Jul 04 2012
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Leadership That Formed A Nation There were plenty of reasons not to be in Philadelphia in July of 1776. It was hot and muggy, and mosquitoes and horseflies filled the air. In spite of the discomfort, a small group gathered to discuss nothing less than separating, by force of arms if necessary, from …
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 09 2012
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Employee Engagement Employee engagement. It’s become something of a buzz phrase in the management and leadership world. While employee engagement isn’t that difficult, it does seem to be something a lot of leaders have a difficult time with. I recently saw an interview with Randi Zuckerburg. If you recognize the name, it’s because …
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 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 …
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 …
Mar 14 2012
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What Leadership Development Does I was reading an article recently that talked about how leadership development was about selecting the next senior leader. And while that sort of thing is important in leadership development, there’s another part that is just as important, and that’s making sure that the junior managers and supervisors receive …
