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Deborah is Principal and Founder of the DPJ Training Group, which specializes in client result focused seminars on leadership, 360 assessment, diversity and communications for public and private sector audiences. She's also authored 2 books, Navigating Life’s Roadways: Stories of Insight from My Odyssey and Inspiration for Your Journey, and Life is A Review: Observations and Collections of My Passages Through the Times, released in June 2012. You can connect with her on her Member Profile, Amazon page, website, LinkedIn or Facebook.

The Ocean Teaches: 5 Lessons From My Hawaiian Vacation

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“We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch – we are going back from whence we came.”– John F. Kennedy I was blessed with a last-minute vacation to Maui for my student of life spring break. Over the Easter weekend my body » Read More

Becoming A Decisive Leader – Lessons from Playing in the Ditch

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“Good decisions come from experience, and experience comes from bad decisions.” –Aristotle This quote is timely and true. For most of us the best and worst of our professional and personal lives have probably been hitched to our right decisions and defining failures. I’ve gleaned insight on both situations from one of my favorite childhood » Read More

Who Can Teach You How to Lead: Lessons from Life’s “Old Soldiers”

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Biography: a system in which the contradictions of a human life are unified. Jose Ortega Y Gasset, Spanish Philosopher Leaders are constantly watched by their followers, to see how they respond and interact. Especially when it comes to making decisions, dealing with a crisis, or navigating challenging relationships. We want to learn from their experience, » Read More

Your Dream: 4 Must Haves from History to Lead Forward

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January 2013 has been a landmark month in celebrating the wonder and fulfillment of dreams. With the Dr. Martin Luther King holiday occurring on the same day as the Presidential Inauguration of Barak H. Obama, 150 years after the Emancipation Proclamation became law, history continues to teach. In addition there are other significant events this » Read More

Leadership Perspectives: Time to Define This Thing

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A lot has been said and written about the concept of leadership through the centuries— from the perspective of servant, philosopher, and consultant to CEO.  Now is just as good a time as any to define this mystery word, because it does remain just that to some. So giving form to leadership remains a key » Read More

Commo Check – 11 Ways to Establish a Trust Message

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    “A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.” Martin Luther King, Jr. Can you hear me now? Verizon introduced this phrase in their marketing campaign to emphasize the surety of their cell phone products because consumers want to trust the connection, to communicate a timely and clear » Read More

Rebuild and Lead: 3 Bionic Ways to Make Your Six Million Dollar Comeback

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Was anyone else a big fan of the 1970’s show, The Six Million Dollar Man?  I know, your familiarity probably depends on your generation. The series was a favorite of mine, particularly since I followed the career of the show’s star, actor Lee Majors. He portrayed the astronaut Steve Austin who came close to fatal » Read More

Driving Diversity: 3 Ways for Leaders to Effectively Navigate Their Workplace

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Diversity. Much discussion has surrounded this small but powerful word over the past twenty years in our workplaces. So what is it? Defined at its simplest, diversity it is the sum of differences as well as similarities among and within all people added with the glorious power that comes from that truth. As a force » Read More

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A Legacy of Leadership Story – Will You Have One?

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“Somebody needs to be in charge!” “Press on!” My Uncle Harris often advised me with those words in our discussions about family or work related matters. His words were rooted in wide, hard and celebrated stories of leadership, from which I learned much. The time to cement this legacy came on December 7, 2011 when the Lord took him home. Many of us » Read More

You – The Champion! 7 Ways to Maximize Your Olympic Gifts

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The past week’s Olympics production got me thinking.  Mainly about the dedication, strength, determination and stamina exhibited by the athletes (and on a side note, how I’d like to visit London again at some point in the future). Now I wasn’t necessarily excited about watching the games, but found myself with some downtime and tuned » Read More

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