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Trust is rocket fuel for your career advancement. Trust is why high performers value Executive Presence; your presence is what causes people to trust you early in the relationship. With a hyper-mobile and scattered work force, to build trust is to build your own personal fan base (aka “social capital”) that supports you in any […]
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During her 20 year tenure as city comptroller of Dixon, IL, Rita Crundwell embezzled more than $53 million of public funds. This moral failure makes her the perpetrator of the largest case of municipal fraud in U.S. history. While forcing staff lay-offs, police budget cuts, and neglect of public infrastructure, she used the funds to create one of […]
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Listen below. It used to be conference calls that moved people. Literally. It was such a call in July, 2009 that moved me from Greenville, NC to Charleston, SC. “Goodbye, ECU. Hello, College of Charleston.” (for a short but sweet time.) By 2018, it’s, “Goodbye, conference calls. Hello, video.” Yes, you too will now become a […]
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Listen to the post: You might think it’s tacky to frame “gratitude” as a tool for motivating people (including yourself). You could be right, but here’s the Mixonian Institute take on the motivational power of gratitude. Gratitude motivates when it’s SPECIFIC to the person. Saying “good job” is not specific. Start saying, “I appreciate […]
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Listen here It’s your job to manage your boss. Bosses can actually be quite handy….if you know how to manage them. When I taught at East Carolina University, I had 7 different bosses over 9 years. Quite an interesting experience to have one boss after another come in and exit, come in and exit. I think that’s when I […]
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