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Leadership: What Separates Those Who Walk on Water from Those Who Don’t.

V. Vanessa Williams & Ronald J. Recardo “A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others.” ~ American General Douglas MacArthur During our collective 60-year careers that have spanned from being corporate executives to external consultants, we have worked with countless people in leadership positions who have […]

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The Leadership Challenge

Leadership

Bill Bartlett, THE SALES COACH’S PLAYBOOK: Breaking The Performance Code During my twenty-two years as a training/development consultant and executive coach, I have interacted with thousands of CEOs who represent businesses that are diverse both in size and function. Most are quite adept at getting the job done as they define it, however, they seem to

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Leadership: Trust but Verify

Leadership, Management

Moe Glenner, Author, PlusChange: Genesis of Innovation Consider the following scenario: You are preparing a sales report for the next manager’s meeting. You are heavily relying on input from other people regarding revenues, costs, etc. Once you receive that information, you prepare the report complete with suggestions and calls to action. As you continue to prepare

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How do you motivate employees during times of intense public scrutiny?

Leadership

Susan Scott, CEO & Founder of Fierce, Inc. Rumors, criticisms, anonymous blasts in public forums. You made a well-regarded employee available to industry – but there is a backlash. Why didn’t we throw a going away party? You know what was going on behind the curtain and it was a disaster but what do you disclose

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Shifting My Mind-Set to Go from Struggling Start-up to Billion Dollar Enterprise: Confessions of a Formerly Conservative CEO

Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Self Governance, Small Business

Pamela Evette, President & CEO, Quality Business Solutions I founded my business as a sole proprietorship in 2000 and struggled for many years through the normal growing pains associated with a start-up – deciding when and where to invest, identifying new target markets and prospects, and determining when the time was right to add new

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Five Myths of Crisis Leadership

Leadership, Management

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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Get Out of Your Own Way for Company Growth

Leadership

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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Be the Coach Who Still Plays

Leadership

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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How to Matter More

Leadership, Management

Peter Sheahan & Julie Williamson, Karrikins Group As you look around your industry, your market, and your customer base, are you confident you are creating the most value possible? Are you delivering an experience and a product that solves an important need for your customers? Or have you perhaps let that slip as you’ve perfected

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8 Tips for Senior Business Leaders

Leadership

Ritch Eich, President, Eich Associated Longtime managers, top executives and CEOs with many years of experience in business possess a special responsibility to their employees and especially the younger managers coming up the organization’s ranks. The senior business leader possesses decades of wisdom, has seen success and failure, and is in a unique position to

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