Ed Sykes Articles

Your Seed of Greatness (Three Secrets to Using Adversity to Become Great) - Click To Read Article
What can we learn from James Blake’s journey through adversity to greatness? The following are three keys to making adversity work for you:

You Mean I Need to Promote Myself to Get a Promotion? 5 Career Promotion Secrets to Get the Job You Want - Click To Read Article
You need to promote your skills and experience. Everybody quotes the old saying, “It not what you know, but who you know.” That’s not quite right. The correct saying should be, “It not what you know but who knows what you know.” The people that can make decisions or have input on your career need to know what you know. This will only happen if you promote, promote, promote your special skills and experience. Here are five secrets you can use to promote yourself for promotions.

The Secret to Living Your Dreams: Five Techniques to Living Your Dreams! - Click To Read Article
How many times in our lives have we said the following? If I had more time, I would have acted on my dream of... If I didn’t need this job, I would have pursued my dream of... If only I had (you fill in the blank) ten years ago, I would have achieved my dream of... I am sure you can add a dozen more "If I" dream statements. There are people going through life everyday working at jobs they hate, in situations they tolerate, and living a life that they disown because they settled for an "If I" mindset.

The Secret to Successful Goal Setting for Changing Times: Seven Steps to Achieving Your Dreams - Click To Read Article
The following seven goal-setting steps will help you successfully implement your goal-setting and achieve your dreams in the future in these changing times.

Ten Action Steps to Motivate Yourself to Great Accomplishments - Click To Read Article
Let me ask you this question, "Are you motivated to achieve great accomplishments in your life?" The following are ten action steps you can apply today to achieve more success in in your life:

Ten Techniques for Motivating Others through Chaos - Click To Read Article
The work environment has changed. Change has become the norm. Also the truth level of employees has decreased. This can lead to increased dissatisfaction and decreased productivity. Here are ten techniques for motivating your employees to succeed during chaos.

Ten Customer Service Secrets to Win Back Customers - Click To Read Article
Let’s take a look at the ten secrets that will not only win back your customer in any situation, but have them referring new customers that will add more money to your bottom line revenue.

Ten Quick Public Speaking Tips for Outstanding PresentationsPresentation skills: Ten Quick Public Speaking Tips for Outstanding Presentations - Click To Read Article
It’s okay! You’re not the only one feeling this way. The Book of Lists states that the #1 fear is speaking in public. This fear is greater than the fear of death. Well, I have the answers to your fears and can help you become an outstanding presenter. These 10 tips will help you become more confident making presentations that achieve results.

Ten Presentation Skills Secrets to Outselling the Competition - Click To Read Article
Why is it important for you to give a powerful presentation that sells you and your organization? You face more competition during these economic times, so you need to stand out so that the prospective “customer” chooses you as their provider. Your job as a presenter is to convince the decision-makers to choose your organization or act on the information shared during your presentation. The following are ten presentation skills secrets that will help you give a powerful presentation that will sell you to decision makers.

Success Starts with a Can Do Attitude: Three Secrets to Creating More Success - Click To Read Article
The TV interviewer interviewed Nadia’s new coach and mentioned that Nadia, who was rated in the top twenty players in past years, was fast becoming one of the top five players in the world. The interviewer asked Nadia’s coach about this, and the coach said, “In the past, Nadia had people around her that concentrated on what she ‘can’t do.’ So Nadia would concentrate on what she couldn’t do, especially in challenging situations on the court, and it would frustrate her. I am concentrating on what she ‘can do,’ and she is a much better, confident player and is mentally much happier.”

Success Techniques: Connect the Dots! Your Roadmap for Success - Click To Read Article
Here are five reasons why taking the time to connect the dots will give you a roadmap for success in your life.

Seven Change Management Secrets to Creating a Winning Culture of Change - Click To Read Article
The best organizations create a strong culture of change management. In fact, management at these organizations is constantly encouraging change for the good of the overall organization. The following are seven change management secrets to creating a winning culture of change.

Romance Your Goals: Seven Secrets for SMARTER Goal Setting - Click To Read Article
Romance your goals? What am I talking about? Think about a great romance you are experiencing or did experience. What makes or made your romance great? Passion. Well, we are going to create passion for your goals by applying these techniques so that you will achieve more in life. The following are seven secrets to romance your goals for success.

Outstanding Presentations Start in the Mind: Five Presentation Skills Secrets for Overcoming Your Fear of Public Speaking - Click To Read Article
So what do great speakers do to prepare themselves to be great presenters? They prepare their minds to give a great presentation. That’s right; it all starts in your mind. How can you develop a great speaker’s mindset, overcome your fear, and start giving outstanding presentations? The following are five secrets for overcoming your fear of public speaking and giving outstanding presentations.

Nine Ways Johnny Carson Can Help You Run Outstanding Meetings - Click To Read Article
Many times we fear going to meetings because we feel, based on past experiences, that they are going to be boring, not relevant, lack information, and we can’t wait until the meeting ends. Here are my eight techniques used by Johnny Carson to make your meetings outstanding for all involved:

Motivation Techniques: Eight Ways to Motivate Part Time Employees - Click To Read Article
In most cases, part-time employees present a special challenge when it comes to motivation. They do the “grunt” work, have little career choices, are often focused on other goals outside of your organization (college, hobbies, etc.), and are treated as outsiders by full-time employees. So what’s a manager to do? How do we turn our part-time employees into outstanding employees?

Motivate Your Customer Service Team for Outstanding Customer Service: Six Secrets of Customer Service Motivation - Click To Read Article
Providing outstanding customer service is one of the most rewarding yet challenging activities within your organization. Exceptional organizations that provide outstanding customer service will experience the following benefits: * Increased customer satisfaction * Increased revenues * Increased repeat and referral customer traffic * Less employee turnover * Increased profits So how do we support and motivate our customer service team to give outstanding customer service? The following are six secrets to motivate your customer service team to give exceptional customer service to your customers.

Motivate Your Team! Eight Quick Tips to Motivate for Success - Click To Read Article
Motivation is the key ingredient for success in any organization. You can have all the technical skills in the world; however, if you can’t motivate your team, you will not achieve success. As a leader, a majority of your job is to motivate others to succeed so that everyone’s goals are accomplished. The following are eight quick tips to motivate your team.

Life Before Downsizing: Six Secrets to Managing Change and Creating Opportunities for the Future - Click To Read Article
The same types of changes are happening in the workplace. This is no longer the world of working twenty years for the same company. Organizations are adapting to the local, national, and global marketplaces. How do you prepare yourself for these changes? The following techniques will enable you to master career change and create opportunities for you.

Leadership Techniques: Seven Secrets to Being the Leader Everyone Wants to Follow - Click To Read Article
In this changing, challenging, and competitive workplace, we can’t overestimate the importance of good management. Good managers will consistently motivate you to perform at higher levels of productivity. The following are seven secrets to being the “perfect” leader everyone wants to work for.

Leadership Techniques for Anyone: How Kermit Shared Five Leadership Secrets with the World - Click To Read Article
Here are five leadership and success secrets Kermit shared with us. How can you apply them to become more successful and outstanding leaders?

Leadership Starts with Tough Decisions: Five Leadership Skills for Outstanding Team Building - Click To Read Article
The following five leadership skills will keep you on the leadership track during challenging situations, no matter whether your organization is for profit or non-profit, so that you can achieve your goals.

JumpStart Your Employee Motivation: Ten Secrets to Empower Your Team - Click To Read Article
The following are ten motivation techniques to jumpstarting your employee motivation and empowering your team to outstanding results.

How to Prepare an Outstanding Presentation in Thirty Minutes or Less - Click To Read Article
It's 2 p.m. and your manager walks up to you with that look on his face. He announces that the company president wants you to give a presentation to him concerning the high profile project you have been working on…and he wants the presentation to start in thirty minutes. Now you have a look on your face as if you had just seen a ghost. No problem. The following are seven secrets to preparing an outstanding presentation when you have less than thirty minutes.

How to Recession Proof Your Job: Ten Job Secrets for Career Success! - Click To Read Article
Economic times constantly change and organizations adapt to these changes. For you to find career success, you must be pro-active about your job. What are the career secrets of those who soar to the top in their careers no matter what the economic environment is in the world? The following are ten career secrets you can use to “recession proof” yourself and find career success no matter what the economic situation is.

How to Overcome Your Fear of Public Speaking in Seven Powerful Steps - Click To Read Article
In my travels, I have seen where the fear of public speaking have kept otherwise very successful people in all walks of life from achieving their full potential. When you let this fear dominate your life, you lose out on promotions, business opportunities, community activities, and most of all self-confidence. The following are seven powerful secrets to empowering you to overcome your fear of public speaking and achieving a new level of success in your career, your business, and your life.

How to Give Outstanding Speaker Introductions in Five Easy Steps - Click To Read Article
The following five secrets to introducing the speaker will make the audience motivated to listen to them.

How to Create Success in Half the Time Using a Personal Coach - Click To Read Article
What are the qualities of a great coach? It’s the same qualities you see in the great coaches in the athletic arena everyday. The following are some of the qualities to seek when enlisting the services of an effective coach.

How to Give an Acceptance Speech: How to Give an Outstanding Acceptance Speech: Seven Presentation Secrets Learned from the Academy Awards - Click To Read Article
Will you be ready when it is your time to give an acceptance speech? The following are seven presentation secrets to giving an outstanding acceptance speech in any situation.

How Appetizing Is Your Feedback? (How to Motivate Your Team with Positive Communication) - Click To Read Article
I ask you, when you give feedback, do you make it appetizing for the receiver of the feedback? Or do you make your “steak” indigestible? We can be giving great feedback everyday and, unless we make it appetizing so others will digest it, our feedback will not acted upon. The following are five techniques for making your feedback more appetizing.

Have You Appreciated Someone Today? One Powerful Secret for Team Motivation - Click To Read Article
I invested some time with Mother recently and drove her to the hospital to visit with her sick sister-in-law, my aunt. While I was standing in the doorway, a nurse came by and introduced herself as Ruth and said “hello” to us and said “hello” to my aunt. This put a smile on my aunt’s face. The nurse then introduced me to the other nurses working at the nurses’ station. She let me know that these nurses are hard working and good at their jobs.

Five Team Building Secrets to Gaining Credibility with Your Team for Outstanding Results - Click To Read Article
The following are five secrets that will increase your credibility with employees and produce outstanding results for your organization.

Five Leadership Secrets for Challenging Times - Click To Read Article
We consistently face new and ever growing challenges in the workplace such as reorganizing, downsizing, and “left out sizing.” We are faced with the question, “How do we lead in this storm of change?” It may seem difficult at times and the decisions we make define our short-term and long- term outcomes. I will share with you five leadership techniques guaranteed to keep you on track during these difficult times.

Five Steps to Creating a "Goal" Medal Life - Part I - Click To Read Article
You don’t need to be a world class athlete to achieve success in life. However, you can use many of the same techniques that these athletes use to accomplish their goals. The following are five tips that will help you stand on the winner’s platform in life.

Five Secrets to Creating a “Goal” Medal Life – Part II - Click To Read Article
Recently, Joy and I had the pleasure of speaking at a conference in Baltimore, MD. The other speakers included Ms. Deborah Phelps, mother of six-time gold medalist in the 2004 Summer Olympics swimmer Michael Phelps, and Agatha von Trapp, the 91-year-old daughter of Captain and Maria von Trapp, the family on which the movie “Sound of Music” was based. To say the least, there were a variety of subjects discussed that day. As I listened to Ms. Phelps describe Michael’s achievements, I realized that his story had many of the secrets of success mentioned in my September article, Five Secrets to Creating a ‘Goal’ Medal Life. Let’s go over these goal setting five secrets again and see how you can apply them.

Five Secrets to “Thinking on Your Feet: How to Master Impromptu Speaking" - Click To Read Article
During these times we can feel the pressure. Our heart begins to race, we start to sweat, we feel our knees knocking, or we want to hide under a rock. This is because sometimes the answer we give could mean that big sale, the customer being satisfied, a promotion or raise, or that dream job. The following are five secrets to help you master your “thinking on your feet” skills.

Five Secrets to Becoming the Perfect Employee That Everyone Wants – Part One - Click To Read Article
With ever increasing deadlines, decreasing resources, and changing workplaces, sometimes it can be challenging to be a good employee, much less a perfect employee. The employee who can rise above the everyday problems and embrace challenges will be the person that every employer wants. The following are five secrets to being the perfect employee everyone wants.

Five Career Advice Secrets for Being the Perfect Employee Everyone Wants on Their Team – Part 2 - Click To Read Article
The following are five career advice secrets for being the perfect, motivated employee that everyone wants on their team, putting your career on the fast track, and creating great relationship with management.

Five Powerful Customer Service Secrets to Growing Your Business During Challenging Times - Click To Read Article
The secret weapon for being successful during this changing time is customer service. Outstanding customer service will make you stand out from the competition and make your organization successful. Whether your organization is for profit or non-profit, a private or government agency; or a big corporation vs. a small business, the following five customer service secrets will help you succeed in any situation.

Five Goal Setting Secrets to Jumpstart Your Life - Click To Read Article
Another year is upon us and you have your list of resolutions or goals you want to accomplish in the upcoming year. It's time to plan your goals so that it's not just another conversation this year, but a focused plan for success. I will share with you five goal setting techniques guaranteed to help you achieve more out of life. Use the goal setting techniques listed below to help you achieve your targets.

Five Stress Management Secrets for Challenging Times: How to Use Stress for Your Career Success - Click To Read Article
When you learn how to manage stress, you benefit in the following ways: * Improved health and decreased incidence of disease * Improved mood * Improved memory and thinking * Improved sleep * Improved relationships * Reduced absenteeism * Improved productivity * Improved workplace environment The following are five stress management secrets that will allow you to fulfill your career, business, and life ambitions while living a happier life

Five Ways to Reduce Environmental Stress - Part I - Click To Read Article
Life is stressful enough without allowing the physical environment - air quality, lighting, noise, and other controllable factors - to intensify day-to-day stress. Especially in the Fall and Winter is where you experience less daylight and more mood swings. The great thing about environmental stress is that in most cases we can control what is in our environment that is causing the stress. Take these five steps to eliminate environmental stressors that might cause stress and tension in your work and home life.

Five Instant Ways to Reduce Environmental Stress - Part 2 - Click To Read Article
It's time for part two of the series to reduce environmental stress in your life. In Five Ways to Reduce Environmental Stress - Part One, I shared with you five ways you can immediately reduce stress by controlling your environment. Now I will share five additional ways for you to make a difference in your life, be more relaxed and productive, and reduce stress.

Employee Motivation, Don Imus, and Team Building: Five Secrets of Motivated Teams - Click To Read Article
Don Imus, a shock jock (someone who shocks their listening audience by saying outrageous statements), was fired from his jobs on WCBS radio and MSNBC television for crossing the line of decency and making racist and sexist remarks regarding the Rutgers University women's basketball team. From a team building and employee motivational point of view, there are tidbits of motivational wisdom to be learned from this situation.

Eight Leadership Techniques for Outstanding Teams - Click To Read Article
Apply the following eight leadership techniques to create highly motivated, self-directed, and extremely productive employees and teams.

Eight Customer Service Secrets to “Jumpstarting” Your Customer Service During Challenging Times! - Click To Read Article
The following are eight secrets to giving outstanding customer service so that your organization will be successful.

Dr. Seuss's "The Cat in the Hat" Will Help You Get Your Point Across! (Yes you can, here is the Plan) - Click To Read Article
Here's how Dr. Seuss's "The Cat in the Hat" can help you develop your vocal variety and hold your audience's attention.

Delegate to Accelerate Success: Seven Team Building Secrets for Team Success - Click To Read Article
So how do we successfully delegate tasks? Here are my seven steps to delegating tasks to achieve success. These tips can not only be used in your organization for more success, but in every aspect of your life to accomplish more.

Customer Service Secrets: Six Secrets of Outstanding Customer Satisfaction - Click To Read Article
What, then, are the secrets to customer satisfaction and winning back an angry customer so that the situation becomes an outstanding customer service experience? The following are six customer service secrets for winning back customers, increasing customer satisfaction, and increasing your bottom line

Career Advice: Three Secrets to Telling Your Story for Career and Life Success - Click To Read Article
Did you ever tell your story? The following career advice story will show you how to put your career on the fast track.

Check Yourself for Outstanding Customer Service in Three Easy Steps - Click To Read Article
The following are three ways to “check yourself” to give outstanding customer service.

Are You Building Your Foundation of Success: Six Secrets of Motivating Yourself for Success - Click To Read Article
Are you creating your foundation of success? Are you motivated to take on challenges that others are not willing to do? The following is a story of someone who did and achieved great success in his life and how you can, too!

Appreciate to Motivate (Five Keys to Successful Team Building) - Click To Read Article
Why don’t more managers, owners, and employees give appreciation? Some people state they don’t know how to give it. Others say they don’t know what to give. Still others say they are too busy to give or show appreciation. The following are five tips to giving sincere appreciate that will motivate your team to soar to higher level and achieve more.

Bad Customer Service Is Not So Funny: Five Secrets to Giving Outstanding Customer Service - Click To Read Article
The following story tells how a customer experience went from funny to sad in less than 24 hours, and five secrets to creating an outstanding customer experience. The following are five secrets to resolving a customer service situation and creating a great customer service experience.

Are You Singing Your Song of Success? Five Secrets to Following Your Dreams and Achieving More Success in Your Life - Click To Read Article
I ask you the following: Are You Singing Your Song of Success? Are you letting your song of success go silent? The following are five secrets that will guarantee that your song of success is heard and you can also live your dreams:


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