Top 10 Business, Faith & Faith-at-Work Podcasts (Part 2)

Alrighty, then: Here’s the second (and final) installment of podcasts that send my gray cells a-dancing . . .
Sales Guy’s Quick and Dirty Tips For Getting The Deal Done
I confess: As an introvert, the word “sales” used to scare the daylights out of me. But I’m learning we’re all in sales, no matter what we [...]

Top 10 Business, Faith & Faith-at-Work Podcasts (Part I)

If you made me choose between eating and being able to listen to my favorite podcasts for a day, that’d be a tough one for me. They’re my brain food, and consuming them makes me smarter, wiser and happier.
One simple (yet very, very powerful) success principle is choosing carefully whom we listen to and what goes into [...]

Save Time (And Effort) By Empowering Others

Those of us with a strong need to please (or to be in control) often are bogged down by people who seemingly depend on us to get anything done.
A dear relative, who somehow thinks I have amazing Internet powers, used to email me: “Please search XYZ on the Web and let me know what you [...]

Hearing From God When I’m in a Mess

Imagine you’re fortunate to have a loving dad who possesses superior insight, influence and resources. But you don’t talk to him much—you’re just too busy.
Except when a crisis hits, in which case you barge through his front door, firing off questions: “What do I do about money? And my job? You know what a mess [...]

Getting angry about the right stuff

*Warning: Today’s post contains whining*
I’ve been getting angry a lot at work lately.
Angry at the customer who gives me final approval on a project, then, a few days later, decides she wants to make “just one more change.” Eight times.
Angry at the team member who gives me the wrong project specifications, forcing me to re-do [...]

New Career Skill: Effective Confrontations

Years ago I was promoted above my supervisor, who deeply resented the fact that I leapfrogged her on the chain of command.
The unusual promotion was both unexpected and an answer to prayer. My first reaction was to lock myself in the bathroom and jump up and down for a few minutes, silently mouthing, “Thank you, [...]

How to Be Remarkable

I have a bad, bad habit. Every couple of months or so, I conduct risky home-made experiments on my hair, typically involving an assortment of chemicals and scissors. Occasionally, there are accidents. You’d think I would have learned after the first five times I turned my hair green or caused chunks to fall out. I [...]

Bigger Than Best Practices

What would you do if your business was the only vehicle to change the world?
Take a look at this thought-provoking video by Brett Johnson and the good folks at InsideWork. Brilliant.

Deadly Viper Character Assassins

I once knew a business superstar whom everyone loved to hate—let’s call him “Jake.” Jake successfully applied his smarts, charm, and schmoozin’ skills to advance his company’s goals. Management loved him. So did many of the local movers and shakers.
Anyone below him on the corporate ladder had a different opinion, though. Jake’s “me-first, you-last” [...]

Talent Is Never Enough

A couple of years ago I heard John Maxwell, author of Talent Is Never Enough, expand on that thought at a conference. While I never read the book, his words still ring in my ears today.
Consider these facts:

More than 50% of CEOs of Fortune 500 companies had C or C- [...]