StrengthsChat - Stephanie Staples

Stephanie is an award-winning speaker in Canada and published author who honors us with a description of how she made her own dramatic change at an important life juncture.

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I started writing a monthly column in November 2001. The first two were just emails to about 50 friends but when those folks started forwarding it to

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Up, Down or Sideways

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I’ve had a quote from Mark Sanborn hanging on my wall since 1999 – “Don’t pee on yourself and blame the other guy.” He had related a story about the time when he was changing the diaper on his infant son and the kid let loose a stream of wee-wee that landed right in his own little face, causing him to burst into tears. Mark used a common occurrence to paint an indelible image that I’ve kept for over 10 years — and I suspect some of what I read in his latest book will do the same.

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StrengthsChat - Brent Kostiw

Welcome to StrengthsChat

This week’s guest is Brent Kostiw of Corridor Business Consulting. He’s a busy guy, and in our interview Brent shares his thoughts on which activities really make him feel strong.

StrengthsChat is a series of conversations with people who are good at what they do, and seem to love their work.

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Wet Fingered Leadership – March 2005

In his book God’s Politics, Jim Wallis offers this tip for anyone wishing to identify a member of Congress on the streets of Washington, DC:

“They’re the ones . . . who walk around town with their fingers held high in the air, having just licked them and put them up to see which way

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May I Introduce "Thing One" and "Thing Two"

May I Introduce “Thing One” and “Thing Two”

Two of my clients are approaching change in their organizations from distinctly different perspectives and I think a short discussion of each situation might provide some food for thought to anyone contemplating a shift in their status quo.

Both clients provide goods and services to the business

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Protect the Future by Honoring the Past

Can you identify the source of this quote?

“Organizations now change their internal shape with a frequency – and sometimes a rashness – that makes the head swim. Titles change from week to week. Jobs are transformed. Responsibilities shift. Vast organizational structures are taken apart, bolted together again in new forms, then rearranged, again. Departments

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