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Why Control Freaks Struggle to Succeed

December 11, 2011 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

The late George M. Steinbrenner III ruled the New York Yankees as managing partner for a club-record 37 years, during which his team won 11 American League pennants and seven World Series titles. Ultra hands-on, Steinbrenner’s most printable nickname was “The Boss.” He meddled in everything, which kept all his employees on yo-yos of nervous […]

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

Why the NBA’s Attempt to Manage Conflict Failed

November 14, 2011 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Stressful times spawn stressed-out people, and stressed-out people tend to lash out. Often the drama is played out in private. Sometimes it’s not; sometimes that conflict is played out for the entire world to see. Such is the case with today’s collapse of the National Basketball Association’s labor negotiation. It is hard to debate that […]

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Filed Under: Influencing Behaviors, Jobs, Life Skills, Managing Conflict

Why the 10 Unhappiest Jobs Don’t Need to Be That Way

September 27, 2011 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Anyone who has rented his or her soul for a paycheck has reaped its rewards and weathered the taxes that go with it. In the boom economy, when work was steady and raises expected, for many the pluses of working for a living outweighed the minuses. But now, as storm clouds stubbornly hover over a […]

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Filed Under: Happiness, Jobs, Life Skills, Sales

How Introverts Can Become Good Networkers

January 10, 2011 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Workforces are comprised of introverts, extroverts, and personalities in-between. The mix varies from place to place because the nature of a company’s work often shapes its culture. For example, an aggressive sales organization tends to hire competitive extroverts. Methodical, detailed-oriented industries (such as engineering and accounting firms) often skew heavily toward quiet, skilled introverts. It […]

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

Why is Tomorrow The Busiest Day of the Year?

January 5, 2011 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Goals are dreams with deadlines. It’s a clever saying I wish I’d thought up. I didn’t, I borrowed it, but I love the quote because (like all things worth remembering) it says so much so simply. In business some workers make lists but many do not. Some prioritize but others do not. But even those […]

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Filed Under: Influencing Behaviors, Jobs, Life Skills, Sales, Time Management

Why Workplace Rivalries Exist

December 31, 2010 by Ocean Palmer 2 Comments

Sibling rivalries are good practice for conflicts we later see in competitive arenas like sports, politics, and the workplace. Work rivalries can be good or bad. Good ones inspire healthy competition. Bad ones cause friction, rumors, backstabbing, and emotional backlashes in defense of wounded self-images. While it’s easy to blame disruptive households on bad parenting […]

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Filed Under: Happiness, Influencing Behaviors, Jobs, Sales

Why Coaching Matters

September 30, 2010 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

It was a normal Wednesday. Hump Day they call it. I straggled home at sundown to see a police car parked in front of the house. A policeman was at the door; another stood against the wall, hidden out of sight. My neighbor had called and complained about my dog barking. She wanted them to […]

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

Workers in Transition: Why It’s Important to Reach Out

September 23, 2010 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

One of the great fruits of a life well-negotiated is being able to harvest a fair living doing whatever it is you love to do. Saying or writing that is easier than actually doing it, especially now. All of us have had jobs we griped about. Today millions are stuck in jobs they tolerate but […]

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

A Recent Interview with Jacksonville University

August 13, 2010 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

These five questions were asked of me during an interview prior to a recent Florida appearance. Readers often like these type of things, so I thought I’d post this particular Q&A. http://dolphinnetwork.blogspot.com/2010/02/five-questions-with.html

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Filed Under: Happiness, Jobs, Life Skills, Time Management, Worry

How to Develop Patience & Why It Matters

July 26, 2010 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Patience is the capacity for waiting—an admirable quality that helps us tolerate the gap between what we have and what we want without becoming upset. The word patience originated from Latin, from pati, which means to endure, bear or suffer. People these days don’t study dead languages like Latin; they’re too busy and don’t have […]

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Filed Under: Happiness, Influencing Behaviors, Jobs, Life Skills, Sales, Thoughts for the Holidays, Time Management, Worry

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