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These days, everyone seems to be talking about the importance of teaching “STEM skills”—science, technology, engineering and math—in the race to ensure the competitiveness of America’s workforce. At the same time, policy makers, educators and the public are now engaged in a spirited debate about how to evaluate the effectiveness of today’s teachers. . . . → Read More: Confronting “Math Anxiety”—and Succeeding   Leave a comment  Achievement, Advice, Business Communication, business consulting, Business Model, Business Therapist, Change, Change the People, Changing negative patterns, Corporate Lifecycle, Corporate training, Courageous Conversations, Education, EducationEducation, Employee Appreciation, Executives, Family-owned Business, Growing Business, Habits, hiring, leadership, Motivation, Success, Tips, Uncategorized A few weeks ago, an engaging new book made its debut, called The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business, by Charles Duhigg. In his book, Duhigg, an investigative reporter for The New York Times, takes an extensive look at the science of habit formation and change. It’s an . . . → Read More: The Top 10 Bad Habits That Hold Good People Back—and How to Break Them Leave a comment Achievement, Advice, Business Communication, business consulting, Business Model, Business Therapist, Change, Change the People, Changing negative patterns, Corporate Lifecycle, Corporate training, Courageous Conversations, Education, EducationEducation, Executives, Family-owned Business, Growing Business, Habits, Healthcare, leadership, Motivation, Success, Tips, Uncategorized Many of us who grew up watching “I Love Lucy” on our family’s black-and-white TV can vividly recall an iconic episode where Lucy and her sidekick, Ethel, agree to “switch jobs” with their husbands, taking jobs outside the house while Ricky and Fred stay home to take care of the household chores. Lucy and . . . → Read More: Get Out of the “Not-Enough-Time” Trap Leave a comment Achievement, Advice, Business Communication, business consulting, Business Model, Business Therapist, Change, Change the People, Changing negative patterns, Corporate Lifecycle, Corporate training, Courageous Conversations, Education, EducationEducation, Employee Appreciation, Executives, Family-owned Business, Growing Business, Habits, Healthcare, leadership, Motivation, Success, Tips In my last newsletter, I wrote about the notion of “spring cleaning for the mind”: tossing out the old, worn ideas that have been holding us back, and welcoming in some fresh perspectives to invigorate our spirit, as well as our businesses. Of course, the key to cleaning out our mental closet is to . . . → Read More: Spring-Cleaning Your “Mental Closet” Leave a comment Achievement, Advice, Business Communication, business consulting, Business Therapist, Change, Change the People, Changing negative patterns, Courageous Conversations, Education, EducationEducation, Executives, Family-owned Business, Growing Business, Habits, Healthcare, leadership, Motivation, Success, Tips, Uncategorized I’ve never been a big fan of “Survivor.” Yes, the reality TV show where contestants are dropped into remote locations and divided into “tribes” that compete against each other in a series of bizarre tasks—like eating bugs and ferrying coconuts across a swamp in their underpants. Each week, participants are voted off the show by . . . → Read More: How to ‘Hire’ our Next President One comment Achievement, Advice, Business Communication, business consulting, Business Model, Business Therapist, Change, Change the People, Changing negative patterns, Corporate training, Courageous Conversations, Education, EducationEducation, Employee Appreciation, Executives, Family-owned Business, Firing, Growing Business, Habits, hiring, leadership, Motivation, Success, Tips |
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