Beyond Active Listening
I read an article in MIT Sloan Management Review (September 21, 2022) by Nancy Duarte, a communications executive, and specialist, in...
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Carolyn Carleton
- Mar 7
- 2 min
Is Success the Ultimate Goal?
Success is often considered the ultimate goal, something most people strive for. We work hard, sacrifice time with family and our...
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Carolyn Carleton
- Mar 1
- 2 min
Successful Management 101
Managing people is a critical aspect of any organizational structure; a company's success relies heavily on the effectiveness of its...
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Carolyn Carleton
- Feb 7
- 4 min
The Power of Appreciation
People want to feel appreciated and valued – it’s a powerful human trait. However, in our frantic business lives, we often don’t fully...
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Carolyn Carleton
- Feb 1
- 3 min
Public Speaking: Put Your Audience First
Never mind the length; focus on the quality. Often speeches are too long because speakers are pontificating; their primary goal is to...
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Carolyn Carleton
- Jan 16
- 2 min
Stressed or Overwhelmed? 5 Ways to Cope
“Many of us feel stress and get overwhelmed not because we're taking on too much, but because we're taking on too little of what really...
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Carolyn Carleton
- Jan 10
- 2 min
The Ten Principles of Successful Entrepreneurship
Ask half-a-dozen successful businesspeople, and they’ll each give you a different set of principles for success. These are our ten; feel...
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Carolyn Carleton
- Jan 3
- 3 min
How to Take the Uncomfortable Out of Networking
Do you avoid networking or treat it as a necessary evil? You are not alone; for many people, networking is a traumatic experience. How do...
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Carolyn Carleton
- Dec 20, 2022
- 2 min
Make a Habit of Single-Tasking not Multitasking
In The Six Lies Between You and Success, as outlined in Gary Keller's book The One Thing, multitasking is the second lie of the six. He...
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Carolyn Carleton
- Dec 13, 2022
- 3 min
Videoconferencing: The Blooper Reel
In the previous post, we talked about how to raise your game when videoconferencing. How to be more professional, better prepared, more...
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Carolyn Carleton
- Dec 6, 2022
- 3 min
11 Professional Videoconferencing Tips
Videoconferencing has become a daily activity for many businesspeople, but just because we do it a lot doesn’t mean to say we are doing...
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Carolyn Carleton
- Dec 1, 2022
- 1 min
It's time to review
Every year it is important to take a pause to evaluate how your previous year met or didn't meet your expectations and how you can move...
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Carolyn Carleton
- Nov 29, 2022
- 2 min
Grow Your Business Online
The Canada Digital Adoption Program – Grow Your Business Online is a national program supporting the growth of small businesses by making...
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Carolyn Carleton
- Nov 14, 2022
- 2 min
Develop the Habit of Working ON Your Business
As owners and leaders, we can often get sidetracked by seemingly urgent yet unimportant tasks in our businesses. We get hung up on the...
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Carolyn Carleton
- Nov 8, 2022
- 2 min
Give Recognition; It Makes Good Business Sense
Whether you have one employee or many or have none but use sub-contractors, showing recognition for work well done can be highly...
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Carolyn Carleton
- Nov 1, 2022
- 3 min
Turn the Flame Down on Your Stress
Stress is a natural condition; it is how your body reacts to challenges and demands. Heightened stress levels can help you avoid danger...
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Carolyn Carleton
- Oct 25, 2022
- 2 min
Funding Opportunities
1) Canadian Digital Adoption Grants **Updated **– Sole Proprietors Now Eligible https://connectedsask.ca/cdap-eng/ Eligible businesses...
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Carolyn Carleton
- Oct 13, 2022
- 3 min
Effectively Expedite Your Decisions
Making decisions is not always easy, but when you delay an important decision, it is usually less effective. Procrastination and...
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Carolyn Carleton
- Oct 4, 2022
- 3 min
Quiet Quitting and Business Owners
As a result of a TikTok video posted by Zaid Khan that went viral, with over 3 million views, the term “quiet quitting” has become the...
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Carolyn Carleton
- Sep 21, 2022
- 3 min
10 Insights into the Art of Persuasion
Whenever we want to get our own way and there is resistance, we try to persuade the other person or group of people to accept our way of...
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