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I Hate My Job

I’ve recently been thinking about how many people say they don’t like their jobs. I wonder if that is really true or are there some things about our job we don’t know how to manage that creates so much frustration.
So, I decided to take a break from the team-building series to discuss my views on [...]

Six Rules for Inspiring Teams

In the last several weeks we have been doing a series of teamwork one of the most important assets of a business. This week we want to talk about the rules of inspiring teams.
Implementing teamwork and communicating the goals for success is only half the battle in succeeding with teams.  If left to nurture themselves, [...]

The Power of a Common Cause Through Teamwork

Companies that implement teamwork are creating an atmosphere that is not only more enjoyable for their employees, but also more efficient for the company. When creating these teams, one vital aspect of the team and the responsibility of the team leaders in not only in setting clear priorities and goals, a common cause for the [...]

How to make employees happy and productive for free

Happy and productive employees are very important in an organization. The no cost method to do it is through an atmosphere that encourages teamwork. Organizations that implement teamwork are creating an atmosphere that is not only more enjoyable for their employees, but also more efficiency for the organization. When creating these teams, one vital aspect [...]

The Value Of Mentors On The Path To Professional Development – Part 2

What To Look For in A Mentor (PART TWO OF A TWO PART SERIES)
Throughout our professional careers, we will consistently come across people who have the potential of providing us with valuable insight, experience and expertise. Nevertheless, it is impractical to think that we can form close friendships with each of these people. There is [...]

The Value Of Mentors On The Path To Professional Development

Preparing To Be Mentored (PART ONE OF A TWO PART SERIES )

Have you ever heard the saying, “experience is the best teacher”? I am sure you have. The quantity of time that we can dedicate to gaining experience is limited theoretically to our lifetime. Even then, every waking moment will not be dedicated to a [...]

Professional Humility

THE FIVE ABSTRACTS OF LEADERSHIP (Article 5 of 5 of the series)
There is no doubt that it is important to have confidence in your ability to succeed professionally. I define confidence as the understanding one has of their own capacity to produce results. The trouble comes when this understanding does not reflect reality. At this [...]

Five Abstracts of Leadership: Perseverance – Part 4 of 5

PERSEVERANCE

We all have experienced it. We set goals for ourselves but, for whatever reason, we do not follow through. Imagine if we all had the wherewithal to accomplish everything we set out to do. Imagine how much closer to our overall goals we would be right now. What if we could do exactly that: [...]

The Five Abstracts of Leadership Excellence – Part 3

Honesty
In our first article, integrity was discussed as being an inner accountability to the beliefs and values we hold in our lives. When we start to rationalize the compromising of these values, we in turn act in ways that circumvent our own integrity. The object with integrity is to keep the inner accountability [...]

Five Abstract of Leadership Excellence: Part 2

Character Series II of V
By J.D. Garrison, Managing
Director of Workplace Excellence, LLC
If you were a house, what kind would you be? Sounds like one of those off-based job interview questions that you hope you never get, right? But think about it.Would you be a ranch style, prairie style, bungalow, chateauesque? Whatever the style you [...]