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Recognition Power Words: The Phrases that Mean the Most

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The Achievement Matters The most meaningful recognition highlights accomplishments that matter to you. Powerful Phrases to Build Connection: I care about you and what youve accomplished here. Note this article was originally published in 2012, as one of my first blog posts. I see you, and I see how much you care.

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Confident Humility: The Conversation Continues

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My hope in writing this guest blog today is to respond to Karin Hurt’s post about Humility and Leadership. If I share the photo, I thought, would I be boasting about what I can accomplish as a writing coach? to emphasize accomplishments. Instead of “I accomplished” say “We accomplished.”

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5 Ways to Become a LinkedIn Ninja

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Most underused tool : Blog posting. You can write a blog about anything pertaining to your expertise, and upload it to your profile. I wonder now if I ever would have started my blog if this were an option a few years ago. People read them, and learn about you and something you care about. This is brilliant.

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9 Ways to Strengthen Your Personal Brand

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2- Mind the MIT (Most Important Thing) Pick something extraordinary to accomplish and prioritize getting it right. Your boss may want you at the top of the stack rank, but your bosses boss wants a team of people working together to accomplish the bigger picture. A high tide rises all boats. Do what you can to be helpful. Confidence.

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When Working Hard Isn’t Working– A Video Interview with Dan Rockwell, Leadership Freak

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and when you ask them what they’re really trying to accomplish, they’re really not sure.” This interview as particularly poignant for me since, Dan and I have connected early in my blogging journey, long before I left my day job at Verizon , and he’s been a wonderful supporter and friend.

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Employee Growth: How to Better Support Team Member Development

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Once my leadership blog started gaining traction, I began paying attention to who else was in this human centered leadership space. When I started my Let’s Grow Leaders blog on Sunday morning. The funny part of this story is that I “shipped my art” (my really crappy first blog) to Seth Godin that morning.

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5 Questions to Ask When You Can’t Let It Go

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” I love it when curriculum design becomes blog post fodder. What else can you accomplish? P.S. Speaking of managing up, this week I was honored to do a guest post for my friend, Dan Rockwell, on his Leadership Freak blog, entitled What to Do if Your Boss is a Wuss. . your boss.

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