Author: Nathan S. Collier

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Energy

The Phrase That Energizes and Empowers!

So often one hears “I have to…” as in “I have to deal with this situation before it blows up…” or “I

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Discipline

Get Momentum on Your Side: Situational Scaffolding

Situational Scaffolding is changing the conditions around you to make success more likely. It’s making what you want to do easier to

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Energy

The Power of Mattering

“The Power of Mattering” by Zach Mercurio speaks to the viral importance of acknowledging Team Members’ presence and contributions, how their unique

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The image shows a stylized illustration of delegation or leadership. At the top center, there is a red, human-shaped figure standing alone, with one arm raised as if directing or signaling. Below it, arranged in a row, are five smaller human-shaped figures in different colors—yellow, green, blue, orange, and purple. Curved arrows in matching colors point from the red figure down toward each of the five figures, indicating that tasks, responsibilities, or guidance are being distributed from the single red figure to the group below.

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Continual Learning

Delegation is a Skill, an Ongoing Process, not a One Time Act

When a manager delegates, the ultimate responsibility still remains with the manager. Delegation is NOT abdication; delegating is not turning one’s back

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Balance

Always Separate Praise and Feedback: Why ‘Sandwiching’ Doesn’t Work

Sandwiching: A technique used by supervisors to try to soften feedback: Scrape up a few nice words of appreciation to begin with

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Continual Learning

TCC’s Vision: Principled Profit, Stakeholder-Oriented Capitalism

At the highest levels, The Collier Companies (TCC) is about creating principled prosperity in a sustainable manner through commerce, generating value in

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Continual Learning

Mistakes, Psychological Safety, and Accountability

It is vital to establish psychological safety up front and create a culture where it is clear that the supervisor is there

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Continual Learning

Three Tips for Feedback that Works

Clarify: Be up front about your intent from the very beginning. “My role is to help you succeed; any coaching or feedback

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Discipline

Creating Change That Lasts Throughout the New Year

The life expectancy of most New Year’s Resolutions can be measured at best in days, some even mere hours. So how to

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Continual Learning

Choiceless Choices

We see the world not as it is but as we are. In life we tend not to choose from the entire

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Personal Growth

I Once Left My Christmas Tree Up for 3 Years…

Why you might ask, and I assure you my wife did… repeatedly : ) Well, it helped that it was artificial and

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