Leadership

Communication Tips to Avoid Conflict by Karen Pfeffer

Communication Tips to Avoid Conflict

“We don’t see the things as they are, we see things as we are.” ~ Anais Nin Communicating effectively and clearly requires skill and understanding, knowing that everyone operates from their personal model of their world. The way we perceive things becomes our reality, and we communicate from that perspective. That is why we often …

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Exciting “Inspired Courage” Book Release

Everybody has a story, and Fire Power Seminars’ founder, Connie Phelan, decided to write a book to share hers: Inspired Courage – Breaking Through Your Barriers to Success. Writing the Inspired Courage book was a new frontier in Connie’s work of inspirational speaking, and the most fear-inducing experience of her life. She proved Ralph Waldo …

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Women Empowering Women in 2020

Every March women are acknowledged for what they do – being celebrated in so many ways for their talent, creativity, courage and historic feats. This year marked another first for women empowering women – an all-women crew produced and broadcast a National Hockey League game on International Women’s Day on Sunday, March 8. Having celebrated …

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Why Integrity Is Important for Your Business

Your reputation and integrity are everything. Follow through on what you say you’re going to do. Your credibility can only be built over time, and it is built from the history of your words and actions. ~ Maria Razumich-Zec – Business Leader The definition of integrity is “the quality of being honest and having strong moral …

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5 Things the Clemson Tigers National Championship Win Teaches Us About Performance, Team and Attitude

Who was with us, on their feet, cheering like maniacs, at one of the most exciting final seconds in a College Football National Championship game, maybe ever? We applaud the staying power of the Crimson Tide who has carried off four championships in the past seven years, but the OMG moments were certainly from the …

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5 Ways to Empower Your Team

“People want guidance, not rhetoric. They need to know what the plan of action is and how it will be implemented. They want to be given responsibility to help solve the problem and the authority to act on it.” ~Howard Schultz, Starbucks At the foundation of every successful organization is a cohesive team that comes together …

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Taking “Team Building” to the Next Level: The First Step to Growth in an Organization is Awareness

 “The first step toward change is awareness.”  ~ Nathaniel Branden   Have you ever looked at your organization and felt that things weren’t working, but not been able to catch exactly why? In our ten years in the business of empowering and inspiring organizations and individuals to realize their full potential, we’ve noticed something interesting about …

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What Limiting Beliefs Hold Your Company Back?

“The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove oneself a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed.”  ~ Nathaniel Hawthorne Limiting beliefs hold back employees from taking risks …

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How Team Building Improves Employee Retention

Because you’re only as strong as your weakest link. If you’re in any type of management role, there’s one thing you need to know that will improve the workplace for everyone involved: your team is your best asset. And if you treat them well, you’re bound to have a successful environment full of motivated people …

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Office Depot Foundation Women’s Symposium – Building Your Toolbox for Success in West Palm Beach

The Office Depot Foundation Women’s Symposium is being held at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach February 26-27, 2016. We are delighted to share that Karen Pfeffer (co-founder of Fire Power Seminars) will be speaking and doing a board breaking demonstration. Talk about empowerment! The theme for the symposium this year is Building Your Toolbox …

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