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The Trust Factor
Is it really fair to say, “I don’t trust that person”? Is it the total person that we choose to deny our trust? Or is it that we don’t trust certain behaviors the person displays? Said differently, “we have learned to actually TRUST that person to consistently behave in certain specific ways. Learning to TRUST people to “show up being themselves” requires much more of us as leaders than a blatant choice of “not trusting.” It requires that we assess all that we see, hear, and experience, and harvest the garden of others for behaviors that are useful for the whole of our teams, or those behaviors that will infect our team’s productivity and attitudes. In other words, THE TRUST FACTOR allows us to TRUST everyone to be exactly who they are!
By Scout Cloud6 years ago in Journal
Confession
Pull the thread, they said. We all started out by joining Facebook, now social media management is an all day affair. Some companies have tried to create software that would make posting to more than one site easier, but you lose the personal touch. Besides, Pinterest and Snapchat aren’t included. The software makers are unable to keep up.
By Michelle LeBlanc6 years ago in Journal
Letter to Leaders
THIS LETTER IS DEDICATED TO GREAT LEADERS WHO HAVE LEFT THEIR THUMB PRINT ON MY LIFE: We have been blessed to work alongside of truly great leadership. These thoughts come from the experience of co-creating with our Leaders. As one has often said, “Our customers vote with their legs and their wallets.” It is our constant “opportunity” to deliver the WOW in all our services. This requires great leadership that focuses on action over position. Our greatest success comes as “exceeding expectations” becomes a way of life.
By Scout Cloud6 years ago in Journal
It's All About Relationships
“Let me know when you’re ready and I’ll start the clock." This is a common statement we make when we present our teams with “their first team challenge.” Invariably teams interpret “you” as themselves individually. They immediately divide into small pairs or groups to complete their task. The result is low scores in efficiency, accountability, appreciation, integrity, and quality. Only as we perform together as ONE TEAM do we experience high scores.
By Scout Cloud6 years ago in Journal
Remember Your First Job?
Do you remember your first real job? I am not talking about those part-time jobs in high school or college that gave you extra spending money or helped put you through college. I am talking about that first real job that led to your life’s work.
By Harley King6 years ago in Journal
KDP Select Doesn't Pay
Kindle Direct Publishing Select, which I'll be abbreviating as KDPS from this point on, is Amazon's ebook publishing platform with a twist. Real quick, just to clarify, KDP is the regular platform, which also publishes paperbacks, and if you choose to publish your ebooks through KDP, you can also publish them everywhere else you choose. If you enroll in Select, you're giving KDP exclusivity; you cannot publish your ebooks anywhere else.
By Aaron Dennis6 years ago in Journal
Excuse Me, I'm Interested in Selling Out
Selling out, man. It's like, the worst, you know? Right now, it's not a problem for me. Somebody whose total sales in his career probably amount to a few hundred units is more concerned with selling than selling out. But the thought arises when I daydream about success: What if I was suddenly in a position to sell out? What if people would write me cheques just to put my name on something? Would I do it?
By Grant Patterson6 years ago in Journal
5 Ways Document Management Systems Will Change Your Business
If you are running a business, then there are many ways and technologies that you can implement in your business to manage your documents properly. Firstly saving the documents digitally helps reduce the number of papers used by the people in your business. This saves valuable papers which save trees and our environment. If you can avoid using paper totally, you would be taking a huge step in saving the environment and its natural resources. In this article, some of the changes that can happen in your business if you adopt a system that allows you to store information digitally and not on paper are discussed.
By Robert Cordray6 years ago in Journal
Sugar Cookies
Shellac and Sugar Cookies Probably a definition is in order. According to an ancient encyclopedia on my bookshelves, Shellac is an all-natural resin secreted by the female lac bug to form a cocoon, on trees in the forests of India and Thailand (tie-land). It is processed and sold as dry flakes, which are dissolved in denatured alcohol to make liquid shellac, which is used as a brush-on colorant and wood finish much like a combination of stain and polyurethane (poly-ur-a-thane). Shellac functions as a tough all-natural primer, sanding sealer, odor-blocker, stain, and high-gloss varnish.
By Dub Wright6 years ago in Journal
So Apart from Long Life, Smiles Also Boost Tourism!
How do you react when you see two photos of one person smiling while the other frowns? Which will really draw you in? It's clear that a smile will attract you, because a smile is very contagious, friendly, and helpful. At first glance, smiles are good; others are fake and some are just for business—that's all!
By Osei Agyemang6 years ago in Journal
How to Name Your Business—Its Easier with These Steps
It’s great that you have decided to launch a company, and start your own business, and finally become financially free. Now’s the time that you’ll enjoy your lunch in a dry and quiet room rather than having subsidized lunches in a suffocating cafeteria. All the dreams you had of attaining financial freedom are about to come true. But wait! Have you named your company yet? No? Then you are in big trouble. And if you are here, then it’s never been easier to name your company in the past two decades. There are numerous platforms like a company name generator, which can help with artificial intelligence and a peep into some of your basic demands. These name generators ask you some simple questions like what is the keyword you want to have in your company’s name and the length of the name in letters. Also, there are a zillion ways that you can name your company right. Some of them are below.
By Madison Fletcher6 years ago in Journal
