Oct 24 2012
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Change: The One Thing That Makes it Easier Joe and Jane were both managers in a large company and supervised divisions roughly equal in size and responsibility. The company had recently implemented several changes that were disruptive to both divisions. Joe was having a lot of trouble getting them implemented. His workers were …
Oct 10 2012
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Real Leadership and Real Leaders In a recent on-line discussion, a fellow leadership trainer and consultant made a stunning comment. He opined that positions like CEO and COO are the only real leadership positions in an organization. Of course, that’s as wrong as it can be, but unfortunately it isn’t a unique opinion …
Oct 04 2012
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Finding Rockstars I read a lot about getting “rock star” people on the team. Jim Collins talks about getting the right people on the bus. There is lots of advice available concerning how to hire the “right” people. That’s great. I’m all for building the best team possible, but is selecting the team …
Sep 26 2012
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Gut Feelings I was new to the organization and not exactly a technical expert on the job itself but I just knew we needed to take action – now! I had a feeling; that famous gut feeling that we all get from time to time. I had no empirical data to support my …
Sep 19 2012
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Leadership, Trust, and Reality “You can’t be a leader until you establish trust.” That statement caught my attention recently. It’s one of those statements that sounds nice but isn’t really accurate. In fact, you won’t establish trust unless you’re a good leader. Trust is earned. I can walk into a room and say, …
Sep 06 2012
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Leadership With MBTI and Other Instruments “Jerry is an INTP so he may not follow-up and will probably have trouble working with the team.” “Really, how do you know that?” “I can just tell that would be his Myers Briggs score.” “So you can briefly observe someone and tell what their personality is?” …
Aug 30 2012
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Risk Taking Leaders and Leaders Supporting Risk Takers There is no shortage of experts in the world who tell us the only way to great success is to take big risks. They’re right. History is full of the tales of those who took big risks. In fact, for the most part, history looks …
Aug 15 2012
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Leaders and Politics It’s election season again; that time when we all wait in front of the TV in breathless anticipation of the next campaign commercial that will mercilessly hack away at the opposing candidate. We’ll nod appreciatively as our candidate makes a good point about the other guy. Through it all will …
Aug 08 2012
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Random Thoughts on Leadership Here are a few random thoughts and observations. I’ve seen a lot of figures about social media lately that seem to indicate everyone on the planet has a Facebook account; you’re nobody if you’re not Tweeting; and your business will quickly go the way of the dinosaur if you …
Jul 26 2012
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What are Your Workers Worth? What are your workers worth? What value do they bring to your company? How much unrealized value might they posses that you aren’t utilizing? I had an interesting discussion with a young woman recently who wanted me to sign a petition to raise the minimum wage. In New …
