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I Don’t Have My Wallet
For those of you who are sports fans, you know that last week was the beginning of the NCAA basketball tournament. So I found myself at a local sports bar to see the most important game of the day (go WVU ‘Eers!) Having won the game and finishing my meal, it was time...
What Have You Done?
I often wonder what you do with these weekly Monday messages. They are meant to move you to pay attention to your professionalism, so here’s your opportunity to determine for yourself how much you use them. I’ve taken the main idea expressed in each of the weeks since...
Dressed for What?
More and more firms are adjusting their dress code to mirror contemporary standards. The nagging question that concerns firm leaders is whether or to what extent dress matters. Are people more or less productive, depending on what they wear? Unfortunately, the...
“I Wish” or “I’m Glad?”
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a message where I gave you a question to ask yourself whenever you didn’t want to do something but you knew you should. The question was, “Is it more important to me to choose this or to choose that?” By posing the question to yourself...
Give Them A Reason
A friend and I were discussing the economic value of professionalism and he said, “It’s much better to be referred by others because of who you are rather than just what you do.” His point was that there are many professionals in your area who know what you know and...
1 Question To Break Through
This probably doesn’t happen to you, but have you ever had a situation when you knew you should do something but you couldn’t seem to get yourself in gear to do it? Instead, you found all kinds of other things to do, while it loomed heavy in the background. Then you...
Keep Your Elbows In
As you know, I write these messages from what I hear in my coaching and training programs. This message is about something I’m hearing more about. It has to do with young professionals who are stepping up in significant ways to promote change in their firms. If you...
THAT ONE THING
I’m all about you attaining your highest professional stature and making significant contributions to the benefit of others. That's the essence of this weekly message and your professional service. So you can imagine how interested I was when I stumbled upon a survey...
Low Trust Is Good?
For the last 17 years, the Edelman Trust Barometer has been used to survey the globe to determine the level of trust that people have in government, NGOs, business and the media. Their latest survey results are out and it doesn’t look good. In fact, this year’s report...
Rituals For Results
Harvard Business Review recently published an article on the significant impact of pre-task rituals on performance in stressful situations. The authors likened the routines to what athletes use before their events, citing numerous examples that illustrate the positive...
