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Leadership Role Models: Today’s Essential Overlooked Steps | #LeadMorale

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Leadership role models – today’s essential yet overlooked steps. by Kate Nasser, The People Skills Coach™, Author, Leading Morale

Workplace Honesty: Diplomacy Beats Political Correctness #PeopleSkills

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Workplace honesty is diplomatic not politically correct. Critical pts from Kate Nasser, The People Skills Coach™, Author Leading Morale

Leaders, Activate Employee Voices for These Reasons | #LeadershipDevelopment

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Activate employee voices if you want true employee engagement. Reasons from Kate Nasser, The People Skills Coach™, Author, Leading Morale.

Outlook Output: How Exactly Attitude Matters #LeadMorale #Leadership

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If you still doubt that your attitude & outlook matter, embrace the phrase ‘outlook output’. Why & how from Kate Nasser, The People Skills Coach™, Author, Leading Morale.

Teamwork Weaknesses: Are You Making Teamwork Difficult? #Teambuilding

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When you think of teamwork weaknesses, what jumps to your mind? There are the standard images of some teammates not contributing and not being accountable. Yet because these are so visible, they are easier to address. Here are some subtle actions that you may be doing that make it difficult for others to be teammates […]

Use These Engaging People Skills in Emails | #PeopleSkills #Email

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When your engaging people skills shine through in your emails, you help everyone. Leaders, managers, teammates, and customers, know the burden of sorting through lists of emails and having to read them. From the subject heading on down, you can make your emails rise to the top of the list. So, infuse engaging people skills […]

Leaders: Proving Need Not Stop the Improving #EmployeeDevelopment

Leaders, do your actions drive employees to focus on proving themselves to you or improving their contributions to the organization and its success? Here’s a checklist to assess what culture you have created!

Escape These Communication Traps Without Creating Conflict | #PeopleSkills

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For success in your work and personal life, don’t get trapped in these uncomfortable communication traps. Here’s how to do it without creating conflict along the way. Image by Bradley Huchteman via Flickr Creative Commons License. How to Escape These Communication Traps w/o Creating Conflict In response to a previous blog post I wrote on

Rethink Criticism: Is Your Criticism of Employees Actually Contempt? #Leadership

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Leadership: When you criticize employees do they hear value or contempt? Rethink criticism w/ tips from Kate Nasser, The People Skills Coach™, Author, Leading Morale

Reasons New Leaders Fail Even After Leadership Training | #LeadershipSkills

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Would you like to know the reasons new leaders fail even after they have taken a top-notch leadership training program? I remember once such incident at one of my clients. The new leader in question had finished one of the best leadership training programs yet was exhibiting the worst leadership behaviors. I spoke to the […]

Coaching Employees: One Very Important Step | #Management #Leadership

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When coaching employees to change their behaviors for greater success, there is one very important step to remember. Use action words to guide them to actionable change vs. judgmental labels that lead nowhere. Here’s how. Image by Jeshu John via DesignerPics.com Coaching Employees: The Key Step So many times leaders and managers take on the […]

Respect Cultural Diversity: What’s in a Name? Everything! | #LeadMorale

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To respect cultural diversity, start with learning how to pronounce other people’s names. In any work setting, you are bound to meet people from different cultures with names you’ve rarely heard. If you’re not sure how to pronounce their names, ask them. It shows you care about getting to know them. Moreover, it shows that […]

People Skills Firsts That Create Infinite Opportunity w/ People

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Initiate these people skills firsts to produce infinite business & career opportunities for everyone. Kate Nasser, The People Skills Coach™, Author, Leading Morale.

Team Players: Are You a Valuable Initiator or a Maverick? | #LeadMorale

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Team Players: What are the differences between a valuable initiator & a maverick? Kate Nasser, Author Leading Morale provides checklist for you.

Logical Thinking Not Always Appropriate? #PeopleSkills #LeadMorale

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Here is how logical thinking can actually create trouble. Kate Nasser, The People Skills Coach™, Author, Leading Morale | Leadership Analytic

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