Jul 18 2012
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What’s Wrong With This Generation? What is wrong with this new generation? I just don’t understand what they’re thinking. They just want to have a good time. I worry about our future. You’ve probably heard, or made these comments yourself. In fact, these are comments I heard growing up. I’ve also read similar …
Jun 20 2012
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Investing in Leadership Development For large sums of money, there is no shortage of one and two day courses available to teach a particular aspect of management. The manager goes to the training course, drinks a lot of coffee, gets a nice shiny workbook, and hopefully applies at least a little of what …
Jun 13 2012
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Send to Kindle Complaining About the Leadership I was doing some research on a company recently and found the typical complaints about management. It struck me that, in this case, the complaints were very specific and quite similar. Was there a seething discontent among the employees of a successful company? One particular complaint really hit …
Jun 06 2012
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The Importance of Basic Leadership A couple of years ago, I submitted an article for publication in a magazine. It was rejected. Rejection isn’t that big a deal. Yes, it dings the ego for a little while, but it happens and is part of the business. What has really stuck with me was …
May 31 2012
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This past Sunday, our pastor spoke about forgiveness; not an unusual topic for a Sunday morning. But, as I considered his words, it occurred to me that his words were really a good leadership lesson. Some years ago I worked for a boss that was, well, not a very good leader. We butted …
May 03 2012
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Got Vision? One of the first questions I like to ask leaders is about their vision. Do they have a vision and have they clearly articulated that for everyone in the organization? Unfortunately, many leaders I talk to don’t really have a good answer to that question. They haven’t sat down and really …
Apr 26 2012
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Finding New Leaders Last week I talked about this interesting phenomenon of high unemployment and companies that can’t seem to fine qualified workers. I’ve also heard some complaints in the area of leadership that are quite similar where companies can’t seem to find the people they need to lead them into the future. …
Apr 19 2012
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Can’t Find Qualified Workers? Try This I’ve been noticing something very interesting happening lately. At a time when unemployment is higher than it’s been in over 20 years, companies are complaining that they can’t seem to hire workers. They’re looking for specific skills and abilities and workers with those skills just don’t seem …
Apr 04 2012
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Vision August 28, 1963 was a warm and pleasant day in Washington DC as Martin Luther King mounted the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, he looked out on the Washington Mall and several hundred thousand people. And then he uttered those famous words, “I have a dream.” “I have a dream that my …
Mar 22 2012
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Performance Reports Are Coming Is it that time of year again for you? Performance reports! Everybody loves performance reports, whether you’re giving them or receiving them…ok, nobody really likes performance reports. They’re kind of a pain. The trouble is we make them more difficult than they need to be. I’ve certainly made the …
