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March 16, 2022
7 Tips to Make Your Show BetterI feel fortunate to work with so many different shows and talent each week. I work with new shows and experienced shows, multi-player shows and individual talent. Every show has its unique strengths and its unique weaknesses, and my work is to help amplify the strengths, ...
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February 15, 2022
5 Mistakes Being Made by Morning Shows (or Personalities)What happens between the songs is the most important differentiator your radio station can have. Music is a commodity and easily duplicated. It's an important driver of a music station's success, but it's just the entry to the game, not the winning play. Successful radio ...
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January 26, 2022
Sustaining Top PerformanceTop performance is hard to sustain. We have all experienced times when we are not performing at our best. We can feel those moments as they occur; we just intuitively know we could - even should - be performing at a higher level. When we are at our best - those moments of ...
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January 19, 2022
Giving Feedback the Right WayGiving feedback is an essential part of developing another person's (or team’s) performance. Offering someone feedback gives them an insight into how they're doing. Feedback provides a detached and objective perspective that is focused on helping others achieve more ...
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December 14, 2021
Do Opposites Attract?We’re often told that “opposites attract” but that’s not true! It's complete nonsense. In fact, we tend to like people who are similar to us - surprising huh!?! There is a huge pile of research that confirms this--the evidence is clear that ...
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November 17, 2021
You Are Contagious!How you chose to approach the day has a significant impact not only on your own performance but also on the performance of others. Each morning you have a choice to make - to be positive or negative - to see the glass half full or half empty. Why? Because your emotions ...
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October 20, 2021
The Relationship Between Success & FailureMy understanding of success and failure has been wrong. For as long as I can remember, my beliefs about success and failure have been inaccurate, or at the very least, incomplete. I’ve been living with a huge misconception about the relationship between success and ...
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September 8, 2021
The Empathetic CoachCoaching is an essential skill for any manager. It is also a weighty responsibility for anyone to carry. No two people are the same and therefore no approach to coaching can be the same. This is where coaching often becomes challenging for the majority of leaders. As ...
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August 11, 2021
10 Tips for Improving Your On Air PerformanceHere are 10 tips to help on-air personalities on music radio sharpen their performance. For some these may simply serve as a reminder, but they remain relevant for all on-air personalities: 1. Intimacy. You're right there with me. You must avoid thinking that there is ...
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July 14, 2021
Being A Better Coach"I want my people to be better. All of my people. I want to start with those who have the responsibility for coaching and developing other employees." Despite those words being delivered by a manager with a somewhat strident voice, the sentiment was refreshing to hear. My ...