You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can’t get them across, your ideas won’t get you anywhere. ~ Lee Iacocca When we think about our idea of successful leaders many traits come to mind. Some of those leadership qualities are: Ability to inspire others Ability to empower others Positive attitude Responsible Honest Trustworthy Integrity […]
Monthly Archives: April 2014
Step Back to Move Forward Towards Success
6 Benefits of Stepping Back It’s important to remember that growth isn’t always linear. Two months ago our sunshine yellow rose bush appeared as though it had seen better days. It was growing but not blooming. In fact, it looked as though we had purpose built a stick man in our front yard. So we […]
How to Be Perfect
How to Be Perfect Well not really. Perfection is a myth. Perhaps it is something we have always been taught to strive for? How does one define perfect? verb verb: perfect; pərˈfekt/ 1. make (something) completely free from faults or defects, or as close to such a condition as possible. It’s important to recognize we […]
5 Tips to Improve Listening Skills
One of the key elements of communication is listening! In fact, “Listening is our most frequently used and least studied communication skill” (Pearson, 2008, p. 109). I must admit that although I am a good listener (at least I think I am), sometimes catch myself interrupting someone towards the end of their story; (*sigh*) I […]