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When you’re trying to get your point across, but no one is listening, it can be the most frustrating experience in the world. Here are my top ten tips for making people listen to you without actually having to yell.
Karen Keller
Remember the days when success meant graduating from college, finding a stable job, starting at an entry level position and rising within the ranks, and retiring with a pension that supports a lifestyle you’ve become accustomed to?
Sounds too good to be real – and it is.
Submitted by Karen Keller Ph.D on
The “secret” to enjoying team success has always been about empowering a team further than what any single individual on the team can accomplish. One way to look how to empower your team toward mega-success status, is to think about constructing a solid building.
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If you really want to wow upper level management, you’re going to need to pull out the influence “big guns” next time you’re in the board room.
Submitted by Karen Keller Ph.D on
Shakespeare said it best: “All the world’s a stage and the men and women are merely players.” This is very true, I believe, but there’s no saying that you can’t have a lead role in your company’s “production.” So what’s the key to playing the star at your company?
Karen Keller
Smart business requires you to connect and network. You have the choice to align with people who can help you and people who won’t do much for you.
Surprisingly, many people in business spend way too much time with people who don’t or won’t help them. Then they wonder why things aren’t moving forward for them. They underestimate the significance and value of being around or doing business with influential people.
Karen Keller
When was the last time you swallowed what someone told you? Specifically, when "they" said you weren’t good enough or capable or too old? Did you accept it as gospel?
Sadly, people buy into the belief that what society, their education or even their experience has taught them is the end-all. They begin to agree that maybe they can’t, shouldn’t or will never.
Every morning you wake up is another chance for you to do or to be something different. It may be expressing an original idea, developing a new approach, or simply creating another perspective.
Karen Keller
What happens when your core beliefs are negative? Nothing good.
Negative, or self-limiting, beliefs create barriers for you on several fronts. They lead to procrastination and laziness. Negative beliefs habitually destroy your hopes and aspirations.
Your morale suffers. So does your self-confidence and self-worth. Non-supportive beliefs make you lose your focus distracting you from your intended success path.
Karen Keller
Success in any arena depends on your ability to make excellent decisions. Solid decisions follow the guiding principles of your heart and your head.
We are faced with decisions all day long:
And the list goes on.
Karen Keller
It’s commonly known that the acronym KISS stands for “Keep it simple, stupid.” Well, I’ve gone ahead and modified it to be a little more effective by saying, “Keep it smart, stupid.” The KISS principle, while it shouldn’t be used every time in every situation, definitely has its place in the world of business.
Where can you use the KISS (Keep it smart) method in your company?
