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Jennifer Selby Long's Articles

  • The Biggest Mistake Flexible People Make When Internal Competition is Tough
    Do you pride yourself on how well you "stay flexible" or "adapt to whatever the company needs." Sometimes that's advantageous, but the biggest mistake flexible people make when internal competition is tough is to adopt the strategy of staying so flexible that no decision-maker really knows what you want.
  • How to Excel at the Ultimate Oxymoron: a Recession-Era Corporate Holiday Party
    For those of you having a corporate holiday party, here are some timely tips for leaders the organization.
  • Five Signs You're in Poor Standing with Your Boss
    With the economy so tight, people are nervous about their jobs. Are you picking upo n the right signals? Here are some clues that you might want to look for.
  • Develop Trust by Speaking Up During Uncertain Times
    Are you being a silent leader? Many times, during troubled times, executives feel they have to go it alone to address the challenges of the business when they should actually open their mouth and let the words come out, over and over and over again. Those leaders that speak up clearly and frequently gain trust and loyalty.
  • Five Simple Ways to be a Hit at the Company Holiday Party
    It's corporate holiday party season. Are you prepared? Here are some tips that will help you ensure that you're remembered for all the right reasons.
  • Do You Want to Calm Your Fears?
    We've been on an economic ride lately. There are a lot of things to worry about. Several years ago, a Chinese leader told me that 'change' is not an individual word, but a composition of two words: Wei and Gi. Wei means danger and Gi means opportunity. Danger and opportunity are intertwined, and how we deal with the danger defines how we will see and benefit from the opportunity.
  • Office-Furniture Stores Target Women
    With women-owned small businesses growing almost twice as fast as all small business nationwide, retailers are just starting to wake up to the demands of female entrepreneurs. These include office chairs and desks scaled to women's smaller frames, as well as furniture that has more storage to hold purses and other personal items - a top priority for women.
  • The One Thing That Separates Successful Change Leaders from the Rest of the Pack
    When defining vision in order to transform your business, you and your team can't do it on your own. You need everyone. The one thing that separates successful change leaders from the rest of the pack is that they get it, and they act on that understanding by providing all eight of the change essentials I recommend.
  • How to Create Shared Values so You Can Make Your Customers and Employees Happier
    The message in this article is so important in this era of cynicism that everyone needs to see it. The scenario is this: you've been tapped to lead the Our Corporate Values project. How bogus. You dread it. Nothing holds less appeal for the typical leader than being assigned a vague internal project.
  • Are you Worried About Motivating Top Employees During a Down Economy?
    Here are some tips to keep in mind with your current staff that are not costly to implement but they're important for every leader and business owner to do. You should actually be doing them on an ongoing basis, but especially right now.
  • Are You Worried about Throwing Away Money on Executive Coaching?
    We have found that the value of executive coaching is exponentially increased when sponsored by the employer, aligned with the employer's goals, and involving the employer at key points in the leader's growth. For employers, executive coaching is a savvy investment.
  • #1 Reason 75% of Organizational Change Efforts Fail & How YOU Can Be Part of the 25% that Succeed
    Have you ever tried to lead a major organizational change that failed? It's something we don't forget very easily. Because of this, I've been an avid student of how to make organizational changes successful. I advise clients on how to avoid all of the mistakes I made and ensure that their changes will be smoother and more successful. Let me share some of what I've learned.
  • The Hidden Secret to Manage Your Workload and Reduce Your Stress -- That Nobody Talks About
    Is your career wearing you out? Are you too tired to enjoy your family and friends on the weekends, or what little part of the weekend you have? Well, I have a secret to share.
  • How to Quickly Warm Up Your Team so You Can Get Them to Tell You the Truth
    Have you ever had to take over a team that had reason to not tell you the truth? This can be tough. The article list includes questions that have worked well for me over the years. Multiple wording options are included because - you guessed it - some teams respond better to certain words than others.
  • Five Easy Ways to Spot an Introvert at Work
    Now that you know introverts and extraverts can work together, let's walk through ways to identify who's who.
  • Feedback as a Competitive Sport
    A common roadblock to success is the use of feedback to win, to dominate the person seen as the opponent. Dealing with this can affect your happiness and your sanity. Organizations in which leaders and managers routinely share high-quality feedback are easier to scale and have fewer nagging problems and less operational drag.
  • How to Have a Lousy, Miserable, Failed Tenure as a Volunteer Board Member
    Nearly all leaders extend their leadership beyond the workplace to head volunteer organizations throughout their lives, often as board members. It doesn't take long in your first volunteer leadership job to realize things are different from your paid leadership job. There are seven root causes of poor volunteer organization leadership. It's not complicated and anyone can identify, understand, and prevent them.
  • Traveling Light: Literally
    Traveling with carry-on luggage for 19 days. Can it be done? Why would you do it? The Wall Street Journal recently reported that this summer is projected to be the worst ever for congestion and delays. No checked luggage = one less line at the departure airport. It's another way to avoid all the extra fees for checked bags, which means more money to spend on your vacation.
  • Extraverts and Introverts: You CAN Work Together Without Going Nuts
    We all essentially fall into one of two camps: extraverts get most of their energy from the outer world of people, while introverts get it from the inner world. How does this play out at work? Plan for both and you reap the benefits.
  • Hold a Successful Meeting: At Last!
    Meetings have a bad reputation. It's unfair, really. It's not the meeting's fault. It could be good, if only people would let it. You can vastly improve the outcome of a routine meeting simply by using a mere five of my favorite tools.



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