With Chris Bailey, President, Bailey Strategy Group and Edie Kay, Success Coach, edk Coaching. “Tricks of the Trade: Simple Strategies for Personal and Business Success.” Thorbecke’s FitLife Center, 2020 Borst Avenue, Centralia, Washington. 9 a.m.to 4 p.m. Limited to 30 people. Perfect for business owners, managers, and young people wanting to get a competitive edge.

This is practical leadership training. Lunch Provided . $177.00 per person. Call (360) 880-5005 to register or go to this link: http://ediekay.com/successseminar/ .

The key to managing people is to understand them. That key is also true for managing employees under 30. While “Baby Boomers (Age 46-64), still rule the workplace, and set the rules, that workplace will only thrive if it gives its employees what they need. And simply put, those under 30 think and learn diferently than those that set the rules. And those in “Generation Y” (Ages 10-29) want and need different things, as well.

Scientific discoveries from biology to quantum physics reveal new understanding of how the world works, and these amazing findings can have profound effect on our understanding of how we live and work together. Margaret Wheatley captures these discoveries and the insights they provide beautifully in her book Leadership and the new science: Discovering order in a chaotic world. If you’re interested in changing your organization or your community, there are some wonderful lessons we can learn from nature. Here are a couple of ideas that stuck with me after reading her book.

I teach collegiate business courses and occasionally bring in a successful entrepreneur to share tips on how he or she obtained success. I asked one brash young gentleman, who became a millionaire in his 20s, to share his top two tips with the class. His clarity in that moment showed me why he is such an outstanding success in business.

Even the most optimistic and successful of my friends gets down once in awhile.  One of these friends asked me one day, “I’m so down right now about my life.  What should I do.”  Now this was someone who has accomplished so much and is considered a “star” in my local community. I thought about a
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I sometimes love it when people doubt me. It motivates me to prove those people wrong. And I feel sorry for naysayers in general, because they just can’t see the promise that exists in every downturn.

I recently bought a real estate company with my then 19 year old son, Brennan. About 80% of the people look at us as though we did have not a clue as to what we were doing. “A real estate company in this market? Are you nuts?” As my buddy John says, “They look at me like I have crabs coming out of my ears.” But, I am very confident in this venture over the long haul.

I often feel lucky, but as I get older and more experienced I am beginning to realize that luck really has little to do with it. Luck, by definition, is a casual set of conditions to which we are subject.  However, I think that good luck is often about conditions you create and your ability
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I didn’t start using to do lists to stay organized until I took an administrative position.  One thing I discovered early on, frankly, was how darned depressing these lists can be, an ever present reminder of what I’m not getting done.   This may seem like a small thing, and indeed it is so easy to
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The 80/20 rule Chris explains here is basically about two things:  efficiency and impact.  Applying this principle will help you make the most efficient use of your time and resources.  But more importantly, it will keep you focused on the work that will have the most impact in reaching your goals.   Staying Organized.  One thing that
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