Category: Personal Development

Phil Holberton

Phil Holberton

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An Executive Coach Can Help Develop These Five Leadership Skills

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Reading Time: 5 minutes Many executives in today’s world think that working with an executive coach to develop their leadership skills is a waste of time or money. However, did you know that top executives in the world like Alan Mullaly, former CEO of Ford, and the Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella, both encourage coaching at all levels within their organizations?

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Your Guide to Managing Performance Anxiety and Expectations

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Reading Time: 6 minutes To say this past year has caused all professionals to experience some form of performance anxiety would be an understatement. It’s more likely that we’ve all dealt with not only the feelings that accompany performance anxiety, but also the feelings that we aren’t good enough, we aren’t smart enough or we just simply aren’t enough.

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Goal Setting for 2022 – The Change You Need to Make

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Reading Time: 4 minutes As 2021 comes to an end, it’s important that as a leader you take the time to reflect on the past year and set realistic goals for the year ahead.

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What is Mental Fitness and Why Is It Important?

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Reading Time: 3 minutes In life we all experience setbacks. It’s not what happens to us. It’s how we respond that sets the tone for who we are and what we will become.

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How to be Successful in Your New Leadership Role

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Reading Time: 8 minutes As a new leader in your organization, you want to do a great job and prove to the hiring team that they made a good investment in you.

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Storytelling and Story Tellers: Every Leader’s Responsibility

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Reading Time: < 1 minute The power of storytelling for leaders has been featured in this space in the past, but many CEOs and C-Level executives aren’t sure how to become a good storyteller. The good news is that it just takes a desire to do so, a little practice and following the tips in this recent Forbes

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If/Then, Success

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Reading Time: < 1 minute This article from Ideas.TED.com suggests that life is a little like poker,  we know what cards and chips we hold and must do the best with what we have.  Check out this a simple but powerful self-management tool that requires nothing more than stopping to have a little “If/Then”  conversation with yourself before

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The Very Rich Read Differently

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Scott Fitzgerald once remarked that the “very rich are different than you and me” and supplied a long list of reasons.   If he were writing today he might have added that the rich read differently to that list. “Successful people know they are what they read”   according to this brief posting from

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Week of May 13, 2019

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Reading Time: 3 minutes The “Swiss Army Knife” of Health Mattress companies tell us that since we spend up to one-third of our lives sleeping, a mattress purchase is one of the most important investments we can make.  After you watch this 19 minute TED Talk on sleep, you’ll not only take the selection

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Triggers and Cycles

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Blogger Seth Godin offers a simple but powerful insight about behavior that,  if you’re aware of it, could put you on the road to breaking those vicious cycles that hold you back at best, or push you back,  at worst.  Take 30 seconds for some insights on “Triggers and Cycles.”   Just imagine, you

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