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Where is your lens focused?

A camera has a limited field of vision. There may be many things in the vicinity of the lens, but the camera only “sees” what it is focused on. The next time you read a newspaper or listen to a news program, ask yourself, “What is it they are focusing on—and what do they want [...]

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Top 20 Questions – Part 4

If you’ve been following along over the past months, you know that I’ve answered 15 of the 20 most frequently asked questions that have come my way over the years. Here are the last five which concludes this series. Short videos which also go into more detail and offer CORE (Closers, Openers, Revisits, Energizers) are [...]

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December 2009 – Bob Pike

For those who want 2010 to be their best year ever
How was 2009 for you? Was it your best year ever? Personally? Professionally? Are your relationships deeper and richer? Are you really adding the value and making the difference you want to in your job?
Here’s an old saying that is still true: “If you always [...]

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What’s Your Question?

Over the years I’ve been asked literally hundreds–maybe even thousands–of questions on training and performance improvement. Over 40 years, there are some that rarely change–and a few that change every decade or so.
Here are 10 of my top 20 (I’ll give you the other ten next month):
How do I get management support for training?
How do [...]

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Ten Steps to Creating Higher Performing Workplaces: The Antidote to Reducing Job Stress and Increasing Productivity

Ten Steps to Creating Higher Performing Workplaces: The Antidote to Reducing Job Stress and Increasing Productivity
Do you believe that job stress is higher than it’s ever been? That people have greater fear about their jobs and financial security than ever before? And that stress and fear reduces productivity? What if you were told you that [...]

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How Do You Recognize People Without Using Pay, Promises, or Promotions?

How Do You Recognize People Without Using Pay, Promises, or Promotions?
A number of years ago, in a previous economic downturn, I was working with a department within the California state government. Salaries had been frozen and would be frozen for at least two years. Managers were concerned that they would lose good employees because they [...]

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February 2009

How are things in your organization? How about in your community? Your state? My wife and I split our time between Minnesota and Arizona. We’ve noticed that Arizona seems to be hit harder by the current economy than Minnesota. Housing prices have dropped more (but then they also rose more rapidly over the past five [...]

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Tough Times Never Last – Tough Trainers Do!

In 1982, Robert H. Schuller, the founding pastor of California’s Crystal Cathedral and television’s “Hour of Power,” wrote a book called Tough Times Never Last, but Tough People Do! The U. S. was in an economic crisis as bad or worse than the one we face today. Interest rates on loans were in the double [...]

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