Entries by First Sun Team

#Leadership: 5 Secrets to Mastering Conflict…How you Handle Conflict Determines the Amount of Trust, Respect, & Connection you Have With your #Employees & Colleagues.

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Conflict Typically Boils Down to Crucial Conversations–Moments When the Stakes are High, Emotions Run Strong, & Opinions Differ. And you Cannot Master Crucial Conversations Without a High Degree of Emotional Intelligence (EQ). IMAGE: Getty Images Between the two of us, Joseph Grenny (bio below) and I have spent 50 years studying what makes people successful at […]

#Strategy: Donald Trump’s Core Business Philosophy from his Bestselling 1987 Book ‘The Art of the Deal’ … “Money was Never a Big Motivation for Me, Except as a Way to Keep Score, The Real Excitement is Playing the Game.”

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“My style of Deal-Making is Quite Simple & Straightforward,” he writes. “I aim very high, and then I just keep pushing and pushing to get what I’m after. Sometimes I settle for less than I sought, but in most cases I still end up with what I want.” Real estate mogul Donald Trump announced on […]

#Strategy: 50 Free Ways To Increase Your #Facebook Page Likes…This Article will Walk you Through 50 Effective & Free Ways to Increase your #Facebook Page Likes.

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There are now an estimated 40 million #Companies & Small Businesses using #Facebook to promote their brand and connect with their customers. If you’re managing marketing for one of these businesses, you already know how hard it is to attract new “#Likes” to your page. But while it can be a challenge to increase your […]

#Strategy: Drive Your Own #Success By Learning How To Manage Your #Manager… Simply #Managing your Staff isn’t Enough to Get Results in #Business. You also Need to #Manage your #Boss.

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You are the Expert in your Own Area, and you Know what you Need to Deliver Success in your Department & to Contribute to the Company’s Bottom Line. It’s Not that your #Boss Doesn’t Contribute—it’s Just that their Contribution is Different from Yours. And for Them to Get you What you Need to #Manage your Department […]

#Strategy: 8 Ways Goofing Off Can Make You More Productive … Research Suggests That the Longer you Keep your Rear End in your Chair & your Eyes Glued to your Screen, the Less #Productive you may Be.

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I Offer this List of #Productive Ways to Goof Off During the Day & Evening. These Tactics will Boost your #Productivity & Sense of Well Being. But Beware Not to Overdo any of Them. Take too many breaks and you may enter the realm of procrastination. One of my colleagues used to head to the […]

#Leadership: 4 Things You Should Ask an #Employee Who’s Leaving… A Solid Exit Interview that will Hopefully not Only Yield Valuable Insights, but That will Leave Everyone Feeling Good about our Experience Working Together.

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I wouldn’t have tried to talk her out of her decision, but there are a few questions I would have asked her if I had the chance to do it over again. (For the record, these are my questions as a #Leader & #Manager, not necessarily from a #Legal or # HR standpoint. Google is […]

Your #Career: Are You Sabotaging Your Chances For A #Job Or Promotion? … Ouch! Life is Hard Enough without Hearing Things Like that In your Own Head. So we Worked on Ways to Get Rid of those Negative Thoughts by Changing Them into Pep Talks

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Have you ever been frustrated in your career and thought something similar; that you’re not good enough so why even bother to apply for the job? That little voice we hear in our heads is known as “self-talk.” This internal voice can be positive or negative. Either way, it often turns into a self-fulfilling prophecy. […]

#Leadership: As Minimum Wages Rise, Smaller Firms & Companies Get Squeezed…If you Raise the Minimum Wage on People Who are Doing Data Entry or Washing Dishes, What Does that Mean to my Skilled Employees who are Only Making a Few Dollars more?”

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Hannah Joseph dreams of bringing gourmet grilled hot dogs to food lovers coast to coast. But she now rules out owning any new restaurants beyond the two she and her husband currently operate in Indianapolis.  The reason: high staffing costs, and growing competition for low-wage workers. “I don’t want to deal with more employees,” said […]

#Strategy: 10 Choices You Will Always Regret Making…Here are Choices you Will Someday Regret Having Made.

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Hindsight is a funny thing. Look forward and the path seems uncertain, the future unpredictable.  Look back and all the dots seem to connect … except the dots that mark the choices you didn’t make, and the risks you didn’t take. You’ll regret choosing not to care. Here are choices you will someday regret having made: 1. Choosing not […]

#Leadership: 3 Reasons Being A Manager Is Overrated…Before you Start Dreaming about Stock Options & your Name on a Door Plaque, Here are a Few Downsides of Being Top Dog

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Being a Boss Means that you’re Ultimately Accountable for the Output of your Team — for Better or Worse. A statistic I stumbled across while researching a previous piece has been stuck in my head this week. According to Deloitte’s 2015 Millennial Survey, 53% of Millennials across the globe aspire to be senior leaders (up […]