You have worked your butt off all week and you made it to Friday, now it’s time to enjoy the weekend… Isn’t It?  For many professionals the weekend doesn’t equate to 48 hours of pure personal time, it’s actually quite clouded with work.  If you are a working weekend warrior there are a few things to think about, before spending your Saturday afternoon working instead of relaxing.

1. Are you using..

I recently read a great and very short post from the blog of Seth Godin, titledThe relentless search for "tell me what to do".  The post read:

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• Be Predictable:

• Your team member will certainly have some reoccurring issues through out your coaching process, but if you run every meeting the same way, it will get stale, and the interest of you and the team member will take a dive.  Try to mix up where you meet, what time of day you meet, the order of things you discuss etc.
• Talk too much.
• Effective coaching sessions are not training..

Nurturing leads has become more important and more difficult than ever for creating business opportunities: 

A recent survey, conducted by Robert Half technology, shined some light on the use of technology and manners in the workplace. With the emergence of new mobile technologies, smaller and smaller laptops, and other portable devices comes a decline in our everyday courtesy for others. According to their work 51% of CIO’s surveyed said that the increased availability of mobile electronic gadgets has..

According to independent consultant Joe DiDonato, in his article “The Future Workforce” published in the December/ January edition of E-Learning magazine, training is leaving the classroom in favor of more interactive and successful training methods.  He looks to the emerging overload of new information and proposes the best new model for training to be

A lot of times typical sales messages and lessons are targeted more toward the outgoing extrovert, leaving some of us less outgoing professionals to think, “Yeah that’s a great idea, but I could never do that.” 

1. Develop a reputation of credibility.  Do what you say you will do.  Be where you say you will be.  And finish what you say you will finish when you say you will finish it.  Build a reputation as someone people can count on.
2. Handle change with grace. Businesses change on a daily even hourly basis, by proving you can keep pace with those changes management will see your leadership potential. When..