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My Boss Doesn’t Listen to Me!
What Language Are You Speaking? My first question to you is– Are you speaking your boss’ language? And, I’m sure your answer is, “Of Course!” But are you really? One of the most important tools that I use to help… Continue reading
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New Job? Here’s What You Do:
First Thing The first thing you do is remember that you don’t know what you don’t know. Be very careful about your assumptions. If you had the same job in a different organization, remember it might not be the same… Continue reading
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What You Believe About How the Organization Works is WRONG
If you are the CEO-Founder of the organization, nothing I’m going to say applies to you. If you are anyone else, it probably does. We all have beliefs about how organizations work. For the most part, at least some of… Continue reading
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Great Leaders and Their Paradoxes
I have always loved the concept of paradoxes. A paradox is a self-contradictory proposition. Paradoxes are the embodiment of complexity. Great leaders are full of them. Extreme Self Confidence v. Humility: I don’t think you can be a leader without… Continue reading
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Lead from where you are
Tops, Middles, Bottoms Are you the same kind of leader at work that you are at home? at church? with your friends? If you’re like most people, probably not. Why is that? Most people have a picture of the “power… Continue reading
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Fail. Fail. Fail.
Failing Isn’t Fun. I really, really to hate to fail. In fact, I hate it so much that I rarely admit that I failed when I do–it’s not that I lie about it–I just don’t even admit to myself. So… Continue reading
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Leadership Lessons From MLK
His Name Always Comes Up In my leadership classes, I always asked my students for the names of great leaders. I’ve never had a class where Martin Luther King’s name didn’t come up. This week is the 44th anniversary of… Continue reading
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It’s the End of First Quarter. How Are Your Resolutions?
Most of Us Make Resolutions The website, The Statistical Brain, says that 45% of us make New Year’s Resolutions and 8% of us succeed with them. Thirty nine percent of folks in their twenties succeed, compared to fourteen percent of… Continue reading
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My Generation Is Best, The Other . . . Not So Much
That OTHER Generation is IMPOSSIBLE!!!!!!!! One of my favorite team building exercises is to put people of the same generation together and have them describe the other generations. I have them make a list of the characteristics of the other… Continue reading
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So you want to start your own business . . .
Get Ready! I talk to a lot of people whose life goal is to start their own business. For most of them, it’s a “some day . . . ” kind of dream. You can’t start too soon. There are… Continue reading
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