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Chuck Garcia’s Frequently Asked Questions: Part 1
As an author, speaker, and professor I’m frequently asked to be a guest on podcasts, panels and other events where individuals are looking to improve their leadership and communication abilities. Through the years I’ve compiled some of the more frequent questions that...
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Top Ten Competencies of a Successful Leader
I’ve previously addressed the difference between a leader and a boss – take a peek at that article and then asked yourself, which one am I? Most of us want to be leaders who others admire, trust and want to follow; we ourselves want to work for leaders that we trust,...
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Balance This and You’ll Have Success AND Happiness
Have you ever stopped to think about how the body has been created or formed? Two eyes, two ears, two arms, two legs – with most other significant parts of the body (e.g. nose, organs, etc.) placed in the middle. It helps the body to balance – imagine if our bodies...
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What Are You Going to Conquer This Year?
On September 11th, 2001, I lost a lot of friends in the horrendous terrorist attack on the World Trade Center buildings in New York City. It was a tough time to conquer for those who knew individuals lost, the families affected, and a nation grieving the tragedy. It...
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It Always Comes Back to Communication
I’m often asked when I’m invited for interviews or podcasts how I got to where I am today. Like all of us, there are a number of driving factors and influences that guide us throughout our lives. However, I frequently think of my father, who was a professor of...
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3 Keys to Achieving Executive Presence
Early on in my career, as I looked up to the executives and people I admired, I found myself asking, “what is it about these individuals that I admire so much?” What I came to conclude, and what became the birth of what I do today, is there was something I couldn’t...
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The Three Prongs of Successful Communication
I’ve previously addressed the keys to achieving success and having a mindset of success. When it comes to becoming a successful communicator, there are three fundamental steps to consider. All too often, communication is something that people engage in all day, every...
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Be More Effective and Less Affected
It is so easy to be offended. There are so many reasons each and every day to be offended, irritated, frustrated, perturbed…to be affected by the people, things, and scenarios around us. Our natural tendency is to impulsively respond negatively to a negative...
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10 Ways to Become a Better Leader
The idea of effective leadership is bound to differ from one individual to another – each basing their description on personal experiences and expectations. However, I’d argue there are ten aspects to being a truly great leader. How do you think you do in each of...
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Getting to WHY
Anyone who has had kids or has been around them enough – especially those who are three going on thirteen – will understand the significance of the word “why.” As an adult, you may feel like you know a fair amount of information, attained through years of experience...
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Recent Blog Posts
Change Must be Led Step by Step and Brick by Brick
There’s a medieval French phrase, “Rome ne fu[t] pas faite toute en un jour” from the collection Li Proverbe au Villian published around 1190; we all know it as “Rome wasn’t built in a day.” The phrase speaks to the idea that big things don’t happen immediately – it takes …
How to Get Your Team to Move Mountains and Then Climb Them
Moving mountains is typically seen as an impossible feat – which is why we talk of needing faith or a great belief from within in order to move the “proverbial mountains” of life. The same could be said for climbing and conquering those massive “mountains” that we encounter. It’s this …
Emotional Intelligence
Emotional intelligence. As a leader you’re likely inundated with the term. Articles, seminars, trainings, reports…it’s a hot topic – and for good reason. With so much buzz about what one needs to be in order to be a successful leader and human being, it’s easy to start wondering, “Where do …