Last week I introduced our Profit Zone program. This week we’re going to take a closer look at the activities that the program focuses on. The Profit Zone program has identified 9 activities that help you create and maintain profit. Part of the process of zeroing in on your profit zone is to help everyone … Continue Reading
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Intentional Leadership
Zeroing In On Your Profit Zone
We interrupt our regularly scheduled Competencies programming to introduce you to a new program we’re offering. It’s called the Profit Zone. In most organizations, less than 10 percent of the staff really understand how the company makes and keeps money. Employees choose to be employees and not entrepreneurs because they want the certainty of a … Continue Reading
Making Problems Disappear Forever
This is the nineteenth installment in our 25-week series exploring the 25 competencies, or soft skills, that our assessments measure. Each week we’ll give you the definition of that competency, explain its value, and give you tips to help you develop it. This week: Problem Solving. Problem Solving is defining, analyzing, and diagnosing key components … Continue Reading
Organizing Yourself for Success
This is the eighteenth installment in our 25-week series exploring the 25 competencies, or soft skills, that our assessments measure. Each week we’ll give you the definition of that competency, explain its value, and give you tips to help you develop it. This week: Planning and Organizing. When you consider Planning and Organizing, you might … Continue Reading
Focus on What You Can Control: Yourself
This is the seventeenth installment in our 25-week series exploring the 25 competencies, or soft skills, that our assessments measure. Each week we’ll give you the definition of that competency, explain its value, and give you tips to help you develop it. This week: Personal Accountability. Personal Accountability has one of the more straightforward definitions: … Continue Reading
Finding the Win-Win Solution
This is the sixteenth installment in our 25-week series exploring the 25 competencies, or soft skills, that our assessments measure. Each week we’ll give you the definition of that competency, explain its value, and give you tips to help you develop it. This week: Negotiation. Negotiation doesn’t just mean playing hardball, it requires listening to … Continue Reading
Leading From Where You Are
This is the fifteenth installment in our 25-week series exploring the 25 competencies, or soft skills, that our assessments measure. Each week we’ll give you the definition of that competency, explain its value, and give you tips to help you develop it. This week: Leadership. There are many different definitions of what it means to … Continue Reading
Finding True Connection With Others
This is the fourteenth installment in our 25-week series exploring the 25 competencies, or soft skills, that our assessments measure. Each week we’ll give you the definition of that competency, explain its value, and give you tips on how to develop it. This week: Interpersonal Skills. Most people have a general idea of what Interpersonal … Continue Reading
Influencing Others to Your Point of View
This is the thirteenth installment in our 25-week series exploring the 25 competencies, or soft skills, that our assessments measure. Each week we’ll give you the definition of that competency, explain its value, and give you tips to help you develop it. This week: Influencing Others. Influencing Others is all about being able to personally … Continue Reading
Meeting and Exceeding Your Goals
This is the twelfth installment in our 25-week series exploring the 25 competencies, or soft skills, that our assessments measure. Each week we’ll give you the definition of that competency, explain its value, and give you tips to help you develop it. This week: Goal Orientation. Goal Orientation is the ability to set, pursue, and … Continue Reading