Are You a Fighting Fish?

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Barry Zweibel
Are you a fighting fish?

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Are people taking about you behind your back?

  • “He’s such a pain.”
  • “She’s out of control.”
  • “He’s impossible!”
  • “She’s like a bull in a china shop.”
  • “Everything’s such a federal case with this guy.”
  • “She brings matches and gasoline everywhere she goes.”
  • “It ALWAYS escalates into an argument.” Continue reading →

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Embrace These Strategies, Leader

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Barry Zweibel

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Top three strategies to meet talent challenges …

  1. Improve leadership development programs and nurture talent internally.
  2. Enhance effectiveness of senior management team.
  3. Provide employee training and development.

Top three strategies to meet business growth challenges …

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Effective Leader Traits

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Barry Zweibel
World's Best Boss

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“Experts have noticed seven specific actions that successful leaders carry out, regardless of the organization or cause they lead.” So reports The Manager’s Intelligence Report, based on an article adapted from The Toastmasters (my comments in green):

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O.A.T.S. Planning Method

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Barry Zweibel
30 minutes

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Often times, busy people are just too plain busy to REACT to what’s going on around you, let alone PLAN. The Manager’s Intelligence Report offers the following formula for planning your entire week in just 30 minutes (courtesy of the President’s Newsletter):

  • O » Objectives » What results do you want to see by the end of the week? Write them down and rank them.
  • A »  Activities » What do you have to do to achieve your goals? List the necessary activities, and put them in sequence.
  • T » Time » How much time will each activity require? To plan realistically, allow yourself more time than you think you will actually need. This gives your flexibility if unexpected problems develop.
  • S »  Schedule » Look at your calendar and decide when you can do each activity. Most people underestimate the power of a schedule, but you won’t get anything accomplished if you don’t schedule time to do it.

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GGCI Newsletter » July/August 2011

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Barry Zweibel

The July/August 2011 edition of the GottaGettaCoach! Newsletter is now on-line at http://www.ggci.com/newsletter/2011-vol-04.htm or via email subscription.

(To subscribe: www.ggci.com/MailingList.)

Enjoy!

The GGCI Newseltter Archives are located at:  www.ggci.com/newsletter.

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“Yeah, What THEY Said.”

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Barry Zweibel

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  • “It was impossible to get a conversation going; everybody was talking too much.” Yogi Berra
  • “Conversation is an exercise of the mind; gossip is merely an exercise of the tongue.”
  • “Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius” Edward Gibbon
  • “The true spirit of conversation consists in building on another man’s observation, not overturning it.” Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
  • “It is all right to hold a conversation but you should let go of it now and then.” Richard Armour
  • “Most conversations are simply monologues delivered in the presence of witnesses.” Margaret Miller
  • “Conversation is the art of speaking without thinking.” Victor de Kowa
  • “A man’s character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.” Mark Twain
  • “Anyone who thinks the art of conversation is dead ought to tell a child to go to bed.” Robert C. Gallagher

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#WeekendInsight

Posted on July 2, 2011 by Barry Zweibel

I just tweeted (@ggci) some more interesting quotations to help prod a little “ #WeekendInsight” …

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Hospital Care Patient Advocacy

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Barry Zweibel

As a sidebar to normal business activities, sometimes it’s our job to look after loved ones when they enter the hospital. To that end, here’s what I found are important things to keep in mind/do:

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  1. Remain vigilant AND calm
  2. Engage with nurses, aides and support staff as the trained professionals they are, AND as caring human beings, doing important work on your behalf – calling them by name and greeting them pleasantly both in the room AND the hallways builds rapport, which will likely be helpful
  3. Clarify – across all shifts, day/night/weekend – what you should expect with respect to things like responsiveness to the call button; pain med schedules; how often vitals will be taken; how long meal delivery takes; when the doctors typically do their rounds; how best to raise concerns, should any arise; etc. – knowing what to expect, compared to not having a clue, makes a BIG difference  Continue reading →

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Experience, the Abstract-Sequential Teacher

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Barry Zweibel

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You can’t teach experience; but experience can’t help but teach.”

So what has experience been teaching you, lately? (You don’t want to miss its lessons.)

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#WeekendLearning

Posted on June 12, 2011 by Barry Zweibel

Some interesting (read: tweet-worthy) quotations to prod you into a little “#WeekendLearning” …

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