Steven Wesley

Always show your leadership experience on resumes, and never underestimate the importance of a well-written resume. This seemingly simple or irrelevant document can land you a job interview, or even the job itself. It can mean the difference between starting off your career in your dream job or having a

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Drew Dudley

When we evaluate ourselves as leaders and as people, I think we spend too much time focusing on the extraordinary days in our lives. And make no mistake: our lives are filled with extraordinary days. I’ve found that extraordinary days can be positive. For instance, when you achieve something you’ve

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Dustin Ford

Is there such a thing as “overselling,” especially if you are a new business trying to make an honest buck? Unfortunately, there is. And you can experience the conundrums of it first-hand when you are bullied into buying something you didn’t want or need. Overselling is one of the reasons

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Barbara Jordan

An organization I work with experienced tremendous, rapid business growth. Along with the typical “growing pains,” employees were overextended because programs were understaffed. Therefore, I stepped in to help front-line staff. Now, realize this: it had been years since I was “in the trenches.” So you can imagine my surprise.

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Mark Graybill

During my early days in the Air Force as a young non-commissioned officer, I began to wonder why airmen would feel motivated to please one leader and not another.  Why “yessir” invoked positive emotion for the former and negative for the latter. How could I be the kind of leader

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John Plifka

Diversity is an incredibly important characteristic of workplaces today. Greater awareness and sensitivity regarding diversity in the workplace can empower leaders to grow a more effective organization as well as deliver the highest quality products and services. Diversity Leadership Skills Leading and developing a more culturally sensitive environment can, and

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Amanda Wilks

The successful startup entrepreneurs out there have overcome what we’re facing right now or might encounter in the future. Their experience can inspire our own entrepreneurial pursuits. There are numerous successful startup stories in the world that could one day be ours. We are not alone in our life’s quests.

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Al Gonzalez

As you may have heard, the sustainable leadership business model that is centered around building better company structures, social enterprises, and corporate policies. It is a model that allows environmentally conscious businesses that place a high priority on their people and community to label their activities and brand their values.

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Brenda Savoie

Introverts have been stereotyped as shy, antisocial, distant, aloof, and sometimes boring and averse. Because of these misconceptions, it would seem difficult for introverts to survive or lead in this fast-paced society. In a world where who you know matters just as much as what you know, it can be

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Jessica Freeman

We live in trying times, where most people are looking for someone they can turn to, someone that can show them the way and guide them. That “someone” is a leader. And while the term itself can have a pretty broad definition, there are only a handful of things that

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