John J Arent Consulting Group: Micro-Management

John J Arent Consulting Group: Micro-Management: Micromanagement (MM)– A major reason that employees leave an organization is due to their relationship with their immediate supervisor. ...

John J Arent Consulting Group: Effective Communications

John J Arent Consulting Group: Effective Communications: Effective communications in the workplace between colleagues as well as manager/employee interchange is very important in order to creat...

John J Arent Consulting Group: Emotional Intelligence ~ John J Arent

John J Arent Consulting Group: Emotional Intelligence ~ John J Arent: Last week I wrote a blog on “mental toughness”, please see: http://amgtconsulting.blogspot.com/2012/06/6-ways-to-build-mental-t...

John J Arent Consulting Group: 3 Ways to FAIL as a Leader

John J Arent Consulting Group: 3 Ways to FAIL as a Leader: Intimidate rather than Motivate ~ Managing operations by negative results and critique will be a sure-fire way for you to fail as a...

John J Arent Consulting Group: 8 Key Traits of Great Communicators~John J Arent

John J Arent Consulting Group: 8 Key Traits of Great Communicators~John J Arent: I am on a communications kick and have researched many traits of Good communicators.  Ronald Reagan was known as the “Great Communicator...

The #1 secret to Success ~ John J. Arent

Over the course of my career I have had the great fortune to meet with some of the most successful people in my industry.  I have always tried to "steal" ideas from these people who are "head and shoulders" above ordinary achievers.  Sometimes it is the language that they use....Simple phrases that make impact.  Other times it is their body language....eye contact, positive vibes, etc.  Professionalism, Integrity, Charisma all add to the traits of true success.  A smile and positive behavior by being genuine and nice to the people that they come in contact with. Humility as I have numerous times mentioned as a key trait to top performance.
There is a core concept that combines all the individual actions into one.  The simple answer to whatever we encounter is this...

"How can I help you"?  

If we are truly going to be effective in anything we do...business or personal relationships, if we can bring value by being genuinely interested in our day to day interactions, we will be blessed with incredible success throughout your career.  Seek to understand and bring value to those who you work with and your success will be guaranteed!

John J Arent Consulting Group: Some thoughts on "how to build a terrific team?" ~...

John J Arent Consulting Group: Some thoughts on "how to build a terrific team?" ~...: Over the years I have seen some great teams put together in sports and more importantly for our subject, the business world.  There are seve...