Recent Articles From EvanCarmichael.com http://www.evancarmichael.com/ http://www.evancarmichael.com/Leadership/4327/Father-Hiran-Thankful-for-a-Priest-Who-Changed-Our-Lives.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Leadership/4327/Father-Hiran-Thankful-for-a-Priest-Who-Changed-Our-Lives.html It's thirty years since this Irish priest stood in front of 120 freshmen and spoke to us mixing English and Kikamba, our native language. He encouraged us to have vision, dress like gentlemen and participate in extra curriculum activities. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Leadership/4327/Job-and-Success-Redefined.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Leadership/4327/Job-and-Success-Redefined.html I have been astonished, since 1997 when I started interviewing people before my presentations, by how some professionals, leaders and business owners have redefined what we call jobs and work-related success. These people have factored a critical element in their jobs or success in what they do-they understand how, at the end of the day, another individual's life is made better by their involvement. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Leadership/4327/6-Proven-Ways-to-Conquer-Your-Fear-of-Public-Speaking.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Leadership/4327/6-Proven-Ways-to-Conquer-Your-Fear-of-Public-Speaking.html Cicero, renown world speaker and philosopher said, "I turn pale at the outset of a speech, and quake in every limb and in all my soul." Read Exodus to learn about Moses' fear of public speaking. John Dryden described his fear of public speaking this way, "Whenever I speak a cold sweat trickles down all over my limbs as if I were dissolving in water." I know how it feels to have running stomach, sleepless nights and disappointed audience. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Leadership/4327/Leading-Amateurs-to-Success-What-Leaders-Can-Learn-from-Mt-Borah.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Leadership/4327/Leading-Amateurs-to-Success-What-Leaders-Can-Learn-from-Mt-Borah.html If, as a leader, you have said, "I wish I heard more talented people our production would increase" or "The reason we fail is because we don't have experienced people" think twice. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Leadership/4327/Dealing-with-the-Failure-Within-an-Organization.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Leadership/4327/Dealing-with-the-Failure-Within-an-Organization.html The best advertisement for any organization is the genuine enthusiasm portrayed by employees. That enthusiasm is a byproduct of how employees feel valued, how they perceive their input is appreciated and how much fun they have doing what they do. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Leadership/4327/Unused-Potential.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Leadership/4327/Unused-Potential.html Millions of talents and gifts come and go from this world packaged within people who never used them. Yet, when you discover and use a hidden talent and/or gift, you significantly enrich your life and the lives of others. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Leadership/4327/Discover-the-Benefits-from-the-Most-Ignored-Resource.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Leadership/4327/Discover-the-Benefits-from-the-Most-Ignored-Resource.html My observations, for the last ten years, on what resources are available for personal and professional growth, and how people use them have led to one key conclusion. To a great extend, people don't succeed because they ignore the most available and accessible resource-other people's experience. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Leadership/4327/Beyond-the-Lions-Claws-and-Teeth-of-Your-Future.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Leadership/4327/Beyond-the-Lions-Claws-and-Teeth-of-Your-Future.html Vision overshadows inadequacies related to skills, resources and abilities. It has been said, and proven to be true, that what your mind can conceive, and you believe in your heart, you can achieve. "The most beautiful emotion we can experience is the mystical. It is the power of all true art and science" (Albert Einstein). Dreams are the seeds of success. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Leadership/4327/Top-7-Tips-for-Overcoming-Buffaloes-With-Others.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Leadership/4327/Top-7-Tips-for-Overcoming-Buffaloes-With-Others.html When you or your organization is face-to-face with a fierce buffalo, there is no short cut-just as villagers could not run away or climb trees, neither can you escape from the buffalo trumpeting you your organization. You have a strategy and a team to help overcome the beast. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Leadership/4327/Balancing-Work-and-Life.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Leadership/4327/Balancing-Work-and-Life.html A major explanation for stress has been uncertainty in the workplace as a result of increased competition, changing local and international trade regulations, merging of corporations and technological advances. These changes have been experienced nationally and locally, Idaho included. For example, Micron's production and profits are directly affected by business practices and turmoil in East Asia. Zilog, Hewlett-Packard, Ore-Ida Inc. and other corporations constantly make major business adjustments to be profitable in an emerging and unpredictable environment.