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Do you need coaching or training (or both)?
About once a month, someone calls asking: “Do you do trainings?” I love these calls. My first response is something like, “Yes, I do trainings. Tell me more about what you need so I can see if I can deliver it.” That response seems to go better than me blurting out: “How effective do you…
Read MoreIntroverts Unite! (oh, might be tough…)
Hi, I’m Camille and I’m an extrovert. I confess that from time to time I’ve overlooked the talents that introverts have to offer. I’m reforming. On a recent flight home from Ohio, I read Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain. I picked it up because in…
Read MoreYou get what you measure
GIGO: Garbage In, Garbage Out That phrase reminds us that what you put into something is what you’ll get out of it. If you put garbage in – cheap parts, shoddy workmanship, no quality inspection, inaccurate data – that will determine what comes out. I think it’s time to employ that thinking again to what…
Read MoreBright side of BurnOut: How to Fix it! (Part 2)
Last month, I covered 2 of 4 lessons regarding how to stop burnout: #1: Stop and identify the specific source of the fire (remember: everything’s not burning) and #2: Drop into your Self, listening and paying attention to what matters to you (your voice, vision and values). (Want a refresher? Read Part 1) Before we…
Read MoreOur Values: How we define them matters
Our values are one of the key drivers of our performance. They influence the goals we pursue and the methods by which we pursue them. When our values aren’t fulfilled in a way that is meaningful to us, we feel out of sync and literally, under-valued. Our performance shrinks. Understanding what our values mean is…
Read MoreThe Art of a Successful Partnership: Staying Engaged After Saying “I do!”
Ahh, February, the Love month, host of Valentine’s Day. The day millions of us express our love with flowers, chocolates and those sugar hearts with goofy sayings. The day thousands will pop the question and become engaged. If you’ve been engaged or just plain head-over-heels in love, I bet you can remember how great you…
Read MoreBoomers & GenYers Share the Same Bed … of Values
Recently, I was of the opinion that what Millennials (born 1976-87) value is different from what Boomers (born 1946-64) cherish. More recently, I received another intelligence report from HBR (http://harvardbusiness.org, July-Aug 09), entitled “How Gen Y & Boomers Will Reshape Your Agenda”, with the tag line: Your oldest and youngest talent cohorts demand many of…
Read MoreBoomers & GenYers Share the Same Bed … of Values
Recently, I was of the opinion that what Millennials (born 1976-87) value is different from what Boomers (born 1946-64) cherish. More recently, I received another intelligence report from HBR (http://harvardbusiness.org, July-Aug 09), entitled “How Gen Y & Boomers Will Reshape Your Agenda”, with the tag line: Your oldest and youngest talent cohorts demand many of…
Read MoreOnboarding that helps New & Old employees!
The interview process is complete. Expectations established and promises made by both parties. The contact signed. Next step: Welcome, Aboard! Onboarding is a process to acclimate a new employee into an organization so that the value they were hired to add to the company is successfully realized as rapidly and cost-effectively as possible. The traditional…
Read MoreOnboarding that helps New & Old employees!
The interview process is complete. Expectations established and promises made by both parties. The contact signed. Next step: Welcome, Aboard! Onboarding is a process to acclimate a new employee into an organization so that the value they were hired to add to the company is successfully realized as rapidly and cost-effectively as possible. The traditional…
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