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Something Better than “I think I Can”
Traditional wisdom says self-affirmation builds optimism and confidence. Dispel doubt, discouragement, and fear by repeating things like: “I’m awesome.” “I can do this.” What if the Little Engine that...
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How to Motivate the Unmotivated
Pressure and coercion don’t work for long. Successful leaders ignite and inspire, they don’t pressure. They were motivated. Now, they work when you’re around and doze when you’re not. What a difference...
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Wasting Time on Mission and Vision
“I think there’s so much time and effort wasted on setting forth mission statements and vision statements…” Karen Martin, author of, The Outstanding Organization.” Pointless vision: Compelling vision...
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Finding Real Leadership Power
Humility is real power, arrogance façade. 15 Ways to be an arrogant leader: Rush. “Important” people don’t have enough time. Look serious. The more important you are the more serious you look. Detach....
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The Essence of Leadership in Five Letters
Image source by George Hodan Ken Blanchard and Mark Miller capture, “The Secret,” of leadership in five letters, SERVE. The beauty of SERVE is inescapable simplicity and actionable clarity. Serve See...
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A VP at Chic-fil-A on Positive Environments
Dripping-faucet-leaders irritate with constant tweaks and suggestions. Your team wants you to shut-up and leave them alone. Additionally, honest leaders build negative environments by constantly fixing...
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The Three Pillars of High Performance Teams
*** “The more decisions a leader makes, the further he or she is from leading a high-performance team. … Make too many command decisions, and you’ll doom yourself and your team to mediocrity,” Mark...
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Mastering Leadership Relationships
People look to leaders when things aren’t working. Not working: In less than three years, nearly 300 of Campbell Soup Company’s 350 global leaders had either left on their own or were asked to leave....
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5 Structures that Shaped Zappos’ Culture
Lack of focus wastes energy, squanders resources, and defeats hope. Focus, on the other hand, eliminates the superfluous in order to grasp the essential. Success requires focus. Ask Tony Hsieh, CEO of...
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Great Leaders are Great Because They …
Great leadership is more about others and less about you. Stop focusing on yourself. Great leaders are great because they: Have emotional intelligence. Reveal greatness in others. Know where they’re...
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How to Become a Culture Building Leader
*** Leave a comment on today’s post to become eligible for one of ten copies of, “The Culture Secret,” by Dr. David Vik. Winners selected on 3/11/13. *** Lazy leaders blame. Arrogant leaders push down....
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Why HR Sucks and How to Fix It
Image source Leave a comment on yesterday’s post to become eligible for one of ten copies of, “The Culture Secret,” by Dr. David Vik. Winners selected on 3/11/13. *** My worst experience with HR is a...
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Pretending Its OK or Freedom Through Real
Image source by George Hodan Pretending you have it together indicates you don’t. Pretending perpetuates problems, propagates failures, and strengthens stress. Worse yet, … Leaders who pretend lose...
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Public Disclosure of Private Struggle
Struggle begins with your first gasp for breath and ends with your last. Leaders struggle. Wise leaders expose struggle wisely. Leaders struggle with: Loneliness. Humility. Certainty. Image. Patience....
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Creating Glorious Space for Reinvention
Leave a comment today. Earn a chance to win 1 of 25 FREE copies of, “Leadership and the Art of the Struggle.” Baggage barricades your future. Leadership baggage includes past: Disappointment with...
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How to Inspire Others
Drag others down and you’ll go down with them. The magnitude of your impact is determined by your ability to ignite passion in others. You make a difference by inspiring others to make a difference....
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How to Become a Future-Maker
Make the future or it makes you. Stop reacting; start creating. Urgency dominates where plans lack. Yesterday’s future arrived today. Successful leaders plan. Planners make the future. Planners live...
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How to Solve the #1 Problem with Meetings
Bosses need to run meetings because they need to exercise authority and control. That attitude hinders free, honest involvement by participants. Worse yet, controlling-bosses obstruct ownership. Others...
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How to Avoid Failing Successfully
If busy equals success, you’ve arrived. But, the busier you are the easier it is to forget what matters. Hectic leaders are distracted leaders. Leaders without focus succeed at what doesn’t matter....
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Isolated Leadership: Dangers and Solutions
Isolated leaders inevitably run down, grow ineffective, and become irrelevant. Closed systems die slow deaths. Don’t wait for the energy fairy. She ain’t coming. What happens when you place a frog in...
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