May 15, 2024
Rich Baron and Maikel Bailey
How often in our conversations do we hold up just short of telling the other person, or persons, everything they need to hear? It may be a painful part of the conversation we hesitate to approach for fear of offending...
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May 08, 2024
Rich Baron and Maikel Bailey
Being an Achiever is not easy, especially these days. That is to say, striving to be truly excellent and exceptional at something is difficult for a number of reasons. It is challenging, demanding, high-energy, self-disciplined, consistent, and passionate work. The...
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May 04, 2024
Rich Baron and Maikel Bailey
How often do we find ourselves putting off the things that should matter the most to us? Those things that will have the greatest impact on not only our own lives but the lives of those around us. What if...
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May 01, 2024
Rich Baron and Maikel Bailey
How often are we guilty of just reading the headline and immediately coming to our conclusions without ever reading the article? Digging deeper to find out exactly what the story was all about? How about in the workplace when you...
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April 23, 2024
Rich Baron and Maikel Bailey
The answers to the question would be: A – Boss, B – Greedy Boss, C – Good Boss, D – Leader. How would you answer? A boss is someone who simply gives orders, expects them to be followed, and focuses...
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April 15, 2024
Rich Baron and Maikel Bailey
Leadership is characterized by the complex and diverse nature of human values, which can be fluid, contradictory, and at times, difficult to define. This is why human elements such as common sense, continuous learning, adapting on the fly, understanding cause...
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April 10, 2024
Rich Baron and Maikel Bailey
As the labor market cools, companies are increasing their efforts to bring workers back to the office, though not necessarily requiring them to come in five days a week. The trend towards remote work is still ongoing, with some employers...
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April 02, 2024
Rich Baron and Maikel Bailey
As job coaches, Maikel and I have seen a disturbing trend in the practice of HR ghosting candidates after multiple interviews. This is starting to become an expected trend for several of our job seekers that we work with. Ghosting...
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March 26, 2024
Rich Baron and Maikel Bailey
We live in a society where instant gratification has become the norm. For some reason, leadership has become something that is now a fast-track exercise. Global surveys on leadership, as well as employee feedback, show that the fast track isn't...
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March 21, 2024
Rich Baron and Maikel Bailey
How many times have you felt as a leader that people just aren't listening to what you have to say? You start to feel as if nothing you say has any importance at all to the people you are talking...
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