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Leading Yourself
The first step in articulating your leadership philosophy is determining how you'll lead yourself. Nobody is going to follow you if you don't know where you're going (except out of morbid curiosity).
This aspect of leadership is tricky. It requires introspection and a frank, honest conversation with yourself to understand where you're headed and how you want to get…
Added by Rapport Leadership on December 28, 2010 at 10:58am — No Comments
Mid Year Goal Check Up: 5 Steps to Get Back On Track
Mid Year Goal Check Up: 5 Steps to Get Back On Track…
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Time Leadership: Effective Time Planning in 2 Simple Steps
Added by Rapport Leadership on May 5, 2010 at 5:00pm — 5 Comments
Collaboration as a Competitive Tool
Collaboration as a Competitive Tool
With the use of social media and other e-Tools on the rise, the word "collaboration" has taken on new meaning and significance. More than ever, collaboration means leveraging the strengths and ideas of others, including those outside an…
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Achieving Breakthroughs Through Teamwork and Trust
Tracey Herrick
Rapport Master Graduate
I have been clinging to the phrase “the universe doesn’t give us what we want; it gives us what we need.” I believe the same philosophy can be applied to a Rapport Leadership training experience. Rapport doesn’t… Continue
Added by Rapport Leadership on February 4, 2010 at 7:00am — 8 Comments
Essential Ingredients for Growth and Success
One of the greatest challenges that organizations face in their quest to thrive, is the ability to change. Thousands of companies have failed while others are thriving. The difference is those that are thriving have the ability to adapt and meet the new market realities. The quicker an organization can change, the sooner they are able to thrive. What allows… Continue
Added by Rapport Leadership on February 2, 2010 at 12:30pm — No Comments
Let’s Get S.M.A.R.T.!
Set Yourself up for Goal Setting Success!
So how’d you do on your goals last year? Did you meet 50% of them? 80% of them? Do you remember what your goals were? A lot has been written on the importance of goal setting and steps to take when writing a goal. Last year’s Rapport Connection blog “Achieve Your… Continue
Added by Rapport Leadership on January 7, 2010 at 7:00am — 2 Comments
Disengaged, Disconnected, and Unaware
Disengaged, Disconnected, and Unaware
Rowena Liongson
Leading a business in today’s economy takes more than just forecasting numbers, budgeting, setting goals and developing a long-range plan. It requires an understanding of the significance and integrity of the business and the people who make up the organization. The current economic climate will test the stability of many companies more than ever before. Businesses that understand the value of all the… Continue
Added by Rapport Leadership on December 28, 2009 at 7:00am — No Comments
5 Strategies for Thriving in Today's Changing Times
Today's leaders know that a changing economy means taking action that moves them from surviving to thriving. Here are a few steps you can implement to start thriving now.
1. Write Your Own Rules for a Rebound. That's according to a Fortune Magazine article that asks, "When will the business climate improve? That's exactly the wrong question to be asking. Top CEOs are… Continue
Added by Rapport Leadership on November 10, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments
Halloween Costume Winner
Runner up is Cleopatra (Honey McPherson)
Congratulations to both of… Continue
Added by Rapport Leadership on October 30, 2009 at 2:00pm — 4 Comments
How Leaders Put Dreams into Action
At this crucial time in our country and in our world, when we are experiencing economic challenges and total uncertainty, it becomes even more important to have a plan for our lives: to keep the dream and to look to the future. Too often when we are faced with challenges we become indecisive; we are not able to envision where we will be tomorrow, let alone five… Continue
Added by Rapport Leadership on October 29, 2009 at 10:52am — 1 Comment
Congratulations!
You have chosen to take yourselves to your own next level and to live your lives with Heart, Body, and Soul!
The Rapport Leadership Team
Added by Rapport Leadership on October 15, 2009 at 2:51pm — 1 Comment
Enter The "Good to Great" Giveaway
Added by Rapport Leadership on October 14, 2009 at 4:57pm — No Comments
Listening to Thrive
“It is the providence of wisdom to speak. It is the privilege of wisdom to listen.”
~Oliver Wendell Holmes
Communication is commonly defined as, “The imparting or interchange of thoughts, opinions, or information by speech, writing, or signs.”[1]
The word “communicate” is very much like the word… Continue
Added by Rapport Leadership on September 30, 2009 at 3:29pm — 3 Comments
Break Through Barriers to Communication
“You have cancer.”
The doctor said the words to my mom as clearly and easily as if she had said, “Today is Thursday.” I remember hearing little of what she said after that because I didn’t want to listen anymore. I knew that I needed to listen as the doctor was sharing percentages with my mom, recommending treatment options, and encouraging my mom to seek support. However, a wall went up – a barrier to… Continue
Added by Rapport Leadership on August 27, 2009 at 2:30pm — 3 Comments
Your Culture: On Accident or On Purpose?
What is culture? Dictionary.com defines culture as “the behaviors and beliefs characteristic of a particular group.” John Kotter in Leading Change defines it as “norms of behaviors and shared values among a group of people.” In Rapport’s… Continue
Added by Rapport Leadership on July 30, 2009 at 8:54am — 4 Comments
Understanding the Value and Benefits of Training
Business executives are always asking training professionals to justify investing in internal and external training. These decision makers want to understand the return on investment (ROI) as they might with a new software program or a marketing campaign. Many also ask why leadership training? There is enough data available on training, including data on Rapport’s training, to justify an executive’s investment in their most valuable asset…their people.
To answer… Continue
Added by Rapport Leadership on June 29, 2009 at 1:47pm — 4 Comments
We Are Not Here To See Through People: My On-Team Experience
"We are here not to see through people, but to see people through" ....... author unknown
What a powerful statement. Simple. Yet true. A couple of weeks ago, I had my first "On Team" experience. The class? LB1. As well, the class in which I myself, broke through some of my biggest challenges, fears and the dreaded unknown. I found myself at the end of the two-and-a-half days and little did I realize, those short days, the time spent with 21 strangers,… Continue
Added by Rapport Leadership on June 5, 2009 at 4:30pm — 6 Comments
Being at Cause vs. Effect in this Interesting Economy
Being at Cause vs. Effect in this Interesting Economy
While my son was in college, I had a little investment property in Las Vegas that I’d rented out for several years. With the cost of education on the rise, the college fund I’d created for Chris ran out around his junior year of college. So, I liquidated the investment for a very good cause – the education of my only child. Did I mention that I sold the condo a matter of months before the property values in Vegas…
Added by Rapport Leadership on May 28, 2009 at 11:30am — 1 Comment
Measure for a Change
Added by Rapport Leadership on March 9, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments
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