Transitioning with a Team

February 2, 2010

Don’t feel like going it alone? Then don’t. Consider the benefits of participating in a support group while making your transition.   I started such a group two days after my job was eliminated and it just ended this week, approximately 10 weeks later.  From little or no business structure I managed to (with the […]

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Thowing the Old out with the New

January 19, 2010

Into the middle of January and I’m in an unexpected, but wonderful place. I got my first training project from an “unexpected” but reliable source that really resonates with the work I’ve done for the last 6 years. I was hired to train loan officers in consultation and business development skills. A group faciliation that […]

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END OF THE YEAR BLUES

December 30, 2009

This is what I call the “week between worlds” – between Christmas and the New Year. It’s always been a time of introspection and reflection, and REAL down time –  reading books, going to movies, sleeping, doing NOTHING.  But there are always the expectations aren’t there,  of all that could be accomplished with this “down […]

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Risk Taking: The Advantages

December 21, 2009

If you’re wanting to get out of a bad situation think of the possibilities of increasing  your comfort level in risk-taking. 1.Increase your ability to sniff out, sense or recognize an opportunity (often from unlikely sources) which is why it often feels like a risk 2.  Not having all the information about either the pros […]

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The Price of Settling

December 21, 2009

Do you think of yourself as a risk-taker?  And if so, what kind of risk taker are you?  Are you “high risk”, eg, willing to jump in with both feet confident all will work out.  Or are you a moderate risktaker – who gathers information and weighs the pros and cons and then makes a positive […]

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