such as nodding, serve to reinforce what’s being said. A nod of the head is, in fact, one of the most universal |
How Visions Become SharedBy Jeff WolfHow do individual visions become shared visions? A useful metaphor is the hologram, the three-dimensional image created by interacting light sources. If you cut a photograph in half, each half shows only part of the whole image. But if you divide a hologram, each part, no matter how small, shows the whole image intact. Likewise, when a group of people comes together to share |
Macro versus Micro!By Kathy BoyleJuggling it all… Entrepreneurs, whether solo or managing a fleet of employees, never seem to have enough hours in the day. If I had a penny for every time I heard the phrase “I’m so busy” from an entrepreneur I would be worth gazillions in pennies! However, the reality is that you could be busy but not maximizing your potential. Every business owner needs to balan |
Kicking the Can Down the Road!By Kathy BoyleEffective Strategies for Success by Chapin Hill Advisors, Inc. Kicking the Can Down the Road? Tax Deadlines… If we didn’t have deadlines created by the IRS and face potential penalties and fines, many of us would probably delay our tax filings. But since we have those deadlines, we get it done. It may be at the 11th hour and we may take advantage of extensions but event |
10 Ideas For A Stronger Career In 2017By Caroline Ceniza-LevineAs we finish off one year and prepare to start the next, it’s a good time to think about how we want 2017 to be better, which for purposes of this column means a better career. Here are 10 ideas for new year’s resolutions to adopt for a stronger career in 2017: 1. I will stay in touch. You can start the networking habit with a holiday mailing. You can continue by reaching out in |
How to Bounce Back Quickly After Making a Mistake at the OfficeBy Caroline Ceniza-LevineAccording to a recent survey by Deloitte, the top cause of stress for workers was realizing that they had made a mistake. Of the 23,000 people surveyed, 82% said this caused them stress at work. (A challenging workload and “moments of conflict” like getting reprimanded or delivering a difficult message tied for second place, at 52%.) This isn’t a healthy or productive situa |
The Brilliance in ConflictBy Amilya AntonettiMy mission is to get everyone to recognize their own unique gifts and abilities, and those of the people around them. People want to be seen, heard, and understood. If you understand me, then I don’t have to apologize for my shortcomings and vice versa. I believe that everyone is here to do something and we are all connected in what is often referred to as the butterfly effect—we just |
Dippin' Dot NeutrinosBy Kevin Manning
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~~Looking all around us in every direction, there appears to be nothing but empty space between the objects in our view and ourselves. Actually, untold numbers of molecules of nitrogen, oxygen and other gases traverse the seeming void. Even well beyond the Earth's atmosphere, cosmologists still attempt to explain the mysterious dark matter that pervades the universe at large. Though everything
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