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A speaker who was preparing for a big presentation shocked me when she said “Practicing my presentation scares me more then presenting!” I could hardly believe my ears. I asked her why, and she told me “Everyone tells me that I need to practice, but I just don’t know what that looks like.” Indeed countless […]
“You’re are not listening to me,” I yelled at my boss. I just spent 5 minutes explaining a problem we were having based on feedback that I received from my coworkers. My boss interrupted me and said, “Michelle, you really shouldn’t listen to the whining of your colleagues. A real leader…” And that is when I yelled. […]
“Stop. Collaborate and listen!” Could it be that Vanilla Ice has great advice for collaboration? I hear the word collaboration thrown around a lot by leaders and managers. Unfortunately, collaboration usually means “Let’s divide the work up. Bam! We’re collaborating.” The end result is usually a project that is written in a different voices and […]
“So this is the New Year and I don’t feel any different” sings Death Cab for Cutie. The New Year gives us the opportunity to reassess and to make the choice to feel different. I’ve never been one for making resolutions, but I do believe in setting goals. Although I’ve always been lousy at writing […]