Do You Have Feelings Of Abundance and Prosperity Each Day?

When you move into a management or executive position you can’t rely on what you did in the past to help you in the present.  As a manager you have to stop being a producer and start being a leader.

Don’t micro-manage your team because you are still involved in the day to day tasks.  In order to have abundance and prosperity in your business you need to learn to let go of the old ways.

Take your new leadership role and go in a new direction.  Promote continual learning, be a mentor and support your staff.

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Do You Have A Mentor As A Career Builder?

Finding a mentor doesn’t have to be difficult.  Mentors come in all shapes and sizes, and in all businesses.  Your mentor doesn’t have to be in the same business you’re in, they just need to be someone you can learn from that has been where you are.

Mentors shorten the learning curve for you.  They teach you what works and tell you what doesn’t.  As a career builder, mentors are exceptional!

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Are You Stuck In A Double Bind Personality Type In Your Company?

Many females lead their teams in sports or their organizations in college.  They are capable and self assured and show that.  They are mentors to their team members.

Then they enter the work force.  Reality suddenly changes.  In most companies, unfortunately, they are still male dominated.  There is a new personality type to contend with now.

If you sit a female employee next to a male employee holding the same position, and they answer a question identically, the male employee will be seen as confident, while the female employee will be seen as assertive.

This is referred to as a double bind, which means when women act like women they are discounted as weak and if they act like men they are seen as aggressive.

Are you stuck in a double bind personality type in your company?

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Are You Staying In Contact With Your Connections For Business and Money?

After you meet people, you need to stay in contact with those connections.  Connections are important for all businesses.  Without them it takes you longer to grow your business and business and money go hand in hand.  Your connections will help you in both aspects.

Keeping in contact with people you meet can make the difference when you need help.  Not only should you stay in contact but if you come across a resource that would help your contact, let them know about it.  Connections are all about helping each other.

Are you staying in contact with your connections for business and money?

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Are Your Career Builders Caught In The Glass Ceiling Trap?

I have found that in Today’s workforce, young women are finding that there is still a glass ceiling.  The difference between now and 20 years ago is that the glass ceiling isn’t evident for career builders until the women move further throughout the company.

The company will start by nurturing their female employees and moving them up rapidly, but when they get to the leadership positions, many companies will pull back on putting women in these positions.
Are your career builders caught in the glass ceiling trap?

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What will it take to be an effective leader in the future?  I believe two of the most foundational leadership attributes of the future will be the capacity to integrate, in the broadest sense, and to regulate self.  We live in an interconnected and interdependent world that is constantly evolving, with massive amounts of information generated and accessible every minute of every day.  Leaders of the future must be able to quickly sift through all of this information to find the essence of what is meaningful and create actionable focus in spite of the constant interference of new information.  And to get to this point, leaders must be able to clear their minds, let go of their baggage, understand their constraints, and recognize the limitations of their perspectives.   

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I hope I have encouraged people in business to expand the way they make sense of human behavior.  Malcolm Gladwell 

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If there is one cultural quality we have, it’s that we always see ourselves as an underdog.  Bill Gates

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A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.  George Bernard Shaw

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I want to share with you another great book that was just published that I think you will find interesting and very relevant  given what we are experiencing across society with a significant break down in integrity in business, politics, sports . . . . .  The book is Be Yourself, Everyone Else is Already Taken by best selling author and inspirational speaker Mike Robbins.  The book is about finding your authentic self first by understanding what makes being authentic so difficult and then learning how to overcome those barriers.  In his book, Mike teaches us simple yet powerful ways to be authentic in our relationships, our work, and our lives – thus leading to greater peace, passion, and fulfillment.  His five principles of authenticity will empower you, regardless of your current circumstances to be bold, to express yourself fully, and to live your life from a deep place of authenticity within you. 

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