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James Robbins is a motivational speaker who has been teaching leadership and peak performance for the last 12 years. After leading non-profit organizations across North America, James founded The Robbins Group in 2003. A dynamic speaker and teacher, James sought to find a system that incorporated all of the principles of peak performance into one place. He began creating ‘The Summit’™ when all other systems seemed to fell short in sustaining great results. James ... [More]
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- The Power of Belief in People
[Self-Improvement:Leadership] Psychologists who have researched "Expectancy Effects" tell us that events we expect to occur are in fact more likely to occur. Beliefs come in many sizes and shapes but I want to highlight one here. It's called Self Efficacy. It simply means having a high degree of confidence to perform a certain task. When you have a strong belief in your ability to perform a task you have what is called high self-efficacy. Researchers have found in repeated studies that self-efficacy is one of the most powerful predictors of change and success.
- Five Ways to Get Ahead This Summer
[Business:Productivity] If you want to get ahead, you have to be willing to do what those around you won't. Summer is a time where most of the population slows down a bit, and a lot of time is wasted. It is always tempting to join the herd, but summer is also a time when you can make some great strides by using the season to your advantage.
- Woman Are Never Wrong, Men Are Always Right
[Business:Management] The differences between men and women go way beyond the physical to include things like core beliefs and value systems. In fact, the underlying values of men and women largely contribute to the differences in how we communicate, solve problems, and manage stress. These differences often lead to assumptions and judgments by the opposite sex, which ends up leading to friction at work. A little awareness about these subtle differences can go a long way in reducing workplace stress, and building a respectful unified team.
- How to Create a 5 Stage Employee Retention Plan
[Business:Management] The best way to improve your employee retention is to create a strategy that you can systematically deploy which will address all of the essential elements of staff retention. When it comes to creating a retention strategy, there are the 5 main areas you want to have covered.
- Inspirational Leadership Begins With an Inspired Leader
[Self-Improvement:Leadership] So how do you stoke the fires of inspiration? The challenge with inspiration is that what works for one person might not work for another. There are no one-size-fits-all sources of inspiration, although a multi-million dollar lottery ticket just might do the trick. Assuming you will not be winning the lottery anytime soon, here are some ways you can manage to stay passionate about your life and leadership in the year ahead.
- Creating Training Expectations For Your Staff
[Business:Management] Even though most agree that leadership training is essential, it still seems to be an after thought more than it is a part of our retention strategy. I think the biggest culprits are our day-to-day "busy-ness" and the fact that many people are promoted to manager because a seat at the table has opened up and needs to be filled. Here are some ideas that may help you design a training system for your staff.
- Principles of Inspirational Leadership
[Self-Improvement:Leadership] Inspiration We find it hard to define and even harder to grasp. Yet we all know when we are inspired, and we certainly feel it when we are not. Employees want their managers to be inspiring. It would be so much easier if they told you to be on time, to speak louder in meetings, or provide them with more stationery, but what has this to do with inspiration?
- Use Christmas Cards to Boost Employee Retention
[Business:Management] Holidays are coming and you know it is customary for you as a manager to send greeting cards to your staff. The problem is you hate the whole process. I am going to show you how to create a holiday greeting card like they have never laid eyes on before.
- 5 Steps For Preventing Volunteer Burnout
[Business:Non-Profit] Over the years I have worked with hundreds and hundreds of volunteers. They are awesome. Can you imagine a world where volunteers did not exist?
- Dealers in Hope in Hopeless Times
[Business:Management] As a leader right now, it is a good idea to find out how your staff is feeling about the current credit crises and Wall Street bailout. There is bound to be some apprehension among them, which definitely affects workplace morale and productivity. Even being able to talk about it during a meeting will help people unload some of their stress. It is in these times when true leaders seize the opportunities to instill hope, confidence and optimism.
- The High Price of Trust - Leadership Lessons From the Amazon
[Business:Management] What Candido Rondon accomplished as a leader and explorer is nothing short of miraculous. Rondon was commissioned to build a telegraph line in the early 1900's across the Brazilian jungle all the way to Peru and Bolivia. At that time the Amazon was virtually unexplored and was home to numerous hostile tribes. Rondon knew that the only way he would be able to complete the mission was to enlist the help of the very tribes who wanted to kill him and his men.
- Attention Generation Y, I Won't Be Coming to Your Baseball Game
[Business:Management] Now, corporate trainers are telling us we should be attending sporting events of our Generation Y staff members. What is an overly busy Generation X manager supposed to do? Here are some ways to meet the need with out losing your mind.
- Danger, Goal Setting Can Hurt You
[Self-Improvement:Goal-Setting] Goals; we hear about them constantly. While it is true that goal setting when done properly contributes a lot to your growth and success, there are also times when goal setting can actually harm you. Find out how to avoid the dangerous side of goal setting.
- Goal Setting for Kids
[Self-Improvement:Goal-Setting] Children actually love goal setting. One time my family decided to do a little goal setting in order to make the house run more efficiently. We sat down and created some goals and the kids became contagiously excited. The key for goal setting for kids, is that you need to make it into a game. Here is how.
- Goal Setting Tips for Perfectionists
[Self-Improvement:Goal-Setting] Goal Setting is hard for perfectionists. Now don't get me wrong, there are a lot of good things about perfectionists. You have high standards, and you like to push yourself to get everything finished. The challenge for you is your perfectionism can get in the way when it comes to goal setting. You see, goal setting has more to do with perseverance than perfection. In fact one of the greatest things needed when goal setting, is the ability to recommit to your goal again and again after falling short. Here are a few tips for setting goals if you are a perfectionist.
- Goal Setting Tips For Leaders
[Self-Improvement:Goal-Setting] As a leader you always want to be growing. Here are three goals you can set that will significantly enhance your leadership, and keep your employees happy and motivated.
- Inspirational Visuals - Goal Setting Lessons From Bolivia
[Self-Improvement:Goal-Setting] On the shores of Lake Titicaca lies the town of Copacabana, Bolivia. The town is home to many exciting sites, one of which is a 16th century colonial church. Who would have ever thought that in this remote village there would exist a powerful display of goal setting.
- Goal Setting Tips for Sales Professionals
[Self-Improvement:Goal-Setting] Have you ever been there? I'm talking about one of those sales meetings where your manager is hot under the collar because everyone's sales numbers are below target. You all get challenged, maybe even threatened that things better turn around. You leave the meeting knowing your job is on the line and you have an enormous knot in your stomach. here is what you can do to make sure.
- Accountability Partners Make for Successful Goal Setting
[Self-Improvement:Goal-Setting] Goal setting is one of the most effective ways to inspire and guide change in your life. The challenge for most of us when we set goals is that we fail to stay on track, and eventually we give up on them. One thing you can do is to get an accountability partner who will help you reach your goals. You can hire someone to do this, but I am going to show you a couple of ideas to get accountability partners for free.
- Goal Setting and The Secret of Life
[Self-Improvement:Goal-Setting] There is a secret to success, and it is much simpler than you might think. The problem is, very few people are able to do it. I am talking about maintaining focus. Of course, not just any focus, but a focus on your most important activities. In elite levels of sport, winning and losing usually comes down to which athlete can maintain their focus the best. In life it is no different. We do not have what we want because we fail to stay focused.
- Goal Setting Helps Keep You Motivated
[Self-Improvement:Goal-Setting] Life is about motivation. Those with the ability to get motivated and then stay motivated usually accomplish more in the end. I mean who wants to live an unmotivated life? The challenge with motivation is that for most people it is an emotional state that comes and goes. The challenge with this is that you end up living life as if you were on a roller coaster.
- Goal Setting Helps Managers Reward Employees
[Business:Management] In today's work environment that ability to be an effective manager is crucial. Surveys have shown that a key factor in an employee's happiness is their relationship with their direct supervisor. It has also been said that people don't quit jobs they quit managers. As managers we must continually commit to growth both personally and professionally. Often the problem is not that we don't know what to do, the problem is that we do not do it.
- Use Categories to Inspire and Guide Your Goal Setting
[Self-Improvement:Goal-Setting] Creating focus and motivation in your life is best accomplished by proper goal setting. The whole goal setting exercise however can be overwhelming. Have you ever decided to set some goals for your life, only to sit down and stare at the blank piece of paper in front of you, not knowing where to start because there are so many areas you want to set goals in?
- Goal Setting for Entrepreneurs
[Business:Entrepreneurialism] The life of an entrepreneur can be great; of course as many of you know it can also be frantic, stressful and challenging. One of the most common challenges many entrepreneurs face is accountability for their time. I am not talking about time management but rather staying focused and pushing yourself the extra mile.
- Goal Setting for Weight Loss
[Health-and-Fitness:Weight-Loss] One of the best things to do when trying to lose weight is to use goal setting. Unfortunately many people do not use goal setting properly and end up failing in the end. When you want to lose weight the first thing you need to determine is how much weight you want to lose. You have to be realistic which is one of the principles of goal setting.
- Effective Goal Setting in 5 Easy Steps
[Self-Improvement:Goal-Setting] Goal setting is one of the most powerful tools you can use when you want to make changes in your life or when you want to get something accomplished. Effective goal setting is essential to make the whole process work. I am going to give you a step-by-step approach you can take to effectively set goals.
- Goal Setting and New Year's Resolutions
[Self-Improvement:Goal-Setting] What is the difference between goal setting and New Year's resolutions? Well, in a sense they are the same thing, but too often New Year's resolutions are nothing more than hopeful intentions.
- Goal Setting Secrets - Setting Measurable Goals
[Self-Improvement:Goal-Setting] The literature, which supports the effectiveness of proper goal setting, is overwhelming. I must emphasize however the words 'proper goal setting.' The small percentage of people who do set goals, do so incorrectly which is why over half of people who make New Year's Resolutions abandoned them after three months. One of the biggest problems for people is that they fail to set measurable goals. Take for example the following list of some of the most popular goals set by people.
- The 90% Retention Rate
[Business:Management] How do you foster a 90% retention rate in an industry notorious for transient staff and a shaky reputation for questionable ethics? OpenRoad Auto Group is a car dealership in Richmond B.C. They have combined impressive employee training and development programs with a strong workplace ethos to become the sixth-best employer to work for in British Columbia. In an industry, which averages a retention rate of about 50%, retaining nine out of every ten of your employees is more than impressive.
- Motivating Your Staff
[Business:Management] Employees need motivation to stay engaged. The challenge however is that motivation is an individual thing. What moves one, does not necessarily move another. Leaders need to become experts at finding the right buttons to push.
- Better Together? How To Eliminate The Loafer
[Business:Management] Although we can certainly accomplish more by working together than we can on our own, it seems that individually our performance goes down with the increase of more help. It places a new spin on the phrase, "Many hands make work light." In Sports Psychology this is known as Social Loafing. Where individuals contribute less than 100% due to motivation losses. This of course is a big deal and one that exists in any kind of team whether your scoring points or making sales.
- Making The Leap - How To Grow Your Company From Small To Mid Sized
[Business:Small-Business] One of the most challenging stages in the life of a business is the transition from small to medium sized company. Owners often find themselves in a squeeze as they enter one of the most dangerous cycles in business. How do you take it to the next level while you manage the delicate balance of not overworking your staff and making sure you don't blow your budget?
- The Naked Leader
[Self-Improvement:Leadership] She sat across from me in tears as she shared how much my leadership had hurt her. It was not the first, nor the last time, that I would hear comments such as these. Because leadership is all about working with people, it is inevitable that along the way you are bound to bruise one another.
- 7 Steps on How To Start a Mastermind Group
[Self-Improvement] The concept of the Mastermind Group originally came from Napoleon Hill and his book "Think and Grow Rich," first published back in 1937. The idea is simple yet powerful.
- What To Do When Employees Quit
[Business:Management] Employees quitting. We should be good at handling this by now since we get a lot of practice. Turnover in the workplace continues to go up. Believe it or not, how you handle an employee leaving can do a lot to boost your company's retention. One big factor in determining how you handle resignation letters is how well you manage your own emotions.
- Peak Performance for Your Brain
[Self-Improvement:Goal-Setting] When it comes to peak performance and realizing your goals, there's a partnership of three that's crucial to your success; The Bouncer, the Miracle Worker, and You. We can actually wire our brain for peak performance by understanding the relationship of our RAS, Subconscious, and Conscious Mind.
- Customized Employee Retention Plans
[Business:Management] Company wide initiatives can have a hit and miss effect. Certainly for some, the new program will make a difference, but we are not interested in retaining just some. We want to have the best chance at keeping them all. The more individualized you can make your retention program; the more effective it is going to be. In fact the companies with the highest retention are the ones who spend the most time engaging each employee one on one. How on earth do I make an individualized retention program with limited time and budget?
- Employee Retention for New Hires
[Business:Management] If you have ever seen a zebra give birth (at least on the Geographic Channel) you will see an amazing phenomenon. Once the baby colt is up on its feet the mother will block the youngster's line of sight to the rest of the herd. The mother will only let her baby colt see her stripes. The reason is that a very important imprinting process is going on in those first moments where the mother is building loyalty into her offspring. Once her pattern is ingrained in her young colts brain, the baby will forever know who her mother is. Those first moments are crucial. In workplaces today there is a similar principle that takes place with new employees. For many organizations, turn over is greatest in the first 84 days. But there are some simple things you can do to increase the chance of employees making it through that probationary period.
- Visionary Leadership
[Business:Management] Many organizations today are over-managed and under-led. In other words, leaders get caught up in the day-to-day managerial administrative tasks, and forget to look up and plot the course for the organizations future. A leader's vision is essential for an organization. Visionary leaders are heavily sought after. People want to belong to an organization with a strong sense of direction, whether it's a fortune 500 company, community association, or local church. If a leader does not remain a visionary, life becomes stagnant, and the organization grinds to a crawl.
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