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Fee Ranges for Consulting Services

Let's reduce some mystery in the consulting industry.   Annual revenue from management consulting in the U.S. was over $58B in 2016.   Question:  How much should you invest in your team or group? Answer:  Enough to guarantee that your outcomes are...

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How to Create Happiness: Step 5 of 5

Happiness is elastic. Like a giant rubber band.  Thankfully, we can stretch and create more happiness when we are intentional. We experience happiness at different times, and some people are more happy than others. We know the reward mechanisms of the brain are...

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How to Create Happiness: Step 4 of 5

Happiness is elastic. Thankfully.  We can stretch and become more happy. We experience happiness at different times, and some people are more happy than others. We know the reward mechanisms of the brain are reinforced when we do certain activities. And when we...

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How to Create Happiness: Step 3 of 5

Happiness is elastic. Like a giant rubber band. We experience happiness at different times, and some people are more happy than others. We know the reward mechanisms of the brain are reinforced when we do certain activities. And when we reinforce those behaviors, we...

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How to Create Happiness: Step 2 of 5

Happiness is elastic. Surely you know someone who always "seems happy."  How did they learn to be that way? We know the reward mechanisms of the brain are reinforced when we do certain activities.  And when we reinforce those behaviors, we can be happier.  Some...

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How to Create Happiness: step 1 of 5

There is much being written and talked about in the subject of happiness.  Martin Seligman wrote Positive Psychology and spurred a movement.  There is a clever movie on Netflix called "Happy" that is shared within families, church and school communities.  The "pursuit...

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Results from the 2012 Energy Leadership Project on 2.10.12

We asked both the Charlotte Chamber and the Charlotte Regional Partners to promote or contribute to the 2012 Energy Leadership Project. Not yet.  Perhaps one day they will do so. We believe that there cannot be enough conversations about what successful energy leaders...

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Who do you need to say “No” to?

Yesterday I had this scenario.  A second meeting with a prospective client named "Mike." Perhaps you have had a similar scenario... Our first meeting was in his office, after a referral from a current client.  I met his staff.  I learned their needs.  I clearly...

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Recipes for Creating Epiphanies

The holidays are a perfect time for baking and cooking... but an epiphany? The word "Epiphany" can be both a holiday and a feeling. Perhaps you know that the Epiphany holiday is celebrated near January 6, as a traditional time for feasts, fruitcakes, Twelfth Night,...

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Change or Die

Change or Die A long-time friend often says, “If two people tell you to stop drinking, then it’s time to stop.” In my world, if two people reference the same book, then it’s time for me to read it.  Like a brick on the forehead, I just read an article and scanned the...

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