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Harris Whitesell Consulting Forbes Management and C-Suite

How The C-Suite Can Fix A Lack Of Middle Management Capabilities

Employees sometimes feel as if there’s a lack of strong leadership capability among the managers in their organization, especially among middle management. This issue is prevalent across industries because many companies don’t provide sufficient managerial development and training. If C-suite leaders discover there is a problem with their management team by hearing about it directly […]

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Harris Whitesell Consulting Ways to Push Back Forbes

Being Asked To Take On Too Much At Work? 16 Diplomatic Ways To Push Back

When you have a lot on your plate and a manager or peer asks you to do more work, it can be challenging to figure out how to decline or defer the request, especially if you’re worried about facing potential fallout. If you agree to take on the extra work because you feel intimidated, but

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How To Truly Diversify A Professional Network (And Why It’s Important)

If you’ve noticed that no matter how hard you try to build diverse professional connections, your network still seems slanted toward others like you, you’re not alone. It’s not uncommon for a person’s professional network to be made up mostly of people close to their own age, demographic, field and level of education even after

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Lori Harris Harris Whitesell Consulting Leading Effective Meetings

Leading Effective Meetings: Essential Skills for Today’s Ambitious Leaders

Lori Harris, Managing Partner, Harris Whitesell Consulting LLC, presents: Leading Effective Meetings – Essential Skills for Today’s Ambitious Leaders. Click to Watch: Leading Effective Meetings: Essential Skills for Today’s Ambitious Leaders

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Communication Harris Whitesell Consulting Forbes

Professionals Need To Stop Making These 14 Communication Faux Pas

Communication is a critically important part of doing business, but not everyone comes equipped with flawless communication skills. In fact, many professionals struggle when it comes to effectively interacting with business leaders, other employees and prospective customers. Unfortunately, the cost of bad communication habits could be the loss of career opportunities, potential clients or business

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12 Ways For Junior Professionals To Build Career Resilience

Cities, companies, C-level executives and senior leaders are often focused on building resilience into their operations. What junior professionals and individual contributors may not realize is that they too can build a level of personal resilience into their careers. Knowing how to adjust to unforeseen obstacles and stay steady and calm through periods of uncertainty

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Change Management vs. Change Leadership – What’s the Difference?

Change leadership is foundational in change management. No longer can companies just simply manage change and be reactive to the nature of change. Companies that stay abreast of trends, pursue key strategies, and nurture a culture of continuous learning and resiliency to change, are more likely to realize the ability to sustain value, growth, and

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Priorities Harris Whitesell Consulting Forbes

11 Ways For Business Leaders To Better Establish Priorities

Business leaders have a lot of competing interests vying for their time. When you’re dealing with a million moving parts each day, you learn to become a master of the pivot, constantly adapting as circumstances change. Nonetheless, determining which priorities to focus on at any given moment can still be a huge challenge. One of

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Harris Whitesell Consulting World Gratitude Day

5 Effective Ways to Foster Gratitude In the Workplace

GRATITUDE | APPRECIATION | THANKFULNESS | PRAISE | RECOGNITION | GRACE | TRIBUTE | HONOR Annually on September 21 people around the world celebrate GRATITUDE and APPRECIATION. This day allows people and organizations to take a moment to recognize and honor excellence in talent, attitude, and productivity. An extraordinary day to go above and beyond

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Minority Enterprise Development Harris Whitesell Consulting

Professional Development Opportunity – 2021 Cape Fear Minority Enterprise Development (MED) Week

Diversity is one of the nation’s greatest strengths, and diverse small-business ownership is essential to our nation’s continued economic success and growth. Small business in the United States is a significant source to the economy, the distribution of products and services, and jobs. MBEs are fast-growing, innovative, and represented in every industry sector in the

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Nine Effective Ways To Replace Bad Work Habits With More Useful Ones

Professionals are sometimes acutely aware of how their bad habits impact their work. Other times, they may be told by a peer or a supervisor that they need to adopt a better habit to combat the issue. Of course, this is often easier said than done. It can be difficult to accept that you need

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Nine Practical Steps To Set The Right Business Priorities During A Crisis

A crisis can disrupt any and every area of an organization, and to ensure the company stays resilient, its leaders must make swift decisions about how to respond. If they take too long considering all possible options, it could put their business at risk. Faced with an emerging crisis, business leaders must be able to

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