Leverage Your Voice for More Success

Mane Listening to another

  Do you want to sell more? Do you want to land the job? Do you want your team to perform better? Then pay attention to your voice. As we move further into the digital age, many people rely more and more on the efficiency of asynchronous communication (email, text,…

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Are You Motivated or Disciplined: Which Will Deliver Results?

I was thinking about this recently and realized there is a distinction between Motivation and Discipline. Merriam Webster defines motivation as the condition of being motivated (a desire to act). They define Discipline as a rule or system of rules governing conduct or activity. I have observed in myself the…

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Accountability…What is it Good For?

When we are accountable, there are a host of benefits:

Trust – people trust people that are accountable to their word.
Predictability – when we can count on others to be accountable, we can start to predict outcomes.
Conflict Reduction- many organizational conflicts come from missed expectations or missed promises.
Improved Performance – people can count on others to do their job, so they complete their part and more gets done.

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Did You Give Them Permission to Do That Terrible Thing?

This is not always easy, but you can create a culture of candor and accountability. You do it through practice and habit. When you understand the psychology, structure, and cadence of communication, you can leverage this to drive performance.

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