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(a weekly Professional Development blog from Jeff Rogers Coach)

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why is active listening so important in the workplace

Mastering Active Listening in the Workplace: A Key Skill for Professional Development

Active Listening in the workplace (and the rest of life) does not come naturally for many--myself included, and I lead this group! Those who master this skill build better relationships, find more meaningful clarity, achieve goals, maximize potential, and develop superior problem-solving skills. For these reasons alone, and there are several more, we as leaders must enhance our listening skills.

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Non-Negotiables:  Ethical Behavior within your Business

Ethics bleed into all we do and wherever we do it in our lives. Understanding our individual and organizational compass is critical in leadership. As circumstances evolve and technology expands and tests our limits, what keeps our personal and corporate behaviors in check? Our ethics does that. How we behave when no one is looking is critical for success in any organization but sometimes overlooked or assumed to be a certain way. 

When building your mindset and behavioral beliefs, my question is, does your model of mindset and behavior beliefs align with the organization? If not, why? If so, how can you grow and expand it?

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The Power of Reputation Management in Small Business

Self-awareness is required in Leadership. Reputation is a prerequisite to effective Leadership. Reputation is everyone's responsibility!

It is the leader's job to ensure that Reputation is managed effectively! But make no mistakes, it is everyone's job to maintain and elevate organizational Reputation. Trust, performance, and engagement are critical for a strong Organizational Reputation.

Reputation is a long-term word. One must have a vision of what one desires to be known for and work towards it in the good, bad, and in between times. There will be bumps, bruises, and damaged egos along the journey. Reputation is built by a demonstrated long-term body of work, personally, professionally, and organizationally!

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Planning and Goal Setting: Your Roadmap to Success

Mastering the Art of Planning and Goal Setting: Your Roadmap to Success

Rally your team and achieve success as never before!  This is your year.

If you are anything like me, there is just not enough time in the day to get it all done.  I have determined the reason for this struggle to be FOCUS.  In our efforts to get it all done, we simply don’t get any of it done or worse yet done right.  Do you ever feel that way?  Believe it or not, your team feels that way as well.  Whether they communicate that fact or not, they too are distracted and overwhelmed at times.

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Achieving Balanced Workplace Performance: A Strategic, Tactical, and Innovative Approach

Lately, I’ve been thinking about the different types of performance.

As I work with individual clients, and in our group coaching formats, I have learned many spread themselves far too thin, diluting their performance personally, professionally, and organizationally. It does not have to be this way.

What do you think?  Are you performing up to par?

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Maximizing Business Resources: The Key to Success

To set effective goals, business leaders must have a handle on their Traditional business resources. Business resources include human, financial, and physical resources. A resource can be identified as anything required to achieve a business goal. Understanding how you utilize these resources directly affects organizational performance, production, engagement, and profitability.

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Transferring Ownership of Your Family Business: The Key to Success and Sustainability

Let's start with one very important thought that everyone leading a family business should consider:

Transferring ownership of a small family business requires strategic vision!

Developing a Sustainability and Strategic Vision for Your Family Business entails constructing a picture of your desired future; having a vision is having the Ability to think about, imagine, or plan for the desired future.

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