Case Study: Influencer Training Helps Retailer Save Millions and Prosper in Economic Recession
Visit the Crucial Skills blog to learn how Influencer Training helped Gallery Furniture save millions and prosper in an economic recession.
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Avoiding Electronic Interruptions
I’m wondering how to deal with the use of electronic devices in meetings, conversations, and other public forums. At home, my kids are continually annoying my husband and me with their use of so-called smart devices. At work, we don’t have clear guidelines about electronic interruptions and it’s the cause of some tension and discontent. What can we do to (1) set clear expectations and (2) keep ourselves from seeing every electronic invitation as just cause for interrupting a live conversation?
Overcoming Career-Limiting Habits
Visit the Crucial Skills blog to read David Maxfield’s answer to this question: “Do you have any advice for overcoming my career-limiting habits so I can finally get the promotion I’ve been working so hard to earn?”
Blind and Outnumbered by Life
Visit the Crucial Skills blog to read Al Switzler’s answer to this question: How do I know where to start when it seems that everything I’d like to change is interdependent or influenced by all the other things I’d like to change?
What Happened: How to Eliminate Sarcasm
Visit the Crucial Skills blog to learn how Kerry Patterson’s advice helped a reader eliminate sarcasm.
How to Finally Get Out of Debt
Visit the Crucial Skills blog to read David Maxfield’s answer to this question: “Do you have any tips for motivating ourselves to get out of debt by turning it into a game we can win and enjoy playing?”
Confronting a Child's Drug Abuse
Visit the Crucial Skills blog to read Joseph Grenny’s answer to this question: “How can I express concern for my daughter’s behavior and drug use without damaging our relationship and losing her trust?”
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Shady Past Seeking a White-Collar Job
Visit the Crucial Skills blog to read Joseph Grenny’s answer to this question: Do you have any advice for someone who is looking for a white-collar job and has a conviction in his record?
How to Motivate Others to Change
Visit the Crucial Skills blog to read David Maxfield’s answer to this question: “How can I make improvement sound ‘cool’ so my colleagues don’t feel like I’m forcing them to change?”
How to Develop Your People
Visit the Crucial Skills blog to read David Maxfield’s Crucial Skills Newsletter article, “How to Develop Your People.”