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7 Habits of Highly Effective Virtual Teams

Stephen R Covey wrote the  groundbreaking Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. In the spirit of his book, I have a few ideas about effective virtual teams. It’s kind of a passion of mine. My research and my book Virtual Teams for Dummies continue to motivate

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Top 10 Ways to Handle Difficult Conversations

Difficult Conversations Very few people enjoy confrontation of any kind. Most people do anything they can to avoid it. The fallout from conversations gone wrong is not pretty – trust and intimacy suffer, while resentment and misunderstanding build. But it is possible to improve the

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Are You a Catalyst Leader? Here’s How To Become One

Webster’s dictionary defines a catalyst as ‘an agent that provokes or speeds significant change or action.’ In business, a catalyst leader is no different. It is someone who ignites action in others. That stimulus might jump-start a change in an inefficient process, spawn a new

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