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Category Archives: Learning styles
The Train Stops Here
There is an old story about the Foreman going to the Manager with a training request for an employee. The boss says, “What happens if we train him and he leaves?”, to which the Foreman responds, “What happens if we … Continue reading
Posted in Assessments, Believe and Succeed Life Coaching, Business Coaching, Business Planning, Career development, Coaching, Communication, Elephant in the Room, Elephants, Empowering people, Leadership, Learning styles, Life coaching, MBTI, Myers-Briggs, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Team development, Training
Tagged Business, Career, Coaching, Communication, Employee retention, Employees, Employers, Interpersonal Skills, Leadership, Management, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Organization, Organizational development, Organizational training, Profession, Recruitment and Retention, Soft skills, Staff Training, team building, Teams, Teamwork, Technical Skills, Technical Training, Trade, Trainers, Training, Workshops
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The Empty Position
Interesting walking around town and the malls seeing the help wanted signs in the windows. It started as the summer season approached and now is becoming more prevalent as the businesses start the ascent to the Christmas season. The economy … Continue reading
Posted in Business Coaching, Business Planning, Chamber of Commerce, Coaching, Customers, Economy, Elephant in the Room, Employees, Employment, Entrepreneurs, Human resources, Learning styles, Managing stress
Tagged Affordable Housing, Business, Businesses, Communities, Construction Industry, Economy, Employees, Help Wanted, Housing, Human Resources, Organizational Change, Organizational development, Professionals, Recruitment and Retention, Short-staffed, Small Business, Trades, Tradespeople, Working Homeless
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How Do I Keep Up?
I am often asked by entrepreneurs starting small business, “How do I keep up with what is happening in the business? This is not a simple question to answer as it depends on your communication style, level of knowledge on … Continue reading
Posted in Believe and Succeed Life Coaching, Business Coaching, Business Planning, Chamber of Commerce, Coaching, Communication, Community Futures, Customers, Economy, Elephant in the Room, Elephants, Empowering people, Entrepreneurs, FaceBook, Internet, Learning styles, Lifestyle, LinkedIn, Listening, Networking, Relationships, self-employment, Service Clubs, Social Media, Volunteering, Young Professionals
Tagged Business, Change, Change Management, Coaching, Communication, community, Human Resources, Organizational development, Personality, Personality type, Vancouver Island Economic Alliance
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Meant for Each Other
I see advertisements and articles online that try to educate those who have taken the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® as to which type is your best partner. I know that curiosity plays a part in people wanting to know if their … Continue reading
Posted in Assessments, Believe and Succeed Life Coaching, Business Coaching, Business Planning, Coaching, Communication, Elephant in the Room, Elephants, Empowering people, Learning styles, Life coaching, Lifestyle, MBTI, Myers-Briggs, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Relationships, Team development
Tagged Assessments, Board Development, Boards, Business, Coaching, Communication, Management Team, Myers-Briggs, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Organizational Change, Organizational training, Personality, Personality type, Preferences, relationships, Soft skills, Staff Training, team building, Workshops
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Whadaya Mean I’m too Old!
There is a perception, mostly with the millennials, that after a certain age you are not functioning at a level that is suitable for business. It is felt that you will be absent more and in general be a drain … Continue reading
Posted in Believe and Succeed Life Coaching, Business Coaching, Business Planning, Career development, Career professional, Coaching, Communication, Diversity, Elephant in the Room, Elephants, Employees, Employment, Empowering people, Leadership, Learning styles, Life coaching, Lifestyle, Older Worker, Relationships, Team development
Tagged Baby Boomers, Business, Career transition, Change, Change Management, Coaching, Communication, Companies, Employee retention, Employees, Employment, Expertise, Mentors, Millennials, Organizational Change, Organizational development, Organizational training, Recruitment and Retention, team building
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Myers-Briggs Type Inventory®
If you are wanting to make changes in your life as a promise to yourself in 2017, a place to start for you might be the Myers-Briggs Type Inventory®. Understanding how you and others communicate and make decisions certainly helps … Continue reading
Posted in Assessments, Believe and Succeed Life Coaching, Business Coaching, Business Planning, Career development, Coaching, Communication, Elephant in the Room, Elephants, Employment, Empowering people, Leadership, Learning styles, Life coaching, Lifestyle, Listening, MBTI, Myers-Briggs, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Networking, organizational change, Relationships, Retirement, self-employment, Team development, Training
Tagged Assessments, Board Development, Boards, Business, Career, Career transition, Change, Change Management, Coaching, Communication, Life coach, MBTI, MBTI step II, Myers-Briggs, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Organizational Change, Organizational development, Organizational training, Personality, Personality type, Preferences, relationships, Soft skills, Staff Training, Stress, team building, Teams, Training, Workshops
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Ask the Right Questions
I had an experience recently that made me think. Like many of us, we have a ‘beer’ fridge in our garage. We had trouble with it last winter but the freezer section stopped working entirely this last couple of … Continue reading
Posted in Believe and Succeed Life Coaching, Business Coaching, Business Planning, Clients, Coaching, Communication, Customers, Elephant in the Room, Elephants, Employees, Employment, Empowering people, Entrepreneurs, Family, Human resources, Leadership, Learning styles, Life coaching, Listening, Relationships, Sales, self-employment
Tagged Business, Coaching, Communication, Customer Service, Employee retention, Employees, Employment, Google+, Life coach, Organizational training, relationships, Soft skills, Staff Training, team building
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Raising Employees – Part I
We all see them, the grocery clerk chewing gum like it was their last meal as they check in your groceries, the kiosk clerk playing games on their smart phones instead of making eye contact with the potential customers, or … Continue reading
Posted in Believe and Succeed Life Coaching, Business Coaching, Business Planning, Career development, Clients, Coaching, Communication, Customers, Elephant in the Room, Elephants, Employees, Employment, Empowering people, Entrepreneurs, Human resources, Leadership, Learning styles, Life coaching, Listening, Sales, Team development, Training
Tagged Attitude, Business, Coaching, Communication, Conflict Resolution, Creative Thinking, Customer Service, Decision making, Employee retention, Employment, Ethics, Human Resources, Life coach, Managers, Mentoring, Organizational development, Probationary Period, Problem Solving, Recruitment and Retention, Soft skills, Staff Training, team building, Teamwork, Values
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Myers-Briggs® and the ‘Team’
Whether your strategic team or board is new, been together for a while, or has added a new member there are certainties about that team. They may have been brought together purposely because of differing education, training and experiences but … Continue reading
Posted in Assessments, Believe and Succeed Life Coaching, Business Coaching, Coaching, Communication, Elephant in the Room, Elephants, Empowering people, Human resources, Leadership, Learning styles, Life coaching, MBTI, Myers-Briggs, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, organizational change, Relationships, Team development, Training
Tagged Assessments, Board Development, Boards, Change Management, Coaching, Communication, HR, Human Resources, MBTI, MBTI step II, Myers-Briggs, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Nanaimo, Organizational development, Organizational training, Personality, Personality type, Preferences, Soft skills, Staff Training, team building, Teams, Workshops
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Leadership at its Best!
A while ago I had the opportunity to attend an evening where members of the Vancouver Island Symphony children’s choir demonstrated how they are taught as well as the opportunity to sit in on a symphony rehearsal. The first observation … Continue reading
Posted in Believe and Succeed Life Coaching, Business Coaching, Career development, Coaching, Communication, Elephants, Employees, Empowering people, Human resources, Leadership, Learning styles, Life coaching, Listening, Relationships, Team development
Tagged Coaching, Collaboration, Communication, Human Resources, Life coach, Mentoring, Nanaimo, Organizational development, Praise, relationships, team building, Teamwork, Vancouver Island Symphony, VIS
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