Achieving Skills

Develop Your Peeps!

Holly — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:00:46 +0000

The beginning of the year is a great time to think about what’s next for you, your career and your staff. The number one reason employees look for another job is prompted by their bad manager. ...

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I want to be the boss! – Part 1

Holly — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:00:26 +0000

You may be thinking about starting your own business or perhaps you’ve already started? An overwhelming task even just thinking about it! So many moving parts. Great ideas keep coming at you. You...

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Help me out!

Holly — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:35:20 +0000

Today you’re reading my seventy-fifth blog post, but who is counting? Yahoo! Thank you so much for reading. I’m having a blast writing these tips and love the comments that you leave. The subjects...

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It’s not fair!

Holly — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:20:51 +0000

My husband and I have had the opportunity to play golf around the world. For the amount of time and money that we have spent, we should be much better. Golf courses are in beautiful places and...

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Energy Drain

Holly — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:00:49 +0000

Do you feel exhausted at the end of the day? Middle of the day? Beginning of the day? Read the blog post before this one if you feel like a ping pong ball. Getting that game under control is a...

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Ping Pong

Holly — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:00:46 +0000

Do you ever feel like a ping pong ball being bounced around every day? Think about your actions. Who are you rewarding? Disrupters or schedulers? How are you training people to interact with...

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Exceptional Performance

Holly — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:00:52 +0000

Exceptional performance is not a one time event. It is something to work on and add to every day. Perhaps that sounds exhausting? Too much work? It’s really very easy. You’re performing anyway,...

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Performance Appraisals

Holly — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:50:30 +0000

‘Tis the season to write those year end performance appraisals. I’ve never met anyone who enjoys this task. I’ve also never met anyone who doesn’t want to receive a performance appraisal. You...

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Gold Star

Holly — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:00:01 +0000

Are you competitive? Do you always have to be first? When you’re not first, do you think less of yourself? Being competitive is great. It can be a wonderful motivator to strive to do more and to...

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Hold ‘er Newt

Holly — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:40:13 +0000

I first heard the phrase from my husband. He was raised in Iowa and was surprised that I hadn’t heard it (I’m from North Dakota). “It’s Mom’s way of telling us to hang on for just a minute...

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