Terra L. Fletcher, values-driven marketing strategist and speaker
The future of work is freelance. And we will be happier for it. You will be happier for it. As a freelancer, you decide how to spend your time, what meaning your work will have, and you get to live your best life. A proactive, flexible, and unconventional freelancer has the best shot of making […]
Terra L. Fletcher will be at Half Price Books in Appleton, Wisconsin on August 17, 2019, from 10am-2pm to sign Flex Your Communication. About Flex Your Communication If you’ve ever… stood awkwardly in the back of the room at a networking event shuddered at the thought of giving or accepting feedback said, “yes” when you […]
No is a complete sentence. Why do some leaders have a hard time with these two little letters? Why it’s Hard to Say No According to Dr. Judith Tingley, author of Say What You Mean, Get What You Want: A Businessperson’s Guide to Direct Communication, the biggest barrier to communicating assertively is fear. We fear […]
Why Give Compliments Positive feedback motivates, balances out criticism, bolsters esteem, and may prevent an employee from giving up. Compliments bridge the gap between where we are and where we’d like to be. They convey respect, the cornerstone of a healthy working relationship. Compliments require humility from the giver and raise up the recipient. It […]
As a leader, your three primary responsivities are to your work group, to management, and to yourself. Successful leaders balance all three. Here are tips for managing your team up the generations. Respect Their Experience Stephen Covey’s fifth of Seven Habits of Highly Effective People is: “Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood.” If […]
