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An Attitude of Leadership: Hero or Zero?
A positive attitude is a frame of mind – our perspective, as leaders, has much to do with how we engage and deal with challenges. Like it or not, you are in the superhero business. As a leader,...
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Leadership Behavior: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
We often do not think about it, however behavior is important: Behavior often determines how people act and react to you. Behavior is the outward manifestation of your courage and attitude. Behavior...
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Danger: Control Cataracts, Part 2
As outlined in Control Cataracts (Part 1) , Control Cataracts is a disorder that occurs in a leader’s vision. It happens when someone becomes desperate to maintain control at the expense of the...
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Danger: Chronic Confrontationitis, Part 1
An individual with Chronic Confrontationitis is persistent in his attempts to force others to comply with his will. His methods are subtle – disguised with all the right behaviors. People respect and...
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Danger: Chronic Confrontationitis, Part 2
Some confrontation at work is expected (even healthy), however if there are individuals in your organization with Chronic Confrontationitis, it’s up to you, as a leader, to protect your organization....
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Even Superman Could Use An All Terrain Vehicle
I think, as business leaders, we often have a Superman complex. We rarely seek advice because we believe we should be able to do everything, know everything, and be everything to everyone at all...
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Did You Hear Something? The Leader’s Legacy…
Just as companies continue to reinvent themselves, leaders will always continue to face defining moments. As those moments present themselves, some leaders will prove themselves risk adverse,...
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The Amazing Race: Leadership Lessons From Istanbul
As those of you who read my posts frequently know, I travel internationally a lot and I truly love experiencing other cultures and different ways of life! This past spring I had the opportunity to...
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Keys To Success: Shift Your Paradigm
A great leader must be a great communicator. However, communication in a global context means communicating successfully across boundaries and borders. Cross-cultural communications are complex –...
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Integrating Influence
The key to successful leadership is influence, not authority. ― Kenneth H. Blanchard In your never-ending quest to become the best leader you can be, you need to relentlessly seek new ways to ascend to...
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An Attitude Of Gratitude
Thanksgiving was established as an American national holiday in 1942 by President Roosevelt, however “thankfulness” is by no means exclusive to America. Thanksgiving was (and is) meant as an...
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How Extreme Is Your Team?
The past couple of weeks I have been doing a considerable amount of thinking around the value of networking. Last week I was in meetings with clients and we spoke extensively about the value of...
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