How to Shut Screaming Mimi Up
May 20 Carolann Jacobs on May 20th, 2010
Article #2 in the series “The Dirty Dozen of Bad Bosses”
Screaming Mimi costs the company more than she’s worth. She’s needy, fickle, and stubborn, and her peers and subordinates never know when she’s going to throw a tantrum… and she’s still your boss.
As tempting and as justified as you may feel to assume the [...]
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Man (or Woman) Up! Curing the Epidemic of Weak Leadership
May 5 Carolann Jacobs on May 5th, 2010
This morning I was attending the Young Women Executives Forum at the Tower Club, and today’s topic was Conflict Management. This is a topic that I hit with my coaching clients 100% of the time.
We all have a default mode for dealing with conflict. Some people use the “my way or the highway” [...]
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You Don’t Have to Leave the Cubicle
Apr 22 Carolann Jacobs on April 22nd, 2010
There’s been a lot of hype lately around escaping the cubicle. It isn’t for everyone. For many, it isn’t realistic considering their current resources, and for some people, going out on their own would be downright irresponsible.
Many of the people who call me looking for coaching services are miserable in their jobs, [...]
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Giving up “Because”, Keeping the F-Bomb
Mar 18 Carolann Jacobs on March 18th, 2010
Many of you may know that I am on the path to earn my Master Trainer’s Certification in Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP). For those of you who are unfamiliar with NLP, it is model which explains how we process information that comes to us from the outside (and our internal Negative Nelly). As both an ever [...]
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Take 100% Responsibility for Your Life (Part 1)
Mar 5 Carolann Jacobs on March 5th, 2010
This is the first installment of my effort to integrate the 64 Success Principles from Jack Canfield’s book of the same name.
Last week, I went to a one day live workshop with Jack Canfield, and was considering, along with the accountability partner he recommended and the mastermind group that frankly I’m not in the mood [...]
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Not Buying the Solution, Not Participating in the Game
Mar 3 Carolann Jacobs on March 3rd, 2010
We’ve become a society of consumers, people who participate little, if at all, in the creation of what we use. There is a someone else who does almost everything for us, and that’s become a habit for us. Think that impacts engagement at work? I do.
Think about it. Who changes their oil anymore? If I [...]
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Creating an Inspired Workplace: Putting Everyone on the In-Team
Feb 2 Carolann Jacobs on February 2nd, 2010
Ever had that experience in which you brought up a really good idea and the group or leader ignored it, only to have someone else bring up that exact same idea and the group met it with excitement?
Turns out, new research has shown that the brain hears things differently based on whether the person saying [...]
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Managewhich Tip: Getting in Front of Change Through Leadership
Jan 26 Carolann Jacobs on January 26th, 2010
“The enemy to real change is lip service” ~Peter Block
This is never more true than in a low trust organization. How many times have you been in meetings where heads nod in agreement only to have nothing done? It’s insidious because we think the group is on board when they aren’t.
We can work with opposition [...]
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Managewhich Tip: Process-Focus Ain’t a Bad Thing
Jan 19 Carolann Jacobs on January 19th, 2010
We hear a lot about being results-focused and results-driven. Results are important, and somewhere along the way, we’ve lost sight of the importance of the journey.
Case and point. In 1959, Cuba had an illiteracy rate of 23%. Post Castro revolution, in 1961, it was reduced to 4%. Let’s just say, this wasn’t the kindest of [...]
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So How are Those Resolutions Going?
Jan 14 Carolann Jacobs on January 14th, 2010
So, we’re about halfway through January, and even though I suggested that resolutions are a waste of time, I bet some of you made them anyway. How’s it going?
For those of you who are on track, congratulations!
For those of you who’ve already broken down, how about trying something different this year.
My fabulous mentor coach, Ken Abrams, reminded [...]
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