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1). Five Steps for Handling Workplace Conflict
Copyright 2006 Red Ladder, Inc.
You're at work. You've been assigned an exciting, highly visible project. You can't wait to get started. You arrive at your first team meeting ready to rock and roll. You take one look around and you immediately hone in on several scowling faces. Almost immediately, you are confronted and a conflict ensues. Your excitement quickly diminishes as you realize you have your work cut out for you.
2). Barriers to Advancement Facing Women in Business
Copyright 2006 Red Ladder, Inc.
Women continue to enter the workforce in record numbers. In fact, almost 47% of the workforce is comprised of women. Yet, despite this fact, very few women hold the top slots.
Take one stroll past the executive suite in your organization and there will probably be a noticeable lack of women to be found, particularly if you exclude the support staff.
3). 5 Tips for Valuing Yourself to Get What You Want and Deserve
Copyright 2006 Red Ladder, Inc.
I often have the opportunity to talk with many women about pricing and valuing - both themselves and their businesses - when delivering two of my popular seminars: profitable pricing and negotiation. The ability to value yourself, coupled with strong negotiation skills, are critical in terms of determining your own worth and value, and the value which others place upon you.
4). Six Tips for Managing a Vacation Hangover
Copyright 2006 Red Ladder, Inc.
I have been talking to a number of business professionals who are all suffering from what I refer to as "vacation hangover." What's that you say? Let me illustrate for you.
You scrambled to get everything done before taking a much needed and deserved vacation. Like most people, you centered vacation around a key holiday like the 4th of July.
5). Five Key Leadership Lessons I Learned from Serving on Non-Profit Boards
Copyright 2006 Red Ladder, Inc.
Like many of you, I serve on several non-profit boards in various capacities including chair. And, like many of you, I have had great experiences and frustrating experiences. Here are some of the key leadership lessons I have learned along the way that are critical for success. These lessons can serve you well in both a non-profit and for-profit environment.
6). Risk Taking in Business Has Its Rewards
Copyright 2006 Red Ladder, Inc.
People often tell me that they are amazed at how willing I am to take risks. For me, it's less about the risk itself, and more about the opportunity and excitement it generates, which compels me to step out of my comfort zone again and again.
So, how do you view risk? Most people I talk to view risk in negative terms.
7). You Hold the Key to Creating Balance in Your Life
Copyright 2006 Red Ladder, Inc.
I often chuckle at how hard so many of us seem to be working to find the ever elusive balance that we seek. Some of you are probably personally convinced (and some days I am too!) that balance simply does not really exist. Perhaps you have told yourself that having balance is simply one of those urban legends. Sort of like the Loch Ness Monster, you've heard of it but never seen it.
8). Five Tips for How to Think on Your Feet and Become The MacGyver of Your Workplace
Copyright 2006 Red Ladder, Inc.
Thinking on your feet is a critical skill for any business leader when it comes to solving unexpected issues that arise on the job. This is the number one reason my clients state for hiring me. No matter what obstacles come my way, I always find a way to work things out.
Do you remember the television program MacGyver, from the mid-80s, starring Richard Dean Anderson? Jog your memory by clicking here: http://rdanderson.
9). How to Manage Change Without Turning into Frog Soup
Copyright 2006 Red Ladder, Inc.
How often have you heard the statement, the only thing constant is change. No kidding, right? Anyone living on the planet earth can attest to that statement.
For most of us, the pace of change seems to have picked up dramatically over the past few years, thanks in part to the increased availability and use of technology, as well as the global economy in which we now live and work.
10). Strategies for Putting Balance Back into Your Work-Life
Copyright 2006 Red Ladder, Inc.
Has the pendulum swung too far in increasing productivity at the expense of employee work-life balance? In an article titled, Americans of All Stripes Are Sicker Than They Need to Be, Paul Krugman indicated that full-time American workers work, on average, about 46 weeks per year compared with 41 weeks for full-time British, French and German workers.
11). 5 Steps to Accomplishing Your Goals
Copyright 2006 Red Ladder, Inc.
It is June, and the we’re almost half-way through the year. Like most people, you probably took inventory at the beginning of the year and made plans and goals for the year. Yet, the experts say that 30 percent of the people who make New Year's resolutions have given up by Feb. 1 and over half will concede defeat by July.
12). Three Strategies for Putting Balance Back into Your Work-Life
Copyright 2006 Red Ladder, Inc.
Has the pendulum swung too far in increasing productivity at the expense of employee work-life balance? In an article titled, "Americans of All Stripes Are Sicker Than They Need to Be", Paul Krugman indicated that full-time American workers work, on average, about 46 weeks per year compared with 41 weeks for full-time British, French and German workers.
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