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Leadership:

• Leadership Quiz – Courage and Change
  In the new millennium your leadership talents will be constantly tested and challenged. Whether you are leading at work, in the community or at home, the courage to explore your attitudes and aptitudes will be one of your most influential qualities.
• A Leader Has High Ethics
  No one ever said that being ethical is easy. We live in a world with more and more ethical gray areas. The distinction between what is legal and what is unethical has become blurred.
• Valuing Partnerships
  The businesses that are going to thrive in our new century will be those that promote partnerships and alliances over the traditional management pyramid.
• Making a Difference Leadership Scroll
  You can be a leader, have a fulfilling life and make a difference in your home, job and community by building and enhancing these twelve success qualities!
• Earning Your Stripes
  You can't claim leadership. You earn it. No matter where your commitment takes you, or what your leadership accomplishes, it is exciting to know that you are always in the process of earning your leadership stripes.
• Five Steps to Productive Delegating
  As a leader, you just can't do it all. To be really effective, be willing and able to delegate the projects and details that others can learn to do.

Branding/Customer Service:

• Transforming From Customer Service to Customer Focus
  Picture the interdependent circles of your organization as links in a circular chain with a single purpose: satisfied, happy, loyal, referral bearing customers.

Communication Skills:

• Four Steps to a Great Presentation
  What happens when you are asked to make a more formalized presentation? Is it still relaxed, easy going, and comfortable? Here are four steps to help you analyze, organize and add power to what you say in a formal speech.

Change:

• Three Kinds of Change
  If you can't keep up with change, you can't succeed. Viewing change in one of these three categories will help you adjust to their impact.
• Four Ways to Master Change
  Today's accelerated rate of change presents us with unique challenges and opportunities. Once you learn to handle change, you can take your skills, talents, and abilities and help others change. Let's look at four ways to enhance your mastery of change.
• Where's the Tent?
  Identify the basics of your life so you can relax and enjoy the unexpected – because it will always happen. If you do, you'll find new joys and opportunities all around you.

Motivation and Personal Excellence:

• Become Your Biggest Cheerleader
  Become your biggest cheerleader of all the communication you do, none is more important than how you talk to yourself. Learn how your internal dialogue has more to do with your success in life than any other factor.
• Using Fear to Get Going
  Fear is a natural and valuable part of life. It alerts us to potential problems and increases our awareness of opportunities. Learn the first step to using fear to get going.
• Heads or Tails?
  Deciding to decide is often the hardest part. These six questions will help clarify your thoughts and actions so you can make the decision and take advantage of all the opportunities that come your way.