Phil Gerbyshak, motivational speaker and self-improvement advocate, challenges you to "Stop having a nice day...and Make it Great!" You can pick up a copy of Phil's first book, 10 Ways to Make It Great! today, or browse over to his web site. It's jam packed with over 1,000 articles that teach you how to can take your life from good...to GREAT!

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	Help Your Team Deal With Change by Phil Gerbyshak - Oct, 2009 Recently I had a conversation with a Twitter friend about a change his team was about to go through. Here’s how the advice and how you can help your team deal with change. Change isn’t easy, but if you do it right, you can minimize the long-term pain your team will go through as a resu...
	Seven Secrets of Successful Managers by Phil Gerbyshak - Oct, 2009 Successful managers aren’t perfect. Successful managers do get more done, get better results, and have lower retention rates than unsuccessful managers. I don’t know all the secrets of being a successful manager, but I do know seven secrets that can help you be a more successful manager. ...
	Seven Reasons Managers Need to Use Twitter by Phil Gerbyshak - Sep, 2009 Twitter is a great communication tool. There are over 10 million people with Twitter userIDs, and many million tweets per day, from folks all over the world. As a manager, the time is NOW to sign up and get using Twitter. Seven Reasons Managers Need To Use Twitter: 1) Communicate mor...
	Five Ways to Make Meetings Better by Phil Gerbyshak - Sep, 2009 Recently I spent a few minutes with Anita Bruzzese, talking about how to make meetings better. I’d encourage you to check out Anita’s article as I’m not the only one who offered insights into how to make meetings better. Of course, Anita didn’t use all of my suggestions (and I didn’t ex...
	Take Your Team to the Next LEVEL by Phil Gerbyshak - Sep, 2009 My entire IT department is getting restructured, to ensure we have the right folks in the right seats on the bus, and so everyone clearly knows what direction we are headed. I’m quite excited about this, as it will give me help in re-writing job descriptions, understanding where I fit into...
	One Thing to Help You Achieve Your Goals by Phil Gerbyshak - Nov, 2008 I am a goal setter. I enjoy setting SMARTER goals, and I enjoy achieving my goals. I might even be considered a bit of a goals junkie. As I reflect on how I’ve achieved many of my goals, it all comes back to one simple question I ask myself when I go to bed at night: Did I do at le...
	Self Coaching Made Easy by Phil Gerbyshak - Nov, 2008 Here's the easiest self-coaching system of all time. Ask yourself these two questions: What’s working for me to achieve my goal? What do I need to change to make it possible, easier or faster to achieve this goal? Two very simple questions. Two very powerful answers. Think abou...
	Uniqueness Does Not Equal Usefulness by Phil Gerbyshak - Nov, 2008 When you are thinking about who you are and what you stand for, it's important to remember that uniqueness does not equal usefulness. When I interview candidates for jobs on the team I lead, I often ask folks, "What makes you the best candidate for the job?" Often, they tell me about somet...
	Just (Don't) Say No by Phil Gerbyshak - Jun, 2007 OK, so you finally got the job interview at A Big Company. Congratulations! So you're going along through the interview, answering question after question, the interviewer is smiling, you're smiling, and then...The hiring manager asks you, "Do you have any questions?" You think to you...
	Believe in the Power of YOU! by Phil Gerbyshak - Mar, 2007 To accomplish great things, we must believe. Believe in the power of YOU! No one has power over you, except for you, so what do you believe about yourself? Do you believe you are amazing, and wonderful and awesome? THEN YOU ARE...amazing, wonderful, and awesome. Life is all about th...
	You are What You Do by Phil Gerbyshak - Mar, 2007 Too often, people say one thing and do another. I admit that I have often slid into this rut and thought about how I need to do something (lose weight for example) and then don't follow through and do anything about it (yes, this happens to me too). So even though I say that it's important...
	What do you REALLY Want: Get Specific to Achieve More by Phil Gerbyshak - Feb, 2007 Do you have cable TV, and spend time surfing mindlessly from channel to channel, stopping here and there and everywhere for just the right show, with no real purpose or particular TV show in mind? OK, it's your NEIGHBOR who's got the problem. Think about him or her for just a minute. Why a...
	Energy Vampires, Meet Your Garlic: 3 Tips to Repel Energy Vampires by Phil Gerbyshak - Aug, 2006 Today over at Career Hub, I read a very interesting article titled Beware Energy Vampires! Their article ended with the money shot of: "...beware of folks who drain you. Those high-maintenance people are more than a pain in the neck...they may just prove to be a pain for your career." This...
	Diamonds are Forever...And so is What You do Online! by Phil Gerbyshak - Aug, 2006 Have you ever posted your name to an online bulletin board, proclaiming that so-and-so was a you-know-what, only to change your mind after learning more facts? Did you wish it would just "go away," only to turn up again when you least wanted it to? I'm here to tell you that if you post som...
	READ to Remember Names: 4 Steps So Anyone Can Remember More Names by Phil Gerbyshak - Jul, 2006 Recently Ellen Weber at Brain Based Business had a great post about Another Breakthrough to Help Us Remember, and closed with a question I had to take a shot at answering. Can you think of other links that help you to remember in a more brain friendly manner? I am really good at re...
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