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It is everywhere. . . . . . Political leaders promoting changing policies. . . . Organizational leadership touting new products or strategies. . . . Team leaders outlining a process improvement. Leaders everywhere think their job is to create change across their team, organization or industry. And they are all wrong. You can create [...]
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While you might not think of Cher as a deep philosophical thinker, I’ll make two comments before I share her brilliant insight. – we can learn from anyone – and the mark of a lifelong learner is having that belief. – we can definitely learn from people who have achieved significant things, even if their achievements [...]
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I am proud to be an American. And I’m never prouder than on this day – Constitution Day. 223 years ago today a group of American citizens ratified our Constitution. I am not a historian, and it has been awhile since have studied the process that lead to the creation of the U.S. Constitution (Here [...]
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As leaders we are taught to be on the lookout for dissatisfaction. We learn quickly that dissatisfaction is the cause of many negative results: it causes people to leave; it causes people to become disgruntled; it causes problems of all sorts. Because of these lessons we learn to look at dissatisfaction as something to avoid, [...]
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Joni showed up at her boss Bob’s office more frustrated than he’d ever seen her. Joni was a relatively new supervisor and had been developing well – but on this day, she seemed, well, different. When Bob asked what was wrong her frustration came out immediately. “What do you do when people don’t want to [...]
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I just heard on the morning news that the first video was uploaded to YouTube – 5 years ago. Think about how much YouTube has changed people’s habits, the Internet, and the media landscape. Why talk about YouTube on a leadership blog (beyond that fact that you can check out my YouTube channel here)? As [...]
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This week’s Resource Recommendation: The Checklist Manifesto: How To Get Things Right by Atul Gawande This book is about the value of the “lowly” checklist. Its author is a working surgeon, a two-time author, a contributor to The New Yorker and a consultant to the World Health Organization on, among other things, checklists. It is, [...]
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Most people value and admire consistency. From Cal Ripken, Jr.’s consecutive game streak in baseball, to business longevity, to celebrating anniversaries and even birthdays; humans look for consistency, for plans and for stability. Most people see those traits as good things. Compounding the interest and desire for consistency is the favor found in traditions. The [...]
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This week’s Resource Recommendation: Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action by Simon Sinek Since I already believe in the title’s statement (and say it all the time), I had two thoughts before I even opened this book: I wish I had thought of the title first. I hope the book [...]
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This week’s Resource Recommendation – Switch – How to Change Things When Change is Hard By Chip Heath and Dan Heath This book’s front cover proclaims an important marketing message, “the bestselling authors of Made to Stick“. (I’m guessing you have at least heard of Made to Stick and perhaps read it. If not, I [...]
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