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Assess Your Most Defining Traits

You already have the traits you need to stand out and be heard, but are you projecting them? This Executive Edge encourages you to examine what defines you, what makes you different, what you do best. Topics include capitalizing on what makes you different, qualifying your good and bad habits, and recognizing the impact of […]
Learn the Art of Storytelling

Many of today’s top business leaders have arrived at the highest levels of their companies in part because they are talented communicators. Speaking confidently and effectively to an audience is a critical professional skill to master at any level, and good storytelling has become recognized as a key component. This Executive Edge looks at how […]
Be the Person You Want to Be

Who you were in the past doesn’t necessarily predetermine who you are now and who you will be in the future. This issue of Executive Edge looks into identity –– how we decide who we are and how we can improve who we are, along with insight into positive elements of identity formation and building […]
How to Give Power to Conversations

Influential people conduct critical conversations, which get people to pay attention and motivates them to take action. This Executive Edge looks into developing the valuable skills of conversation including speaking authentically, crafting the conversations you need to achieve results, choosing the right words to lead and inspire, and realizing that what you say is not […]
Set a Goal and Go for It

To achieve what you want in life, get into the habit of goal setting. Identify what you want and make a measurable, time-limited goal to attain it. This Executive Edge looks into how to set goals and incorporate the ways to reach them into your daily routine. Sometimes it takes restructuring your life to get […]
Choose to Be Accountable

You empower yourself when you choose to be accountable. You are choosing to take charge of what happens in your life, rather than giving that choice to others. In this Executive Edge, we examine personal accountability, finding out what motivates you, choosing to ‘play big,’ and committing to success as you envision it for yourself. […]
Giving and Taking Feedback

Feedback sets the stage for improvement. It tells us what to adjust to meet personal goals and/or align with company expectations. It is a critical component for engagement. This Executive Edge examines how to give feedback as part of coaching, attract feedback so you can see how people perceive you, and craft negative feedback to […]
Develop Yourself to Become the Ideal Employee

By striving to be the ideal employee, you will excel personally as well as professionally. With practice, you will soon recognize the unique value that you can bring to both your job and your relationships. In this issue of Executive Edge, we examine how to identify your strengths, use those strengths, develop your resources, remain humble, […]
Build Networks to Improve Everything

A network-driven career benefits not only you, but also your company, your family and friends, and everyone you connect with because networks are built upon recognizing mutual need and their value comes with making a difference in others’ lives as well as your own. This issue of Executive Edge puts emphasis on the increasing value […]
Leading Up

Cultivating a mutually valuable relationship with your boss requires leveraging personal strengths and employing some strategy. This Executive Edge looks at how you can step up to earn your leader’s trust, gratitude and attention, while also keeping an eye on increasing your value and influence within an organization. Leaders like to know that your goals […]
Develop a Sharper Focus

What we choose to focus on and what we choose to ignore can affect everything we do and say, and ultimately influence our quality of life. The ability to focus on what matters can be strengthened with practice. In this Executive Edge, focus is the focus. Leaders of all levels will benefit if they make […]
Nurture Your Inner Drive to Succeed

Successful leadership begins with self-leadership and that means a commitment to excellence and continual improvement. In this Edge, we learn that we are defined by the choices we make in critical times, that we always need to be learning, and basically if you want success, go for it – if you’re willing to do the […]

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The Edge

Assess Your Most Defining Traits

Learn the Art of Storytelling

Be the Person You Want to Be

How to Give Power to Conversations

Set a Goal and Go for It

Choose to Be Accountable

Giving and Taking Feedback

Develop Yourself to Become the Ideal Employee

Build Networks to Improve Everything

Leading Up

Develop a Sharper Focus

Nurture Your Inner Drive to Succeed

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