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Jun 29

Carolann Jacobs on June 29th, 2010

Living the Success Principles #3
I haven’t written about my journey on the success principles in three months (oh my goodness!!!), and this is a good illustration about how time passes without forward movement. In other words, a vision without any action is a dream. To be fair and honest, I am doing between one [...]

Managewhich Tip: New Rule for Productivity?

Jan 12

Carolann Jacobs on January 12th, 2010

What if, like gasoline, your brain power and attention were a limited resource? And that once your attention tank was empty, your thinking ran on fumes?
Turns out, the latest brain studies indicate that this is indeed the case. Our attention is in limited supply, and we work in ways that squander it.
In his new book, Your [...]

Managewich Tip: Negativity Doesn’t Work, So Quit Getting Sucked In

Oct 6

Carolann Jacobs on October 6th, 2009

I had a great weekend. As most of you know, Grow Your Business Grow Your Life LIVE! was in Dallas this past Friday and Saturday, and I was blessed with the opportunity to be a part of the behind the scenes planning and execution. I say blessed because I got to spend time with bright, [...]

Solving the Middle Manager’s Constant Dilemma: More To Do’s Than Time

Jun 23

Carolann Jacobs on June 23rd, 2009

Ugh, it’s been longer than I wanted it to be since my last post.
Notice that?
I’m beating myself up over something that didn’t get done.
Not very helpful, is it? True statement, but not helpful.
It also trains the brain to focus on what’s not happening. We tend to get more of what we focus on. If you [...]

Inspired Workplace Q&A – Why Can’t I Get Promoted?

Jun 17

Carolann Jacobs on June 17th, 2009

Q: I am a middle manager in a mid-sized technology company. For the last three years, I have received an “exceeds expectations” on my reviews. I am at the top of my job grade (band), and I’ve applied for positions with higher responsibility twice. Both times, I was passed over. Once, it was for an [...]

Kicking Myself – 6 Missed Opportunities

Jun 5

Carolann Jacobs on June 5th, 2009

Ever had one of those moments when someone told you something that you aleady know, but you’ve let it slide or you’ve never implemented it?
I hate to admit it in public, but I had one of those moments this week.
I pride myself on my business networking savvy. Mind you, my friends Jeff Klein, Jim Penny, [...]

How to Keep the Feedback Conversation Out of the Ditch (Part 4 of The Fact & the Fundamental Lie)

Jun 3

Carolann Jacobs on June 3rd, 2009

Recapping parts 1-3…
Janice* runs the governance group for her company, and Rhonda* works for Janice in that group. Over the course of time, Janice has developed a healthty distrust of Rhonda, although she’s never addressed it directly with Rhonda. Anyone with two eyes and half an ear can observe that something isn’t right in that [...]

The Fact and The Fundamental Lie (Part 3)

Jun 1

Carolann Jacobs on June 1st, 2009

Where we left off in part two, Janice*, the manager of her company’s governance group, has provided Rhonda*, a program manager who works for Janice, with some feedback about her performance.
…which started with “You are always trying to undermine me.”
The conversation degenerated into Janice trying to tell Rhonda all the ways that her circumventing the [...]

The Fact is Also the Fundamental Lie (Part Two)

May 29

Carolann Jacobs on May 29th, 2009

In part one of this post, we left Janice* and Rhonda* in Janice’s office. Janice, the manager of her company’s governance group, is furious that Rhonda, who works for her, has been circumventing the process that the PMO is supposed to be enforcing. Furthermore, I’d learned in out initial complimentary consultation that Janice has built [...]

Shooting Down “Doubting Thomas” Once and For All

May 28

Carolann Jacobs on May 28th, 2009

I am a *huge* Wayne Dyer fan, and I am honored to be a sponsor for the launch of his new book “Excuses Begone! How to Change Lifelong, Self-Defeating Thinking Habits”
http://promos.hayhouse.com/dyer/052609email/
This is, after all, a large part of what I do as a coach. Besides partnering with clients to identify and change their self-defeating thinking [...]

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