Chip R. Bell, Author, Sprinkles: Creating Awesome Experiences Through Innovative Service Flo has been the highly popular spokesperson for Progressive Insurance for a long time. Her ad character has delightfully ranged from the whimsical to the wacky; from clever to coy. She has sung, danced and even played multiple roles in the same ad. But, […]
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Rob-Jan de Jong, ANTICIPATE: The Art Of Leading By Looking Ahead “What I have learned is the power of a compelling vision,” Allan Mulally, the former CEO of Ford Motor Company, stated in an interview with Forbes in 2012. Mind you, he didn’t learn this from a textbook; he had put it into practice, witnessed
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Today leaders are largely defined by two characteristics: an aptitude for making hard decisions; for reading situations and demonstrating credible judgment whilst amplifying certainty, and secondly, an ability to influence others; to persuade, to inspire and to shift hearts and minds. Both of these characteristics are informed by a leader’s capacity for insight, their understanding
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Many individuals want the prestige of being in Management, yet they lack the understanding that extra work and responsibility is part of the package. The honest truth is that leaders always have to take on more work than others, and often must be prepared to sacrifice additional amounts of their time beyond the norm in
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The Rocky franchise first came into our lives in 1976. Detroit and Motown both were still churning out hits. Rocky gave the world this quote that remains as true today for business as when these words were mumbled by the prizefighter 37 years ago. “It’s about how hard you get hit . . . How
Gershon Mader, President of Quantum Performance Inc. I’m sure you’ve seen this as many times as I have. People sit around a meeting table, nodding agreement as their leaders explain the plan for a critical change initiative. Once the meeting is over, they push back their chairs and drift towards their desks. As they congregate at
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Gordon Tredgold When it comes to being an inspiring leader there are really only 2 things that we need to do. Create an inspiring vision Create belief that the vision can be achieved When we create an inspiring vision we create the desire in our teams, or within ourselves, to achieve the dream. It becomes
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“When CEO’s and all leaders start displaying an equal or greater passion for wanting to achieve accuracy and objectivity in how they are seen as leaders compared to the passion they display for wanting to achieve accuracy and objectivity in the operations they manage, this will mark the beginning to the end of the world’s
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Suzanne Bates, CEO, Bates Communications How many leaders have walked onto a big stage and stumbled at precisely the moment when we hoped they would shine? When Mary Barra appeared before Congress in April to answer for events leading to GM’s recall of 1.6 million vehicles with faulty ignitions, her careful, overly-scripted testimony landed with
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Jeremy Kingsley, President, OneLife Leadership The FIFA World Cup is in full swing and the USA has a win against Ghana, a tie against Portugal, and even with a loss to Germany, the team is advancing to the next round. Soccer is suddenly everywhere! Of course, in most of the world it’s always everywhere. In the US, it’s
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