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4 Reasons to Have 1-on-1 Meetings With Your Employees
By Robin Perry There are a few keystone behaviors that once established as habits make a significant difference in your leadership effectiveness. One of these habits is to have regularly...
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How a Leader Demoralizes an Employee in 30 Minutes
By Robin Perry Ah, the dreaded performance review. So many managers look at this as a tremendous chore, while employees waver between hopeful and anxious. Why is it that having a private...
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We’ve got to Stop Meeting Like This!
By Robin Perry You’re planning a training or off-site with your team. Everyone is excited to get out of the office and spend a couple of days together. You’ve gotten the budget approved – no easy feat...
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How DiSC Helps Increase Emotional Intelligence – Even for Your Boss
By Robin Perry Are you a person that gets “charged up” and excited by tight deadlines? Working under pressure at a rapid pace is energizing to you. But what if you work with others who need time to...
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Can Gratitude Help Build a Team?
By Robin Perry This past week I had the opportunity to talk with two 30-something sisters and their brother from Pakistan. They talked about the violence in their city; the discrepancy in wages earned...
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Leaders: What’s Your Default – No or Yes?
By Robin Perry When my daughter was 13 years old I found I was saying “no” a lot, or offering a contrary point of view to hers. “No” she couldn’t do something – or I didn’t think something was a good...
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Merry DiSCember – Round 2
Merry DiSCember! Welcome to our Holiday Fun and People-Reading Holiday Series! We’ve created this fun exercise to help you and your team to celebrate, build and practice your DiSC knowledge. We have...
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Merry DiSCember – The Strengths and Weaknesses of Our Holiday DiSC Team
Merry DiSCember What a Team Map Can Tell You Here we are! The final team map has been completed. How did you picks match up with the final map? We’ve done some deep study of the Merry DiSCember...
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How to Have Your Best Year Ever as a Leader in 2016
By Robin Perry It’s December 2016 – yes, that’s right – December 2016. That’s not a typo. It’s time to think about December 2016, even though it’s only December 2015. Now is the time to think about...
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The Two Interpretations of a Goal and Why You Should Care
By Robin Perry All goals are not created equally. And no two employees are the same. So how do you establish goals that both challenge an employee and motivate them? When creating goals for your...
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Why Leaders Who Can Touch Their Toes Are More Effective
By Robin Perry I have always viewed being able to touch my toes as an indicator of my flexibility. And occasionally I’ve worked hard enough to be able to place my palms on the floor. Recently I’ve...
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Improve your Communication: Have an Out-of-Body Experience!
By Robin Perry Most everyone I work with is looking to improve their communication skills – and for most of us it’s effort worth making. How effective we are in our work and personal lives is often a...
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Leadership on Bad Hair Days
by Robin Perry I’ve never been known for my hair. In fact it’s been a struggle most of my life and I even remember my mother apologizing that I “got her hair” – that stung! But on occasion as I put...
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3 Leadership Lessons I Learned at Pastor Joe’s Funeral
by Robin Perry There are people who touch our lives and make a difference. We know it at the time. We value the relationship and know they’ve had an impact. But maybe we weren’t able to see exactly...
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How Often Do You Celebrate? Know the Research…
By Robin Perry I’m a proud mother. Recently we attended our daughter’s college graduation and we celebrated for 4 days! It may have seemed excessive, but 4 days to recognize 4 years of hard work – now...
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My 20-Year-Old Non-Gardener – Managing Poor Performance
by Robin Perry Memorial Day weekend. The unofficial start of summer. And my garden in desperate need of attention. My son Bryce, home from college, knew he needed to help out with some family chores....
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Can Knowing Your DiSC Style Improve Your Summer Vacation? It Did for Me!
by Robin Perry In DiSC language, my husband is a “CD.” I’m an “iS.” Yes – opposites attract! And true to my belief that the best team represents all of the DiSC styles, for the most part I think that’s...
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3 Ways to Improve your Communication. Or Maybe Just Hire a Translator!
by Robin Perry Several weeks ago we welcomed Ester, a 17 year old young woman from Brazil, into our home. She will be here for a month, with a goal of improving her English. (Or maybe it’s her father’s...
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Get off the Hamster Wheel: Slow Down to Speed Up
by Robin Perry At the end of a busy day I look at all I’ve accomplished – multiple coaching sessions, meetings, emails, phone calls – I hardly had a moment to stop! But was I really productive? I got a...
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Ways to Leverage Your Team’s DiSC Map
Value of a Team Map – Understanding Your Team Using DiSC DiSC is a great tool to help individuals figure out how to communicate and work better with one another. And when a team comes together to...
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