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Interpersonal Skills: Definition and Interpersonal Skills List
Interpersonal Skills (Definition) are the qualities and abilities to work effectively with others. In the business world, when we talk about interpersonal skills, most often, we are referring to "soft skills" such as communication skills, the ability to work with...
Soft Skills: What are Soft Skills and Why are They Important?
What are soft skills? Why are soft skills important to a person's success? If you don't know the answers to these two questions, you are, quite likely, passing up higher levels of income and freedom. When I first started The Leader's Institute ®, I used to begin my...
Stop Trying to Achieve Perfection and Start Striving for Peace
Part of what makes me a good assistant is that I am a huge planner. I approach every situation with multiple plans. I am always discussing plans with our CEO a couple of months out, I triple check EVERYTHING, and I like to be prepared for every possible scenario. This...
The Key to Finding a Work – Life Balance to Improve Your Quality of Life
Do you work to live or live to work? My Aunt and Uncle moved to Virginia a couple of years ago and they said the biggest culture difference was that people there work to live. Meaning they work so that they can enjoy life. I am guilty of living to work. I have put my...
7 Strategies To Improve Your Life and Reduce Stress
Do you remember when we had to carry our iPod or Zune ( Microsoft tried), digital camera, and our Razor flip phone everywhere we went? Now we have all of those things compiled into one device. The world has become a lot smaller due to the advances in technology (it is...
Traits of a Good Leader. Leadership Survey Results will Surprise You
Over the last 15 years, we have started every single one of our High Impact Leaders classes and Creating a Team Culture sessions with an informal survey. We start with the simple question, "What are the Traits of a Good Leader?" The first time that I conducted this...
DIY Escape Room
Do It Yourself and Customize Your Experience Looking for ideas about how to create a DIY escape room? I have to admit, when I first heard about the concept of an Escape Room, I got really geeky and excited. Just me and a few of my best friends solving challenges and...
101 Motivational and Inspirational Leadership Quotes by Category
Don't you hate quote pages that have bunch of boring and irrelevant quotes from people that you have never heard of? I do too. Below are some of my favorite Motivational and Inspirational Leadership Quotes. I've broken the quotes down into leadership categories, so...
7 Surprising Reasons that Team Building is a Fantastic Investment
Corporate leaders understand that every once in a while, we need to take a break and let our teams have a little fun together. We know that these activities refresh and inspire coworkers to work together. However, there are a number of surprising reasons that team...
Complacent: 7 Surprising Ways Your Past Successes Limit Future Success
The word complacent may just be the biggest enemy of success. In fact, I've noticed that, if you look at history as well as the current business climate, you'll find that past successes almost always limit future successes. That is, unless you are constantly looking...
New Team Building Activities
We have recently released a number of new team building activities that have added a lot of fun and energy to recent meetings. A few weeks ago, I had all of The Leader's Institute ® instructors fly in to our corporate office in Dallas/Ft Worth, TX. We had an absolute...
SurgCenter Donates $10,000 to Make-A-Wish in Kid’s Quest Team Scavenger Hunt in Clearwater, Florida
SurgCenter Donates $10,000 to Make-A-Wish Very fun Kid's Quest team scavenger hunt held for SurgCenter ® in Clearwater, Florida this week. We were at the Sand Pearl hotel right on the beach. As a result, we were able to explore the resort and have a lot of fun. This...