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September 16, 2016

Unbending Oak or Flexible Reed?

Has anyone ever accused you of being controlling? Or maybe, the opposite… Do people see you as the laid back, flexible, easygoing manager in the office? Are You in Control? It can be easy to slip into micromanaging your team's workload down to even the smallest task. After all, things have got to be done […]

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March 24, 2015

Creating Influence, Part Two

Part one of this "Creating Influence" blog post was published on February 24. It outlined two main ideas from Dan Pink's book, To Sell is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others. First, today's workers spend almost half their time influencing, persuading and convincing others of their ideas – and this time is  the most […]

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