Leadership
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Hit Your Target with SAM Goals: 5 Ways to Reach Goals Faster
As mid-year rapidly approaches, how are you doing on your goals program? Did you stick with them or fall off the wagon in week two? Here is the great news: It’s not too late! You still have six months to hit those New Year Goals whether you fell off or just recently slacked off. Let’s…
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One of America’s Most Influential Women Lives Nearby
A Downingtown counselor, minister, martial artist, and author is adding another honor to her collection of accolades. Dr. Linda Morel is being spotlighted as one of America’s Most Influential Women by the International Association of Who’s Who for her achievements in trauma counseling. Morel’s educate is quite extensive. She has a Doctorate in Spiritual Science…
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Grow a Garden of Success
It’s that time of year when we all feel rejuvenated and ready to get growing new things. That might be a new hobby, a new sport, or a new garden. When planting out your spring garden, you need to consider many things to be successful. An abundant garden requires preparation, seeds, and tending. In your…
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Montgomery County Leadership: Martha Sharkey, Executive Director, TODAY is a Good Day
Flourtown resident Martha Sharkey, Founder & CEO of TODAY is a Good Day, spoke to MONTCO Today about growing up in Lancaster County near farmland, her first job at a museum store that she continued into adulthood, and why she chose to go to Penn State, despite her initial reluctance. Sharkey, whose career centered around…
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Struggling to Motivate Your Workforce? Check Out These Best Practices
Developing leaders and managers is the most important advantage we will have in the future. The process by which you develop your managers and the tools you equip them with will determine your success. Few innovative technologies last long before being replaced, however intentionally developing a team will pay big dividends well into the future.…
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Montgomery County Community College Names Dr. Chae E. Sweet Vice President of Academic Affairs
Montgomery County Community College is announcing Dr. Chae E. Sweet as the next Vice President of Academic Affairs. “Dr. Sweet is an accomplished, innovative administrator with commendable credentials and more than 20 years of community college experience, who will strategically advance MCCC’s academic programs,” said Montgomery County Community College President Dr. Victoria L. Bastecki-Perez. “I…
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Get Results from Your Team
Is your work style “I’m running a business” or “I’m building an organization”? The way you answer this question will determine the trajectory of your business. Are you creating managers who can problem solve or are you constantly putting out fires yourself? If you are spending more time “doing” and not enough time leading, your…
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Clarity Is the Antidote to Uncertainty
We are living in crazy times and uncertain times. I was reading recently about John D. Rockefeller in his early business days. The nation was deep in a recession, and yet he took advantage of openings he saw all around him. In fact, he said, “I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.”…
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Are Your Listening Skills Keeping You from the Success You Desire?
Most people are egocentric, which leads to poor listening. How often do you ask people to repeat themselves? The problem is not getting people to talk; it’s getting them to listen. We have all kinds of communication training, yet little on listening well. Poor listening starts from bad habits. You can become a better listener.…
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Double Your Listening Effectiveness and Increase Your Income
Talk less. Learn more. Earn more. Most of us don’t realize we have a problem with listening; we don’t fully realize how listening (or not listening) affects us daily. Most individuals use only 25 percent of their inherent ability to listen. Hearing is a faculty; listening is an art. Listening is a skill and, like…
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East Norriton Firefighter Is a Trailblazer for Women
A firefighter from East Norriton is encouraging other women to take up volunteering. Joan McDevitt was 42 years-old when she joined the Norriton Fire Engine Company according to More Than The Curve. Her children were out of the house, and her husband was also a firefighter. McDevitt was originally skeptical about her abilities, but…
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The Greatest Management Secret of the 21st Century
Are you ready for it? Today, I want to share with business leaders the greatest management secret of the 21st century! I’ll never forget when I was promoted to Vice President of Sales at the wholesale distribution business where I worked. I was given a short course on managing people by my boss. The essence…
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Win Big with Small Talk
Have you ever found yourself in a one-sided conversation with someone who is talking on and on? You’re nodding your head and looking at them but not hearing a word they’re saying. You might even be thinking to yourself, how much longer will this go on? They believe you’re listening because your eye contact, head-nodding,…
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Gwynedd Mercy University President Deanne H. D’Emilio Wins Prestigious Chief Executive Leadership Award
Gwynedd Mercy University’s President Deanne H. D’Emilio has been awarded the Chief Executive Leadership Award from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). This prestigious award recognizes a District II member institution’s highest-ranking officer for exceptional efforts in promoting the understanding and support of education. D’Emilio’s leadership at GMercyU has been marked by…
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As We Near the End of the First Quarter, Pause and Take a Pulse Check
Here we are, nearing the end of the first quarter. How are you doing? Let’s take a first-quarter pulse check! It’s been quite a ride. Are you growing? Is your business thriving? Now is a great time to pause and look at where you are, how you got here, and where the rest of the…
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Are Your Leadership Habits Bringing You Success?
All leaders have a natural style — a combination of personality and values. Some are aggressive, some passive. Some are extroverted, some introverted. No matter what your current style, you do not have to change your personality or lower your values to become a top-notch leader. In one of his best-selling books, Jim Collins refers…
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Grammy, Emmy Winners Among New MCCC Advisory Board
From a Grammy-award winning musician to a former six-term U.S. Congressman, the talented new members of the Technology/Mass Media Studies and Production Advisory Board at Montgomery County Community College are a talented bunch. This high-profile group met for the first time recently, said SRT and MSP Director David Ivory, a Grammy-nominated engineer and lead member of the Philadelphia…
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Manager by Accident or Effective Leader: Which One Are You?
Research indicates that the number one reason people leave an organization is the incompetence of their direct boss. It is very difficult to influence others if you have difficulty leading your own self. Yet, in many cases, leaders often promote people to management levels through MBA (Management by Accident). Every day you choose to lead…
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