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How To Make Yourself Heard

It’s always a challenge to make your ideas, suggestions and opinions known. For various reasons, too many people are very uncomfortable with speaking their minds. Some have to do with the current socio-political climate that currently grips our world, but … Continue reading

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Now This is Innovative Leadership that Attracts, Engages and Retains Employees!

An Insightful Interview with Stuart Downs, DNP, RN, CENP, CPHQ, NEA-BC, FAONL, FACHE Stuart Downs, Nursing Administrator at Northside Hospital Gwinnett in Lawrenceville, GA is not your typical nurse leader. After reconstructive foot surgery forced him to pivot from his … Continue reading

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Right Person, Right Position… Is That It?

I recently visited an office supply store to purchase an item I found online that was listed as “In Stock” at my local store. Referring to the printout I had created of the item description from the website, I tried … Continue reading

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Leadership Traits Necessary to Recognize and Nurture Talent

In my last post, I outlined Three Phrases That Should Make Every Leader Sit Up and Take Notice. As a reminder, these phrases were: “I have an idea [to change or improve something specific] and here are the benefits of … Continue reading

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Want to Engage Employees? “Gamify” Their Duties!

  Before you say, “What?” and dismiss this post, let me explain that I don’t mean you have to play games with your team members in order for them to do their jobs. What it means is that we should … Continue reading

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50 Ways to WOW Your Others – Tip #50: Creativity Rules!

Tip #50: Creativity rules! Whatever you do, add a dash of creativity and your own unique personality to it! Everything is enhanced when you take a couple of extra minutes to do it in a unique and creative way! Put … Continue reading

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50 Ways to WOW Your Others – Tip #49: Be the WOW in a World Full of OWs!

Tip #49: Be the WOW in a world full of OWs! Correct something that someone else has done wrong. Even if you weren’t the cause, if there’s a way you can be the solution, you will create a WOW. Things … Continue reading

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50 Ways to WOW Your Others – Tip #48: Change the Conversation

Tip #48: Change the conversation Get customers involved with helping you identify and create WOWs for them. When you ask people what will cause them to be WOWed, you can hit the mark more often than if you guess. My … Continue reading

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50 Ways to WOW Your Others – Tip #47: Proudly Proclaim Your Mission, Vision and Values

Tip #47: Proudly proclaim your mission, vision and values Post them as your promise to all who come in contact with you. Tell people you care enough to have one… and then post it to remind them of how committed … Continue reading

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50 Ways to WOW Your Others – Tip #46: Be Sure Everything You Do is of the Highest Possible Quality.

Tip #46: Be sure everything you do is of the highest possible quality. Extreme competence WOWs us, no matter where it occurs. It doesn’t matter what we’re talking about… if you do it, extremely well, it creates a WOW! Whether you’re talking … Continue reading

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