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3 Main Leadership Styles To Get Work Done Successfully

By Sylvia Lafair | August 15, 2017 | Comments Off on 3 Main Leadership Styles To Get Work Done Successfully

There are so many leadership styles being touted by different experts, what does it really take to be effective in today’s workplace? From my experience, I’ve found that the most effective leadership style is when you are a “pivot master.â€It’s the new dance at work, shake and shimmy, rotate, revolve, turn. Pivot is today’s word.…

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Don’t Believe the Hype…There’s No Snake Oil Remedy for Success

By Sylvia Lafair | July 25, 2017 | Comments Off on Don’t Believe the Hype…There’s No Snake Oil Remedy for Success

Did you ever look at someone who seems to have it all and begin to shrink yourself down to the size of a pea, feeling worthless? Do you ever listen to someone who has the answers, I mean the real answers, to health, wealth, and relationships, and feel like a dummy…really less than? Have you…

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Is it Good Luck or Bad Luck? You Decide!

By Sylvia Lafair | July 18, 2017 | Comments Off on Is it Good Luck or Bad Luck? You Decide!

We all give into superstitions when the day becomes dark. We say things to make ourselves feel better.  We really do create stories about good luck and bad luck.  Much like the following: Now, what I’m going to say is really not that big a deal.  Except, it was a really big deal when it…

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Father’s Day Gift Suggestions (Hint: Not a Necktie!)

By Sylvia Lafair | July 15, 2017 | Comments Off on Father’s Day Gift Suggestions (Hint: Not a Necktie!)

Every Father’s Day, I bet just about everyone thinks about their dad. Some with warm feelings, others with hurt and anger, others wondering who the man is, or where he is. My story is a tough one to discuss; however, over the years, I’ve learned that talking is better than ignoring and stuffing things way down under.…

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Intuition, Science and Truth-Telling Form a Powerful Trio in the Workplace

By Sylvia Lafair | July 14, 2017 | Comments Off on Intuition, Science and Truth-Telling Form a Powerful Trio in the Workplace

This is about how to rid yourself of a toxic employee or boss. Did you ever have an employee who scored high on those personality tests that determine if they would make a good fit for your organization? How about sitting in an interview and ‘just knowing’ this is the absolutely, positively, right person for…

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Free to Be You and Me…Are We There Yet?

By Sylvia Lafair | July 3, 2017 | Comments Off on Free to Be You and Me…Are We There Yet?

Way back, almost 45 years ago, there was a record album (yes, that’s what we had back then) for kids.  It was the brainchild of actress Marlo Thomas.  A gift, so she thought, for her niece who was 4 years old and exploring what it meant to be a little girl. Helping one person became…

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Ask Questions and Beware of Hyphens!

By Sylvia Lafair | May 9, 2017 | Comments Off on Ask Questions and Beware of Hyphens!

There’s a great story that has not been validated; however, it’s still a great story about checking up on what’s going on around you. Back in the day of Queen Catherine the Great, everyone did what she wanted.  Guess that’s why she was called “the Great!†As legend would have it, this longest ruling female…

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Start Being Your Best at Work Today

By Sylvia Lafair | April 28, 2017 | Comments Off on Start Being Your Best at Work Today

Let Dr. Transformation Help You Be Your Best! Dr. Sylvia Lafair, CEO of Creative Energy Options, aka â€œDr. Transformation,†wants to help you be your best at work! Dr. Lafair, along with CEOptions’ panel of Certified Pattern Breakthrough coaches and consultants, can help pinpoint exactly what behaviors are getting in your way and what you can do to help accelerate your…

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Restless Patterns

By Sylvia Lafair | April 26, 2017 | Comments Off on Restless Patterns

By Frank Walsh | CEOptions Certified Pattern Breakthrough Coach It’s not you, it’s me… Well it’s also you, but with some guidance I have seen how the patterns of my past influenced our relationship. I started to feel it in my mid 40’s. Things were different. I had evolved, you had changed. You didn’t make me happy…

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Leadership Lessons: How Listening Changes Your Responses

By Sylvia Lafair | April 17, 2017 | Comments Off on Leadership Lessons: How Listening Changes Your Responses

Hearing and listening are related. Similar yet very different. We hear loud sounds, the wind, someone laughing or yelling. And then what? We just get on with our day. Listening, ah, another story entirely. Were you ever told to “listen up†when you were a kid? Did someone ever say “Hey, will you just shut…

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