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Hello Readers,
 Technically, Earth Day was yesterday, but since it should only serve as a reminder of something we should practice every day, I'm going to talk about it anyway. Not sure if you saw the neat insert in the Target sales paper this week. It was pretty cool! You just use the folder paper as a postage paid envelope, send them five Target plastic bags and they send you a $1 off coupon for a Target green bag. Okay, it's orange, but you know what I mean.
I love green bags. I take them with me everywhere. A few weeks ago, I helped moved a relative to a new home and we packed up and moved her entire kitchen with my green bags from various stores. They are so useful!
If you'd like to learn more about conservation and why you should be using green bags, make sure to visit our Conservation section and view our special presentation on the Effects of Plastic Bags. I'm sure that when you are done, you will be a green bag fan for life!
Till next time,
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Growing Your Business in a Difficult Economy – Part 2
By Patrick T. Malone
Our voice, the tone, the inflection, the speed, and the volume contain clues that enhance the words. Remember when you were a small child outside playing and your mother called your name? I could tell whether my mother was happy, mad or sad just by the way she said "Patrick."
Another major component of communication is our physical presence. Our body language often contains more than 50% of our communication. Remember fidgeting in church and your mother giving you the "look." Effective leaders pay as much attention to the voice and body language as they do to words, so they are much better at reading current attitudes.
But they do more than just read other points of view. That ability allows effective leaders to position their ideas for maximum receptivity. If their audience is complaining, they offer help. If there is fear, they position the idea to mitigate or eliminate the fear. If there is opposition, they are able to clarify the problem and offer solutions that fix it, or at least remove it as an impediment to moving forward. If there is skepticism, they offer proof. Essentially they are able to do business with any point of view.
Once they are connected to their potential followers, they are able to inspire buy-in and co-ownership for those ideas which produces the actual growth even in difficult times. It is important to realize that effective leaders are not necessarily charismatic. They simply have the skill to reveal their own motivation that others find easy to follow.
The best news of all is this ability is inside every one of you who are reading this article. If you are married, you have gained a commitment from your partner. If you have a job, you have gained a commitment from your employer. If you have started your own business and have customers, they have committed to your products or services. The list of your past successful leadership actions is endless.
The challenge for most of you is taking that skill from intuition to conscious competence and ultimately to the professional level of unconscious competence. That journey from good to great has started with reading this article so your challenge is to keep to going to grow your business in this difficult economy and beyond.
Patrick T. Malone is an author, speaker, corporate advisor, board member, and Senior Partner of The PAR Group, an international leadership development firmed headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Co-author of "Cracking the Code to Leadership," Patrick has assisted global organizations and small businesses in improving their performance by enhancing leadership skill throughout the workforce. Patrick may be contacted at Patrick.malone@thepargroup.com
Part 1 was featured on the last BizyNews edition, to read it please click here. |
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Bizy Weekend Tip
Is there a park near by? Then go to it! Put together a small picnic even from leftovers if you like! So pack it all up, grab a blanket and your flip-flops, and go have a lovely picnic with your kids this weekend! The food will taste even better in the beautiful Spring weather!
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