“I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I’m not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.” ~ Fritz Perls Can you relate to the above quote? Have you ever said something to someone thinking your point of view has been completely understood, only to find …
“When a woman speaks in a professional setting, she walks a tightrope. Either she’s barely heard or she’s judged as too aggressive. When a man says virtually the same thing, heads nod in appreciation for his fine idea. As a result, women often decide that saying less is more.” Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant – …
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It’s Our Anniversary. What We’ve Learned in the past 10 Years. (continued) Reflecting on our past ten years in business has given us a clear and exciting direction for the future of Fire Power Seminars. We have experienced amazing growth, especially in the past few years. In the beginning, we were focused on our Empowerment …
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“Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” ~ Henry Ford Smart companies know that corporate retreats and team building activities and seminars are critical for employee morale, productivity, and enhancement of group dynamics. Teams all have an ebb and flow; times of high creativity and occasional cycles of feeling stagnated. Offering …
“Developing excellent communication skills is absolutely essential to effective leadership. The leader must be able to share knowledge and ideas to transmit a sense of urgency and enthusiasm to others. If a leader can’t get a message across clearly and motivate others to act on it, then having a message doesn’t even matter.” — Gilbert Amelio, President …
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All of us have experienced the inner critic; the voice that whispers all the reasons that we can’t do something, be something. This voice has a memory like an elephant and when triggered, is delighted to run through a litany of all the times we have felt like a failure or insecure or afraid. The inner critic …
Willingness to learn from each moment — as opposed to defending ourselves by stonewalling, explaining, justifying, withdrawing, blaming — is much more important than IQ, family background or education. The great advantage of openness-to-learning is that you’re in charge of it at all times. You can choose to shift out of defensiveness into genuine curiosity …
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Corporate retreats are valuable opportunities for companies to connect on new levels with their team and improve communication and camaraderie. The goal is to promote a more positive culture and bring your employees together to have some fun. Note, sitting in windowless conference rooms with endless speakers is not “fun” and is not likely to …
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New horizons opened to Fire Power Seminars as we worked with Palmer Trinity School’s Student Government Association twice over the past school year. Our first event was at the end of last summer with the incoming Student Government Association students to prepare them for the school year. The second event was held in May 2015 to …
I had a wonderful time facilitating the Florida Women’s Business Center December Business Women ROCK breakfast at IKEA. In addition to having Governor Rick Scott stop by for a visit, the attendees shared the following useful tips for deepening client relationships: 6 Tips for Deepening Client Relationships 1. Personal Attention Matters: Communicate effectively with your …
