Difficult People: Are Emotional Vampires Driving You Batty?
In my book “Secrets Your Boss Isn’t Telling You,” I reveal seven magic “wands” if you will, for dealing with difficult people. During this holiday season, many participants in my keynotes and...
View Article5 Tips to Help Improve Your Work-Life Balance
You can have it all. You just can’t have it all at once.~Oprah Winfrey Cutbacks in organizations, across numerous industries, has meant the remaining employees are left to take on more and more...
View ArticleRespect: It's a Two-Way Street
Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Respect and leadership go hand-in-hand. Effective leaders base their leadership on respect and trust. However, those...
View Article6 Ways to Keep Yourself Motivated When the Going Gets Tough
You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.~ Henry Ford You know that amazing feeling when your totally focused on a project, the wheels are turning, everything’s going smoothly, and...
View ArticleStarting Out Strong: Effective Leadership that Employees Appreciate
You don’t lead by hitting people over the head–that’s assault, not leadership. ~Dwight Eisenhower The first day a new employee arrives at your office is often mixed with excitement and uncertainty. And...
View ArticleMore Work-Life Balance Tips for Managers & Employees
“No person, no place, and no thing has any power over us, for ‘we’ are the only thinkers in our mind. When we create peace and harmony and balance our minds, we will find it in our lives.” ~Louise Hay...
View ArticleWhat Bosses Want from Employees
In the coming days and weeks, I’m going to be sharing the top traits, qualities and characteristics that bosses want from employees and vice versa. This is based on hundreds of interviews that I...
View ArticleWhat DO Bosses Want from Employees? Team Players!
What do bosses want from employees? Team players! In conducting in-depth conversations with hundreds of managers, supervisors and CEOs, this is part 2 in a series. Part 1 talked about how managers...
View ArticleCommunication Leadership Skills
“The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives.” ~Tony Robbins During my seminars on Communication Leadership Skills, I am often told that...
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“Adopting Joy”, new upcoming book!
By Colleen Ryan Adopting Joy, my second book, is a true story about what happens when we look for the lesson in every situation. I’ve found that personal and professional success is about attitude and...
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