Is it more important to be well liked or to be considered competent? According to new research, if you want to be influential and successful as a leader you need to be both likeable and competent. Â However, likeability is much more important initially. By...
Do you call upon your optimism and hope to help you move your career and business forward? I recently read Deborah Mills-ScofieldÂ’s article in Harvard Business Review on Hope is a Strategy that opened my eyes to how optimism and hope (based on reality) can give us the...
I have always believed that when you present yourself with confidence in the workplace people perceive you to be competent. Your confidence inspires trust and quite often respect. Of course, you still need to earn the recognition by demonstrating your skills and...
How many times have you felt like youÂ’re hitting your head against the wall and not making any headway? Maybe itÂ’s in a relationship (personal or professional), maybe itÂ’s in a dead end job, or maybe itÂ’s with a client that sucks the energy out of you. When do you...
We live in an age of great stress. We are bombarded daily with more information than we can possibly assimilate, and we are always connected to this flow of information with our iPhone, Blackberry’s and computers. There is no end to the information that is at...
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