Five Steps to Using Your Strengths More, Every Day

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Halelly Azulay

We should spend much greater portions of our limited time and energy resources on cultivating our strengths, because that is the only path to true flourishing. More »

A Talent Stretched

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Melissa Westmoreland

Offering my time and talents outside of work helps me stretch myself and grow in ways I never could have imagined. More »

The 3 Conditions of Accountability

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Jeff Grimshaw

There are three kinds of employees. Saints are always accountable. Sinners arent. Most employees are save-ables. Sometimes save-ables make good choices; sometimes they dont. Theyll consistently perform and do the right things, but only under certain conditions. To creat... More »

Role Plays: Virtual World v. Real World

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Mark Janowski

Here are four ways to make role plays in virtual worlds more effective than role plays in the real world. As training professionals are forced to move education from the front of the classroom to online, they have discovered many challenges. How do you keep participants... More »

The Art of People-Whispering

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Laura A. Davis

I dont know about you, but I sometimes long for the relative simplicity of the 1970s and 1980s. As a consumer, life seemed more straightforward. I had a checking account, a money market account, and a few stocks. As a recent college graduate, I worked for Chase Manhatta... More »