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Chip R. Bell, Author, Kaleidoscope: Delivering Innovative Service That Sparkles There was a Muppet character on Sesame Street who was an enthusiastic chef with such a strong Swedish accent you could not understand a single word he said. His sketch appeared like a Julia Childs style cooking show. My son was eight or nine at the time, […]
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Nobody I know proudly brags about being a micromanager. Frankly, most vehemently deny the label. Yet the workplace overflows with them. Here’s how to spot them on your team before you give them even bigger opportunities to frustrate the people who work with them. And if deep down you fear you may be falling into
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On the good days as leader, you feel like a winning coach at the Super Bowl. On the bad days, you feel as though you’re skiing just a few feet ahead of an avalanche. Most days fall somewhere in between. To increase your chances of more good days than bad, check your leadership aptitudes and
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Geoff Tuff and Steven Goldbach, Authors, Detonate: Why – and How – Corporations Must Blow up Best Practices (and Bring a Beginner’s Mind) to Survive There aren’t many successful CEOs in the world who feel frozen when they need to take action. But there is one choice that can feel paralyzing: when the time comes to
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Kevin & Jackie Freiberg, Authors, Bochy Ball: The Chemistry of Winning and Losing in Baseball, Business and Life Whether you’re a fan or not, there are countless lessons to borrow from baseball and apply in business. As book critic, Jim Pawlak observed, “Both employ ‘players’ with specialties. Both have All-Stars (aging, prime, budding,) “A” and
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Many great corporate and political leaders will tell you that they watched and admired a parent, older sibling, or another family member or friend speak their mind and take charge of difficult situations. In other words, they saw first-hand the impact of leadership communication to calm a storm or controversy. Speaking out about issues and
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Bob McGannon, Author, Intelligent Disobedience: The Difference Between Good and Great Leaders While you may have fantastic processes, they won’t generate business improvement. Better results come from staff members who not only think and follow process, but are encouraged to break the rules, when appropriate, to improve your business outcomes. Why? Obeying all of the rules rarely
It’s not just thinking, it is misbehaving you want! Read More »
A recent Harvard Business Review (HBR) article highlighted a research study in the Journal of Clinical and Social Psychology, that most people think they are self-aware, but in fact, only 10-15% of people actually are. That’s a pretty astonishing statistic. It gets even worse for CEO’s and senior leaders. According to the HBR article “the
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John Izzo & Jeff Vanderwielen, Authors, The Purpose Revolution In a survey of global CEO’s, Harvard found that over 83% of them said they believed activating purpose within their organization would impact their company’s performance and success, yet only one-third of those same leaders felt they were doing a good job of doing so. In our new book, The
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Mostafa Sayyadi, Author, Transformational Leadership: How To Prosper as a Leader In Today’s Hypercompetitive Environment Leadership has been a focal point of organizations since the corporation was first initiated and will always be an ongoing issue for executives. Executives can use leadership to unlock knowledge for innovation and to motivate employees to solve their current problems in a
