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Life Skill Reminders: A Valuable Two Dozen

March 3, 2014 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

I spent much of February working overseas throughout the United Kingdom. At the end of each sales program I provided each attendee a printed summary of life skill reminders that are built into my work. Since life skills are relevant to everyone, they have proved to be an effective means to teaching business principles and […]

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Filed Under: Happiness, Influencing Behaviors, Jobs, Life Skills

A New Year’s Resolution for All: Resolve to Stop Using These Words!

December 30, 2013 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Earlier this month Marist College Institute for Public Opinion, from its home base midway between the bright lights of New York City and the state capitol of Albany in scenic Poughkeepsie, surveyed nearly 1,200 adults to find out which word irritates them most. The winner . . . by a landslide . . . is […]

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Filed Under: Humor, Influencing Behaviors, Jobs, Life Skills, Writing

Office Morale: Why It Is . . . The Way It Is

October 28, 2013 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Anticipation vs. Realization Why Workplace Attitudes Are What They Are Complex dynamics — such as company morale — do not necessarily require exceedingly complex explanations. In simple terms, organizational emotions are shaped by the relationship between two things, what people expect and what they experience. What people expect. What do workers — individually and collectively […]

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Filed Under: Coaching, Happiness, Influencing Behaviors, Jobs, Life Skills, Managing Conflict, Multi-Generational Effectiveness

Situational Management: Do You Lead or Manage?

October 14, 2013 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

The term “situational management” refers to the unexpected need for decision-making driven by surfacing circumstance. These “one-offs” are usually unpredictable; and because of that they force us to act or react to make decisions and take action based on a blend of unfamiliar data points. The four steps to effective situational management are: Seek and […]

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Filed Under: Coaching, Influencing Behaviors, Jobs, Life Skills, Managing Conflict, Multi-Generational Effectiveness

Why Modern Progess is One Step Forward, One Step Back

September 23, 2013 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

It must be reunion season. Having heard from several friends over the past couple weeks who are courageously heading to theirs, I’ve wished them godspeed and safe egos. Reunion are not my thing. They are like root canals, buying tires, or having to rent a tuxedo. None are listed on the first 28 pages of […]

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Filed Under: Happiness, Influencing Behaviors, Life Skills, Managing Conflict, Time Management, Worry

Charlie Chaplin & Diana Nyad’s Secret to Success

September 5, 2013 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

  September 2013   While millions of Americans spent the Labor Day weekend doing as little as possible, aging contrarian Diana Nyad decided to swim from Cuba to Key West. When she finally arrived and staggered onto the beach of America’s hottest city 2 1/2 days after cannonballing into Havana Harbor, she looked like, well, […]

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Filed Under: Influencing Behaviors, Life Skills

Common Traits of Unlikeable People

August 17, 2013 by Ocean Palmer 38 Comments

part 2 of 2 (part 1 dealt with “Likeable Traits”) Shared below is a robust list of “unlikeable traits” largely created by one of my recent business classes. As you read these, remember that these words describe perceptions. The learning point is vital: While we tend to judge ourselves by our intentions . . . […]

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Filed Under: Happiness, Influencing Behaviors, Life Skills

The 3 Rules of Good Coaching

August 8, 2013 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Inspiration for this column comes from revisiting the teaching tenets of legendary Baltimore Oriole baseball coach Cal Ripken, Senior. Cal Senior was with the franchise as player, coach, manager, and scout for 36 years. He was hugely responsible for the Baltimore Orioles’ sustained excellence during the franchise’s glory years. He created and taught developing players […]

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Filed Under: Influencing Behaviors, Jobs, Sales

How to Be Happier Today

August 8, 2013 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

10 Tips to Brighten the Day Just as we can decide to be positive or negative about life, work, and others, we are also empowered to choose between happy and sad. Recalibrating happiness doesn’t require moving mountains—all it takes aresimple reminders to make a major difference in both “real life” and our chosen career. Since […]

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Filed Under: Happiness, Influencing Behaviors, Life Skills

Why You Want to Become Fluent in these 5 Communication Topics

August 5, 2013 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

A quick survey of the five most popular topics professional business speakers talk about illuminates what businesses prioritize when it comes to improving their organizations. Here are those five, which comprise 92 percent of paid engagements: Motivation & inspiration (35 percent). Leadership (17 percent). Communication (15 percent). Sales (14 percent). Change (11 percent). Everything else […]

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Filed Under: Communication Skills, Influencing Behaviors, Multi-Generational Effectiveness

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