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Yeah, I do.   I want to blog...but what will I blog about?  That's the question of the minute, hour, day, and week.  I will revisit this thought soon, with an eye to what to do next.

We survived the biggest snow and ice storm to hit  our state in over 10 years and reflected on some some important life/communication lessons:

Small words changes can make a huge difference in effective communication. Try these!

How to make good communication a habit

We all have things we wish we could do better, especially in the area of building and using better communication skills.  Often, it’s easier to learn about what you need to do, than to actually do it.  Here are 5 tips to make good communication skills a daily habit.

One of the biggest communication challenges I see managers deal with is how to have a tough conversation with someone.  This goes along with earlier articles I’ve written about dealing with difficult issues as they come up — sooner rather than later.  One reason that we don’t deal with this stuff, is because we don’t want to have an uncomfortable conversation.  So, the issue goes on until you have a big…

A leadership team on which I serve was assigned an article on strategic thinking. Within the article, it was claimed that "organizations must have resources from which to operate, and these resources must be valuable, rare, inimitable, sustainable and appropriable." Working in the volunteer, non-profit sector, I have no trouble identifying valuable, sustainable and appropriable resources, but I really struggle to articulate what is rare and/or inimitable about our organization in comparison…

Being able to deal with angry constituents is stressful, but it can be learned. It may also save your sanity.

http://www.cornerstone-ct.com/7-tips-calm-angry-constituents/

September 26, 2011 I was officially hired at Evergreen Employment Services as an Employment Development Specialist at Frontier Behavioral Health (presently operating as Spokane Mental Health).  What a mouthful!  Anyway it is a 6 month grant in supported employment for those who would like to consider employment as part of their recovery plan.  THAT is why I haven't posted in such a long time!  (Not to mention that I am presently enrolled at the University of Maryland - online - in a one year…

As a manager, I have interviewed dozens of people for jobs from entry level to high level management.  Believe me, first impressions are critical.  Over the years,  I have been distracted by pink tights,  blank stares, and people who talk too much.  

http://www.cornerstone-ct.com/goo-first-impression-7-tips-communicate/

Fellow fans of strengths approach,

Am sharing a visual that I successfully used in the form of a single build-up slide for a 3-hour session on the strengths approach in place of a standard deck of 30+ slides. Feel free to use/share and any suggestions on improvement would also be welcome.…

Here they are - my favorite quotes of 2011! 

http://www.cornerstone-ct.com/top-10-quotes-2011/

You pretty much can’t go anywhere without someone being rude and creating a potential conflict. How we choose to deal with the situation will absolutely influence the outcome, for better or worse.

http://www.cornerstone-ct.com/how-to-deal-with-conflict-art-of-nice/

"If only I had a stronger team!" There are few leaders who have not thought this at one time or another. Yet, successful leaders seem to develop strong teams wherever they go, whatever task the team is assigned.

Dale Carnegie tells a story about a man in one of his programs who was asked by his wife to list six things that he would like to change about her. The participant recounted that he told his wife…

The period between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day is the time when most of us like to demonstrate our gratitude and appreciation for family and friends.  And, maybe even for the mailman and the store clerk.  Wouldn’t it be nice to experience that kind of give and receive gratitude and appreciation every day of the year?…

Remembering names and situations can be a powerful comunication tool.Here are four ways you can improve your memory.  

How to improve your memory for better communication

I have just had a two day course called Step Forward, the course was designed to focus on your strenghts, and engagement with your staff, Mark Robb from Positive Reframe did a fantastic job, i was probably one of the most receptive characters on the course because of my interest in personal development, i look forward to using some new ideas, he was using a lot of the ideas that Marcus promotes, i will keep you posted, if anybody has done anything similar please share your ideas.

If your Thanksgiving family get together isn’t entertaining enough already, here are a few fun ideas to have some fun and get the conversation going – or quite possibly – stopped.

Thanksgiving conversation Stoppers

Why start with the kids, well thats where it all starts, by that i mean other people telling you what you can and cant do, the trouble is most of us grow up beleiving its true, and the sad thing is that the people close to us are the ones saying you cant do that , well as somebody once famously said that the man that thinks he can and the man that thinks he cant are both usually right, some of you will have heard of the celebrity chef Jamie Oliver going into schools in the Uk and then in the…

 You can win a FREE copy of Mary Anne Radmacher's new book on the power of friendship by reading her guest post Ten Things I Like About You and then commenting!