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Make Your Greatest Contributions.
Part 3 of Thrive NOW! Live a Fuller, Richer Life, Starting Today! In Thrive NOW! Part One, I encouraged you to identify your greatest strengths, what I call your Highest Talents™. In Part Two, I advised you to do more of what you love and less of what you don’t, by focusing on using your Highest Talents™. In…
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Do More of What You Love!
Part 2 of Thrive NOW! – Do more of what you love, less of what you don’t. Do you know what you (especially) love to do? Last month I shared ways for you to identify your key strengths, what I call your Highest Talents™. When you use your key strengths, you probably enjoy – even love…
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Know Your Strengths
Part 1 of Thrive NOW! – Know Your Strengths: The Keys to Your Success! Do you know your key strengths, what I call your Highest Talents™? When you do, you can more fully appreciate your value and be able to promote yourself and your services better, both internally and externally. Many people, perhaps most, undervalue…
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Five Simple Habits to Make You a Better Leader
Five Simple Habits to Make You a Better Leader Are you a leader? Of course you are, whether you have a leadership title or not. Can you be a better leader? Yes! If you’re a rising leader, learning these 5 habits will help you become an effective leader sooner. If you’re an established leader, these 5 habits will help you…
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More Than Ever
ToTimes are challenging and retention matters more than ever. Unemployment rates are high, yet recruiting is difficult. Work abounds for many firms, yet it’s changing and it comes amidst economic uncertainty. Why is recruiting challenging? Here are a few of the reasons: Recruiting challenges and economic uncertainty make retention all the more important. When asked about retention, I’ve heard short-sighted…
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Words I’ll Never Forget
TSeveral years ago, I was talking with a friend who was a CEO in Chicago. I don’t recall the context of our discussion, but I remember him becoming agitated and saying, “People think business is all about money! Don’t they know business is all about people?” I’ll never forget those words. In fact, they’re so meaningful to me, they’re…
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It’s Never Too Late
Recently I spent time in California with my friend and colleague, Dr. Sukhsimran Singh, and his wonderful wife, Deep. During our time together I mentioned the fact that I (foolishly!) married right after high school and raised my three children before completing college and starting my professional career at the age of 45. Surprised, he…
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Five Keys to Leading Your Firm to Greatness
Whatever your role, these five keys will help you lead your firm to greatness. If you are your firm’s leader you can use these keys directly. If you are a team leader, you can adjust and use them to lead your team to excellence. If you have no official leadership role, you can use your…
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Look Into the Turns!
Do you remember my story about celebrating my 50th Birthday by taking racecar driving lessons at Portland International Raceway? It was perhaps the most fun thing I’ve ever done and I learned several lessons, including a life lesson I’ll never forget: Look into the Turns. My driving instructor told me to take my eyes off…
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Rev Your Engine
Are you in practice-building mode? Have you assessed your current state, identified your values, learned your Highest Talents™ and clarified your sweet spot? If not, see my June, 2024, newsletter for a quick review Following are the next steps in growing your successful practice: These four habits, practiced routinely, will help you build your practice and achieve more of…
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Start Your Engine
Have you laid the foundation for more practice-building success? If you’re reading this, I know you’re already successful. Perhaps you’re a practicing lawyer, CPA or wealth builder. Have you laid – or clarified – these fundamental elements that will prepare you for more success? These four foundational elements will prepare you to achieve more of…
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Are you losing talent?
Here are three ways to keep your most valuable asset — your talent! 1. Exit Interviews. Interview people who have recently left your firm, particularly people you didn’t want to lose. Learn why they left, so you can address the problem. If you discover patterns, it will be particularly important to find solutions. A third-party consultant will be more…
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Talk to (Really) be Heard
Today’s workplace represents a rich tapestry. It’s made up of generational, gender, racial, religious, ethnic and cultural diversity to be considered when communicating. Woven within this tapestry are a multitude of differing personalities. DiSC, PREP (my favorite), and various other personality profiles identify these differing styles and their corresponding communication preferences. For example, introverts tend to…
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Masterful Delegation
Masterful Delegation: You can’t — and shouldn’t — do it all yourself. There are at least three major considerations when deciding when to delegate. First, in the interest of your firm and your client you must decide who can do the work effectively. Second, ask yourself if this is an appropriate opportunity to provide a junior colleague with a…
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Energize Your Workspace
Leadership is sometimes described as accomplishing goals through the efforts of others. Positive leaders use the best in themselves and bring out the best in others to energize their workplace and achieve positive goals together. How can you use the best in yourself? ?Get clear about your vision of success. What do you really want to achieve? What will you…
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Slow Down!
Do You Have the Bench Strength to Slow Down? If you want to slow down, whether for personal or professional reasons, unless you plan to sell your practice, you need bench strength. If you don’t have enough bench strength: What to do? Hire. First, get clear about the kind of person or people you want and need…
