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Don’t Take Leadership Lessons from Henry VIII of England!
King Henry was thought to be a great leader at the beginning of his reign but he made a series of horrid mistakes,
Eileen McDargh
Oct 30, 20142 min read
Speaking Of Employee Attitude... Let's Have Some Fun!
Turnaround your negative work environment by taking steps to be more positive. You can start by having clear expectations of employees
Eileen McDargh
Oct 29, 20141 min read
Energizing Others—To Your Ideas
Getting other people excited about our ideas is all about preparation and knowing the audience.
Eileen McDargh
Oct 24, 20141 min read
Retirement card messages offer clues of great leadership.
Face it: when somebody leaves for good, there's no reason to "butter up" the boss.
Eileen McDargh
Oct 17, 20142 min read
Five Steps for Turning the Tables on the Boss and Turning the Light on You!
National Boss’s Day is October 16th, an international holiday established in 1958 by a secretary for State Farm Insurance Company.
Eileen McDargh
Oct 17, 20144 min read
Hey Leaders! Forget motivation. Go for inspiration.
The most recent copy of Spirituality & Health Magazine contained a right-on-the-money article by Lance Secretan.
Eileen McDargh
Oct 11, 20142 min read
Perfection is the enemy of resiliency.
This week, Bill Treasurer’s new book, Leaders Open Doors, hits the stores. He kindly provided the following post for me.
Eileen McDargh
Oct 8, 20143 min read
The Law of Diminished Returns Kills Productivity, Profits, and Tragically - Sometimes People
In a recent Bloomberg article, “Vacation-Phobic Americans Donate a Million Years of Work Annually,”...
Eileen McDargh
Jul 14, 20142 min read
What would you do it you lost the “tools” of your trade?
As a speaker, facilitator, consultant, I am very much a public person. My stock in trade is talking before others - sometimes thousands.
Eileen McDargh
May 27, 20142 min read
Presiliency: Preventative Resiliency
Three skills we need to constantly hone and develop now before they are “needed”.
Eileen McDargh
May 17, 20143 min read
Were "Soft Skills" Needed for NY Times editor Abramson?
Journalistic skill was not lacking according to USA TODAY ‘s reported dismissal of Jill Abramson’s as editor of the NY TIMES.
Eileen McDargh
May 16, 20141 min read
Sixth Century Wisdom for 21st Century Changemasters
Despite a strong U.S. economy, unsettled change continues to bombard us. Mega-mergers boggle the mind with the endless zeros,,,
Eileen McDargh
May 6, 20143 min read
Work/Life Balance Tips for the Business Traveler
Balance and the business traveler has everything to do with staying “connected”.
Eileen McDargh
Apr 5, 20144 min read
Work Is A Four-Letter Word
I can hear the jokes already and most of them are not politically correct.
Eileen McDargh
Mar 29, 20144 min read
Getting In Control
In a world where “too much to do and too little time” is a common mantra, there’s a sense that everyone and everything...
Eileen McDargh
Mar 22, 20143 min read
Five Reasons Panels At Meetings FAIL
Some of the key findings from a recent survey on panels by colleague and fellow facilitator Kristin Arnold...
Eileen McDargh
Mar 22, 20142 min read
Taming The Technostress
Last week, my big desktop PC crashed, my laptop got the “blue screen: of death”. The
Eileen McDargh
Feb 8, 20142 min read
Who Stands At Your Finish Line?
Seth Godin recently wrote a great blog that added another dimension to resiliency: your pit crew.
Eileen McDargh
Jan 31, 20142 min read
7 Sure Fire Ways to Generate Trust as a Leader
If you want to keep a workforce engaged and inspired in times of change, if you want a RESILIENT team, then developing trust is a must!
Eileen McDargh
Jan 3, 20142 min read
Lessons In Leadership: What NOT to Do from A Canoe!
His lack of leadership skills offered wonderful lessons on how leaders can unknowingly screw up.
Eileen McDargh
Jan 2, 20143 min read
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