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For Your Own Ducking Good

Alan Weiss

Our ducks line up (or sleep) on the driveway, and everyone from our guests to UPS has to stop or carefully drive around them. All of this reinforces the ducks’ behavior because they sense no danger. Your clients get into bad and dangerous habits, and you can’t afford to enable them like these ducks.

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Scrubbing Toilets or Resolving Conflict … Which Do You Prefer?

Makarios Consulting

And yet, when you find yourself there – either in the middle of a conflict yourself or seeing a conflict situation play out on your team or among your employees – you may find yourself reaching for the scrub brush instead of addressing the conflict. It will go away on its own. Tension so thick you could cut it with a knife.

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Take Steps Now to Protect Your Independent Status!

Successful Independent Consulting

More than ever, it’s critical that you take steps now to maximum your chances of passing what is likely to become a stricter vendor compliance process. This article was written by Henry Telfeian, a labor relations and employment attorney as well as the general counsel for the Professional Independent Consultants of America, Inc. PICA Inc.).

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10 Phrases that Good Managers Say Regularly

Rick Conlow

Good managers use phrases and words that are different from other bosses. A key attribute about good managers is that they talk differently than their colleagues, and that adds to our sense of empowerment. Good managers do this concisely but with passion, not matter what the work is. Phrases that Encourage Employees.

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Meditation is What You Do When You Meditate

Brimstone Consulting

That may seem like he ducked the question, but there’s a lot of wisdom in that response. Mindfulness can help leaders capture a little bit of peace and equanimity in the midst of a non-stop day and enable them to return to the action refreshed and better able to deal with the realities of professional and executive life.

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10 Phrases that Good Managers Say Regularly

Rick Conlow

Good managers are different from other bosses. A key attribute about good managers is that they talk differently than their colleagues, and that adds to our sense of empowerment. 10 Phrases from Good Managers. 10 Phrases from Good Managers. Good managers do this concisely but with passion, not matter what the work is.

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Under-Management Is the Flip Side of Micromanagement — and It’s a Problem Too

Harvard Business

But under-management can often fly under the radar because the managers who have these tendencies aren’t necessarily incompetent; on the contrary, they often know their business well, are good collaborators, and are well-liked. I became highly conscious of conflict and not ducking it. But his team struggled to deliver results.