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James Sudakow, Principal, CH Consulting, Inc. In the business world these days, leaders at all levels have to play numerous roles to drive short and long term success and viability of their companies. Among one of the most important of these roles pertains to people. As leaders, we need to find ways to create forums where we […]
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Harry Hutson & Martha Johnson, Authors, Navigating an Organizational Crisis: When Leadership Matters Most Leaders are confronted with a daily barrage of demands and decisions. It’s hard to step back and consider the possibility of disasters. Some wonder if such thinking is morbid and fatalistic. But under it all, leaders hold on to myths that keep them from being
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Joseph A Michelli, Author, Driven to Delight: Delivering World-Class Customer Experience the Mercedes-Benz Way Columnist and author Irving Kristol once suggested that leaders need to define that “one big thing and stick with it.” Whenever I consider offering customer experience consulting services for a prospective business client, I interview senior leadership and ask a lot of
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Gary Douglas Empowering your team is about you, far more than it is about your team. As an unconventional leader, you start empowering them (and yourself) by giving up control. You may desire to control everything, and if you are willing to let it go, you and your team will together create so much more
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It’s 5 p.m. and you’re ready to leave the office and make the journey home. How do you spend this time between destinations? You could lament the inevitable rush-hour traffic, or tune in to your radio station of choice. But you can also use this time to reflect on your day and gradually switch gears
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Ask most people what business they’re in and they’ll likely tell you what they do for a living. Some will define themselves by the product they produce or the services they provide, others will default to their job title or their role as a way of defining their business. The problem with these definitions is
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Bryan Miles, CEO, eaHELP When you’ve started an organization from the ground up, it can be really tempting to keep it a one-man (or woman) show. You’re the one who’s taken the risks, endured the sleepless nights, poured out the sweat and tears to get your company off the ground. But in order to keep your
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The big day was approaching. By “big day” I don’t mean election day (which can’t come soon enough) or a wedding day, I mean the Super Bowl—THE big day for sports fans. To be clear, I am not a sports aficionado but even people like me watch the Super Bowl. Not because of the game
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Wolfgang Koester, CEO & Co-founder, FiREapps It has been my experience that the most important factor in a CEO’s success is whether he or she is willing and able to get down in the trenches with employees. Like the coach who is still out on the field with the team. There is an adage that great leaders don’t
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As the head of an organization, you can either take the high road or the low road with your leadership. A leader who is concerned with fixing and resolving a situation in the present moment with little or no regard for developing people and relationships is taking the low road. High road leaders, on the
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