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21 Nov The Narrative We ALL Write

Posted at 01:46h in Career, Communication, Leadership, Learning, People, Personal Accountability, Perspective, Process by Tim Cole 0 Comments

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Your story is unfolding today. For many it will be written by a ghost-author, to include all the text; how it begins - and how it ends. Each chapter can be titled My Job. You'll be paid for your inputs of course. They call that a...

20 Nov Lean on Me

Posted at 18:22h in Career, Communication, Leadership, Learning, People, Personal Accountability, Perspective, Process by Tim Cole 0 Comments

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Grandson Cooper is getting close to 16 months now. And with apologies for my very biased view of our newest family member, here’s the latest installment of Lessons My Grandson Taught Me. Everybody needs someone they can fall back on when they need a...

05 Nov WHAT Might Be Wrong With Your Company

Posted at 21:01h in Career, Communication, Leadership, Learning, People, Personal Accountability, Perspective, Process by Tim Cole 0 Comments

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I had an interesting conversation with a business contact the other day – not a client - just a friend who wanted to talk. A lot. A bit of context - I left the traditional corporate arena some time back to build my own business after 38...

02 Oct The Footprint Left Behind

Posted at 19:48h in Career, Communication, Leadership, Learning, People, Personal Accountability, Perspective, Process by Tim Cole 0 Comments

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I had a conversation with an old friend just the other day. It’s been almost 20 years since we worked together but in the span of that 32 minute phone call it all came streaming back – the memories, the crises, the successes, and yes –...

19 Aug A Kid’s Game

Posted at 20:41h in Career, Communication, Leadership, Learning, Personal Accountability, Perspective, Process by Tim Cole 0 Comments

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A 10 old boy named Travis Blackwell reminded me this week of a vital lesson I sometimes seem to forget. Travis was in the stands at a Detroit Tigers baseball game when his dad snagged a foul ball and tossed it to him. The big screen...

17 Aug Sitting On The Side of the Road In The Middle of Nowhere

Posted at 17:32h in Career, Communication, Leadership, Learning, People, Perspective, Process by Tim Cole 0 Comments

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I’ve invested a lot of years in the business world – through mergers, acquisitions, and downsizings I saw careers that flourished – and a great many more that went off the rails. Discovering what distinguished the former – and using those lessons gave me guidance on...

16 Aug Bureaucracy and Taping Down Our Common Sense

Posted at 16:09h in Career, Communication, Leadership, Learning, People, Personal Accountability, Perspective, Process by Tim Cole 0 Comments

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In 2008 the island of Haiti was devastated by storms. The death toll was staggering – and the human suffering that followed even more so. As various agencies around the world joined to provide aid and comfort to this poor nation so too did the...

13 Aug Water Under The Bridge

Posted at 15:34h in Career, Communication, Leadership, Learning, People, Personal Accountability, Perspective by Tim Cole 0 Comments

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Never met someone who built a life (or a career) of significance who didn't take shots along the way. Small price to pay. Learn to laugh....

08 Aug Lessons My Grandson Taught Me

Posted at 15:37h in Career, Communication, Leadership, Learning, People, Personal Accountability, Perspective, podcasts, Process by Tim Cole 1 Comment

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It’s been a bit of a whirlwind around our house over the last week or two – a few home renovations, normal business activities, client meetings, and then the really big news – the celebration of our new grandson’s first birthday. I don’t normally write about...

31 Jul Saying Goodbye

Posted at 16:39h in Career, Communication, Leadership, Learning, People, Personal Accountability, Perspective, Process by Tim Cole 0 Comments

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Some 75,000 Americans will quit their jobs today. Some of them - highly resourced “professionals” – some, barely educated menial laborers. A small percentage will be scarcely noticed by their employer as they walk away but a great many will cost their company dearly…lost investments in...

#careerguidance Tag

21 Nov The Narrative We ALL Write

20 Nov Lean on Me

05 Nov WHAT Might Be Wrong With Your Company

02 Oct The Footprint Left Behind

19 Aug A Kid’s Game

17 Aug Sitting On The Side of the Road In The Middle of Nowhere

16 Aug Bureaucracy and Taping Down Our Common Sense

13 Aug Water Under The Bridge

08 Aug Lessons My Grandson Taught Me

31 Jul Saying Goodbye