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15Nov
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A Personal Power Challenge to You

Posted by Common Outlook Consulting Inc.on November 15, 2017May 31, 2019in ArticlesLeave a comment
power of effective negotiation at work

Do you remember Victor, the successful 34-year-old technology VP we profiled in our May/June article about reclaiming Personal Power? The man who as a child was shunned and became a loner and outsider because a long-ago teacher encouraged his classmates…

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25Sep
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A Sharp Turn Into Personal Power

Posted by Common Outlook Consulting Inc.on September 25, 2017May 31, 2019in ArticlesLeave a comment
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Personal Power.  What exactly is it?  And how do you enact it? We’ve been exploring this recently, asking three colleagues of ours to experiment with being more powerful. What follows is the recent interview with the second of those three…

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10Jul
2 comments on “Help! I have to speak in public.”

Help! I have to speak in public.

Posted by Common Outlook Consulting Inc.on July 10, 2017May 31, 2019in Articles2 Comments
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It is said that people are more afraid of public speaking than they are of death. If you’re one of those ‘give me death but not a podium’ people, imagine for a moment never again having to be afraid of…

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08May
2 comments on “Throwing Down the Power Gauntlet”

Throwing Down the Power Gauntlet

Posted by Common Outlook Consulting Inc.on May 8, 2017May 31, 2019in Articles2 Comments
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There are perhaps, few more difficult negotiations in business than a salary review, particularly if you are not the person conducting it but the one hoping/asking for an increase1. Even the best of us find it intimidating because past actions,…

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23Mar
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A Mean, Tough Negotiator

Posted by Common Outlook Consulting Inc.on March 23, 2017May 31, 2019in ArticlesLeave a comment
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If it was your first time at the table with JS, his hard handshake, clenched jaw, and piercing cold eyes would have sent the message that the coming talks were likely going to be a challenge. And if you’d sat…

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17Feb
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Real Personal Power

Posted by Common Outlook Consulting Inc.on February 17, 2017May 31, 2019in ArticlesLeave a comment
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Real personal power is an intangible thing; it can’t be bought or sold; it can’t be quantified or measured, and yet throughout the world, it is highly valued and is given great weight. It’s not magnetism… that rare and innate…

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24Nov
2 comments on “Helping Others Face Adversity”

Helping Others Face Adversity

Posted by Common Outlook Consulting Inc.on November 24, 2016in Articles2 Comments

I don’t very often talk about specific people in my articles, but this time it seemed appropriate as a colleague of mine, who we’re calling J.D. (Jane Doe), told me the following story about her close friend and neighbour. For…

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22Sep
4 comments on “Adversity: Dark Foe/Bright Friend”

Adversity: Dark Foe/Bright Friend

Posted by Common Outlook Consulting Inc.on September 22, 2016in Articles4 Comments

Adversity will blindside you; jump you from behind; take you by surprise, but it isn’t a bully. It isn’t something you can punch once to make it back down… to make it go away. Instead, it’s a tough and wily…

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12Aug
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Negotiating So Everyone Wins

Posted by Common Outlook Consulting Inc.on August 12, 2016November 29, 2018in Book ReviewsLeave a comment

You may not think of yourself as a negotiator, but indeed, you are. For as Jean Chrétien says in the foreword to David Dingwall’s new book, Negotiating So Everyone Wins, “…everything in public life, the private sector and even personal…

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14Jun
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Easy Rationalizations & Harder Truths

Posted by Common Outlook Consulting Inc.on June 14, 2016in ArticlesLeave a comment

Our days are full of rationalizations1… indeed, we are an extremely adept species at being able to dance around the real reasons behind our decisions and behaviours, and highly skilled at making them appear reasonable, justified, and even laudable. Small…

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