The Power of a Compliment
February 4, 2019
By Connie Cleveland All I ever wanted to be was a dog trainer. I still have the letter I wrote as a 12-year-old to a guide dog school asking…
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A modern professionals guide to dressing for work
January 31, 2019
By Brian Maynor The rules governing what to wear for work have changed a lot over the years, but that doesn’t mean we now have carte blanche to wear…
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Extreme Weather Events, Natural Disasters, and Insurance
January 31, 2019No matter where you live in the United States, there’s a good chance you’ll have to deal with one or more natural disasters or severe weather events. Each part of…
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Extreme Weather Events, Natural Disasters, and Insurance
January 31, 2019
No matter where you live in the United States, there’s a good chance you’ll have to deal with one or more natural disasters or severe weather events. Each part of…
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Save time and get more done
January 30, 2019By Jerry Bellune Many business owners boast that they have an open door policy. That’s great – if they have nothing else to do. But for many, it is…
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Timeboxing – Taking control of our to-do list
January 30, 2019
By Brian Maynor One of the cornerstones of time management is creating to-do lists, but often we just end up with multiple, excessively long lists. Some of the other…
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Save time and get more done
January 30, 2019
By Jerry Bellune Many business owners boast that they have an open door policy. That’s great – if they have nothing else to do. But for many, it is…
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Building your team: How to Highlight and Combine Skills and Personalities
January 28, 2019
By Amanda Loveday Consider this: Who would the Beatles be without Ringo, John, Paul AND George? How successful would Clemson have been this year without Dabo Swinney AND Trevor Lawrence? …
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Proven methods to becoming more creative
January 25, 2019
By Brian Maynor As a member of the creative profession, let me set the record straight. Creativity is a skill, not a gift that you are either born with…
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How to profit from others’ insights
January 23, 2019By Jerry Bellune Billionaire Andrew Carnegie used his mastermind group to test ideas and assure his success. His group was made up of highly successful entrepreneurs, business owners and…
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Tips to get motivated for work
January 23, 2019
By Brian Maynor Would you be surprised to know that 85% of people worldwide feel disengaged from their jobs? That’s according to a recent Gallop poll. That leaves a…
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How to profit from others’ insights
January 23, 2019
By Jerry Bellune Billionaire Andrew Carnegie used his mastermind group to test ideas and assure his success. His group was made up of highly successful entrepreneurs, business owners and…
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How to make sure everyone feels welcome
January 18, 2019
By Brian Maynor When working as a team, it’s natural that work time bleeds over into personal time. Whether it’s staying late just enjoying casual conversation, or pulling together…
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Can we be saved from our own stupidity?
January 16, 2019By Jerry Bellune All of us do stupid stuff, many of us daily. Sadly, we don’t know it’s stupid until we blunder in and do it. There are 3…
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To combat stress try something new
January 16, 2019
By Brian Maynor Now that the holidays are behind us, it’s easy to assume life would calm down and stress levels would abate, but that isn’t true for everyone.…
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Can we be saved from our own stupidity?
January 16, 2019
By Jerry Bellune All of us do stupid stuff, many of us daily. Sadly, we don’t know it’s stupid until we blunder in and do it. There are 3…
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The Art of the Ask: How to Receive by Giving
January 14, 2019
By J. Bradley Studemeyer NP Strategy Stakeholder management is a crucial component of any long-term project, essential to understanding and engaging your stakeholders. But even with a solid foundation…
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Accepting the fact that we are enough
January 11, 2019
By Brian Maynor The fact that we are alive and being ourselves is enough. It’s impossible to have any contact with society, especially this time of year, without being…
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What to do before we start gossiping
January 9, 2019
By Brian Maynor Getting frustrated with a friend or colleague isn’t unusual, but when it happens are you more likely to talk to them about it, or about them…
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Take off your blinders, widen your footprint
January 9, 2019By Jerry Bellune Too many business owners are hampered by blinders. They think of their businesses and their customers too narrowly. If MacLeod and Jerry Bellune had thought of…
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Take off your blinders, widen your footprint
January 9, 2019
By Jerry Bellune Too many business owners are hampered by blinders. They think of their businesses and their customers too narrowly. If MacLeod and Jerry Bellune had thought of…
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Create memorable client experiences
January 3, 2019
By Jerry Bellune A client’s experience is critical for every successful business, says local business owner Emily Wright. It should never be ignored. Think like the people who run…
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Create memorable client experiences
January 2, 2019By Jerry Bellune A client’s experience is critical for every successful business, says local business owner Emily Wright. It should never be ignored. Think like the people who run…
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Understanding our resistance to change and dealing with it
January 2, 2019
By Brian Maynor Celebrating a new year is fun, but it’s also motivational. We see the new year as a chance for making changes in our lives, and even…
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What Does It Mean To Be A Good Sport?
January 2, 2019
By Connie Cleveland I have never known life without competition. My father was a tennis player and coached an NCAA Division I school for 32 years. My mother was…
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New Year’s Challenge: Fewer Selfies in 2019
January 2, 2019
By Heather Matthews NP Strategy Your dinner, your stitched up surgery site, your haircut. Or… A gracious waitress, a skilled physician, a dependable barber. The only difference here is…
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A sales secret anyone can practice
December 26, 2018Our friend Chuck McCurry recalls a salesman who thought he was smarter than everyone else. His relationship credo was: “Prospects aren’t your friends and never will be. If you want…
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A sales secret anyone can practice
December 26, 2018
Our friend Chuck McCurry recalls a salesman who thought he was smarter than everyone else. His relationship credo was: “Prospects aren’t your friends and never will be. If you want…
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5 ways to sparkle and shine this holiday season
December 19, 2018
By Brian Maynor The holiday season is all about sparkle and shine, but sometimes things happen that dull them. With less than a week before the big day, you…
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How successful people use time
December 19, 2018By Jerry Bellune To succeed in sales, map out your schedule for the day, your goals and to-dos. The morning is a good time as it is one of…
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How successful people use time
December 19, 2018
By Jerry Bellune To succeed in sales, map out your schedule for the day, your goals and to-dos. The morning is a good time as it is one of…
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Let’s recognize those who give of themselves to make a difference
December 17, 2018
By Richard Eckstrom, CPA, SC Comptroller Given how bad news tends to dominate headlines – and how misdeeds are far more likely to find their way onto the nightly…
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How to Find, Interview, and Hire Great Employees
December 17, 2018By Mike DuBose and Blake DuBose When it comes down to it, businesses are defined by the quality of their staffs. Steve Jobs, the late cofounder of Apple, once…
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How to Find, Interview, and Hire Great Employees
December 17, 2018
By Mike DuBose and Blake DuBose When it comes down to it, businesses are defined by the quality of their staffs. Steve Jobs, the late cofounder of Apple, once…
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Tips to make the workplace festive
December 14, 2018
By Brian Maynor Tis the season to be jolly! To say the holiday season is festive would be an understatement, but how do you know when it’s too much?…
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Lexington native shows how to sell more
December 13, 2018By Jerry Bellune How do you put out fires in your life? Specifically, how do you prioritize in making important decisions? Professional speaker and insurance agency manager Michael Aun…
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Lexington native shows how to sell more
December 13, 2018
By Jerry Bellune How do you put out fires in your life? Specifically, how do you prioritize in making important decisions? Professional speaker and insurance agency manager Michael Aun…
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Why laughter is the best medicine especially at work
December 12, 2018
By Brian Maynor We’ve all heard laughter is the best medicine, but now there’s proof. In fact, there are several studies that document not only the benefits of laughter,…
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The Power of Community Engagement
December 10, 2018
By Jean Cecil Frick The traditional definition of community engagement is “the facilitation of communication and exchange between an organization and community.” While that’s certainly true, that doesn’t really…
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The 7 cornerstone skills of life
December 7, 2018
By Brian Maynor There are seven skills we all need to master when it comes to life. Recently I read an article by the renowned Leon Ho, founder and…
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Three Character Traits Dogs Gave Me
December 5, 2018
By Connie Cleveland I don’t remember life without a dog in it. Decades of working with and loving dogs have taught me many lessons. And in the process dogs…
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The 5 languages you must learn
December 5, 2018By Jerry Bellune How many generations work with you? How many languages do they speak? Consultant Alysia Kehoe says the quick answer to both is 5 generations, 5 languages:…
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The 5 languages you must learn
December 5, 2018
By Jerry Bellune How many generations work with you? How many languages do they speak? Consultant Alysia Kehoe says the quick answer to both is 5 generations, 5 languages:…
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Why is it easier to make decisions for someone else?
December 4, 2018
By Brian Maynor No matter the dilemma, why does it always seem easier to solve when it’s someone else’s? When someone asks for our advice or help it doesn’t…
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What kind of happiness are you chasing?
November 29, 2018
By Brian Maynor In the constant pursuit of happiness have we ever stopped and asked ourselves, what kind of happiness we’re after? When we stop to think about it,…
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Who are you selling?
November 28, 2018By Jerry Bellune Little-known secrets of selling yourself Do you have a competitive service or product? Do you, work for or run an amazing company that treats each customer…
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3 things to keep in mind when managing our time & the time of others
November 28, 2018
By Brian Maynor How we choose to spend our time may seem like a small thing at the moment, but those small decisions all add up to how we…
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Who are you selling?
November 28, 2018
By Jerry Bellune Little-known secrets of selling yourself Do you have a competitive service or product? Do you, work for or run an amazing company that treats each customer…
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It’s Really Not That Hard to Prevent a Crisis (Sometimes)
November 26, 2018
By Erin Sanders Senior Communications Advisor with NP Strategy Corporate crises happen every day, and some are simply unavoidable. You can run a tight ship and develop a top-notch…
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What are you afraid of?
November 20, 2018By Jerry Bellune How to overcome self-limiting beliefs Even fearless entrepreneurs run into many fences in life. They block our path, deny us entry, hold us back and keep…
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