Now, here’s something you don’t see every day: a company CEO sitting in the firm’s break room playing cards with his frontline employees. Or do you? This is the question I’ve been pondering for awhile after I witnessed this exact scenario at a client’s headquarters a few weeks ago. After making a few discreet inquiries…
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The Power of Respect by Deborah Norville
“If respect is the grease that helps society move smoothly, relationships are the glue that holds it together.” – Deborah Norville This book is about respect as both a verb and a noun. Deborah Norville explores both the how-to’s of demonstrating respect, and the notion of self-respect in our family lives, schools and workplaces. She…
Your Personal Branding Ledger
Reputation Management. Personal Branding. Credibility-Based Relationship Building. No matter what the name, it all comes down to the fact that your interpersonal behaviors create an impression of “who” you are as a person. Are you reliable? Trustworthy? Do you get things done? The people with whom you interact are making these judgments about you based…
Does Your Garage Have Curtains?
Lately my musings on the people equation have turned to the human tendency to compare ourselves to one another. It must strike a chord with people because the blog posts have generated some lively discussion. See my posts on the effects of praise and how to “run your own race” to see the thread of…
Whose Race are You Running?
The other day I had lunch with a colleague. Sally is a mentor to me and it’s always a treat when we get together to talk shop. At one point in the conversation Sally said, “Do you ever look at someone else and wonder, “They’re so successful [running their business]. How do they do it?…