Perspectives to Change Your Mind
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Challenging times don’t make the person, they expose them; they reveal the person’s true character.
In this video, I ask some telling questions about how these difficult times are exposing you, and what it means about your character.
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Do you believe that people who treated you unfairly should apologize for having done so?
What about those who will never tell you they’re wrong?
How do we handle them?
In this video, I share what to do to retain your sanity when dealing with them.
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Do you need to be right more than you want to be right?
Do you need to win to feel good about yourself?
In this video, I share some questions you can ask yourself to manage those actions and foster more satisfying relationships.
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When you move from not being assertive to becoming so, many things will change in your life.
In this video, I share how some of your relationships may change by becoming more assertive.
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Do you ever fail to assert yourself OR lash out at someone, and after the fact feel badly about it?
There is a way to repair the damage, you know.
In this video, I share what you can do to feel better about yourself.
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If your attempts to be assertive have been unsuccessful, I have a tip for you.
There are two keys to Assertiveness that are required for your assertive efforts to result in success.
In this video, I share both of them.
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Do the people you’re talking to often get defensive?
Want to know what it is and how you can change it?
In this video, I shed light on a communication habit that will make people defensive, every time!
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Do you start out assertive but get aggressive when things don’t go your way?
In this video, I talk about how to keep that from happening and ruining relationships.
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Do you avoid conflict with others at all costs?
That behavior often creates a consequence more destructive than the one you avoided.
In this video, I explain how it happens and why it’s important to stand up for yourself.
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Are you less assertive than you would like to be and know you can be?
In this video, I have some tips on how you can change that.
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Do you typically put other people’s needs ahead of yours?
The more you tend to do that, the more interested you will be in this video.
I’ll share what you need to do to continue taking care of others.
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Do you fail to stand your ground with those who are aggressive toward you?
To change that response, you need to know why you choose it.
In this video, I suggest some questions to ask yourself and a strategy to protect yourself.
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Are you unhappy with how others treat you – believing that you deserve more respect than they give you?
Find out how to change this dynamic so they treat you with respect.
This is the first of 12 videos in this series.
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In my last two posts, How To GET Useful Performance Feedback and 4 More Ways To GET Useful Performance Feedback I shared tips to improve the feedback you request on your performance.
Now it’s time to focus on customizing performance feedback you GIVE to others to increase its effectiveness and position you to be seen as more respectful to employees.
In this video, I’ll share 4 ways to customize your feedback based on what you know about a particular employee.
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In my last post, How To GET Useful Performance Feedback, I shared my first tip on how to get useful performance feedback.
In this video, I’ll share four more tips on how and when to ask for performance feedback to get employees to be more honest and give you more useful feedback.
Utilize some of these methods and watch the quality of the feedback given to you increase!
In my next post, I’ll share a tip on customizing feedback that will increase its effectiveness and help you be seen as more respectful to employees.
When you ASK for performance feedback the right way you increase your chances of getting honest, helpful feedback.
The wrong approach typically results in no feedback, nothing helpful, or dishonest answers.
In this video, I show you the first of five effective approaches.
In my next post, I’ll share four more.
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In this video, I share a tip on NOT using a commonly taught approach to delivering constructive feedback, and what to use in its place.
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Have you ever been in an interview and needed more than a few seconds to find your place or regroup to deliver a great answer?
Savvy interviewers prepare for moments like this.
They anticipate the need to buy time in the interview and practice strategies to employ when the need arises.
In this video, I share six techniques I have used successfully.
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There is tremendous value in pointing out to interviewers the things you have in common with them.
Do you know what it is?
In this video, I share how taking advantage of this underutilized technique will increase your chances of being the selected candidate.
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Students routinely ask me what an interviewer looks for in a candidate during the selection process.
Seeing this process through the eyes of an interviewer – and learning what they view as important – is essential to doing well.
In this video, I share what interviewers view as most important.
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