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Ever find yourself on a team or in an organization that’s struggling because of a leader’s poor decision? Citizens clamor about such crippling effects by their politicians routinely. You sit back and reflect on the leader personally and wonder why a savvy, experienced, and ordinarily capable person could make such a stupid decision or policy—one […]
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As I got up and started my morning, I told my plants and rocks what we had accomplished for humanity yesterday, and I asked them for guidance for today. Looking around I also realized that a white orchid that has been with me for two blooming cycles was doing its best to hold it together.
John Sweeney & Elena Imaretska, Co-authors, The Innovative Mindset: 5 Behaviors for Accelerating Breakthroughs As leaders, we typically oversee finance, operations, marketing, communications, human resource and even innovation officers. We empower individuals in these roles to evaluate, orchestrate, strategize, create, hire and innovate. However, sometimes there is a common misconception that empowerment is a handoff,
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Karen Kimsey-House, CEO, Coaches Training Institute Organizational leaders tend to believe that people will trust them more if they are always certain and clear with ready solutions for difficult problems. In reality, the opposite is true. When the courage to risk failure and the transparency of owning mistakes is balanced with a clear commitment to
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Every business leader is looking for the breakthrough solution or secret strategy that will launch their organization to the top. But what these people sometimes fail to realize is that the greatest innovation can be the leadership they display. The most crucial strategy a business can enact is the one that determines how people lead
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“People say I am indecisive, but I am not so sure about that.” I have seen this quote attributed to a former US President, but I doubt he actually said this. First, it is too humorous a comment for him and, second, he is far from indecisive. The liberal pundits trying to attribute that quote
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Robbie Bach, Author, Xbox Revisited: A Game Plan for Corporate and Civic Renewal When I am introduced as Microsoft’s original Chief Xbox Officer (or CXO), I get all kinds of reactions ranging from “Wow, what a great opportunity” to “Can I have your autograph for my son?” The Xbox saga was a challenging journey in
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Are you still making excuses to use a paper calendar? You don’t have a flip phone anywhere on you, do you? I don’t know about you, but I loved my Daytimer. Perhaps you loved your Franklin planner. I was more efficient with my beloved Day-timer than I am with my Smart phone, smart as it
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John Manning, President, Management Action Programs, Inc & Author, The Disciplined Leader: Keeping the Focus on What Really Matters As your company’s leader, there are a gazillion ways you can go about determining if your business is on track. But when it comes to understanding productivity, as in how productive your people are relative to
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Cornelia Gamlem and Barbara Mitchell, Authors, The Essential Workplace Conflict Handbook A common dilemma for many CEOs is whether their team members and the firm’s associates are giving them honest feedback or merely telling them what they want to hear. Are major problems being covered up? Are major problems being solved without making the CEO
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