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In a recent leadership workshop a participant asked me: “How can I encourage my staff to take initiative and think outside the box? I suppose one reason I saved answering the question until now (in this forum) is that it’s a multi-part question. There are three parts really – the encourage part, initiative part, and [...]
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I spent the last ten days at the farm that was my boyhood home. While in the basement, I saw a hole in a concrete wall that I had helped my father create before he died. Soon after we made that hole, I wrote an article about it, that eventually became a chapter in my [...]
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Information is . . . distraction. That’s what President Obama said in commencement address in May. Let me repeat that: “Information is distraction.” I admit I don’t have the full context of the President’s remarks, and this post isn’t about meant to take his words in that way. The phrase DID get my attention however, [...]
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I’m guessing that nearly half of those reading have been in a situation to ask some to a high school prom. Until a few days ago, I thought everyone had to basically do the same thing. Walk up to, or call, the intended and ask them, in one way or another “Would you like 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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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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As is often the case, a confluence of factors lead to a blog post, and this is no exception. Yesterday in Las Vegas as I facilitated a public session of our Leadership Training Camp (learn more and see future sites here), a group of 25 leaders and I talked about the connection between innovation and [...]
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I own a Flip video camera – and have for a couple years. I know I don’t use it in as many ways as I can, but we have done some neat things with it – personally and in our business. I have also shared several ideas with leaders on ways they could use them. [...]
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