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Barriers to Team Success

Highly effective teams can achieve extraordinary results for the organizations that they serve. Achieving success for the organization leads to greater personal success and achievement. Yet in truth, team success is not guaranteed. So, here are five common barriers to...

Ways To Empower Employees

The word empower is often over-used. Many employers talk about empowering their employees, but often employees feel disempowered. Here’s a list of the top 10 things you can do that will really empower your employees, according to employees, not employers!  ...

Change Your Attitude

"If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude." – Maya Angelou  We are in the midst of some very interesting and challenging times that carry with them some chaos and uncertainty. Our individual...

Native Wisdom

A couple of weeks ago, during a Sunday morning education class at our church, Vicar Shawn told the following story: A Grandfather from the Cherokee Nation was talking with his grandson. "A fight is going on inside me," he said to the boy. "It is a...

Customer Recommendations

Nothing helps you make a sale like strong testimonials from satisfied customers. Prospects are impressed when they hear positive things from those who have already bought your product or service. Some types of customer recommendations work better than others....

Best Jobs for New College Graduates

From the just-updated book "200 Best Jobs for College Graduates" by Laurence Shatkin and Michael Farr.   1. Network Systems and Data Communications Analyst.  These professionals design, test and evaluate systems such as local area networks, wide...