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The Power Of Indirect Influence, Criteria, Frameworks, and Agendas

The Power Of Indirect Influence, Criteria, Frameworks, and Agendas

One of the most important parts of any trial is the judge’s instructions to the jury. Through those, a judge will explain the relevant legal principles and definitions, clarify the jury’s role and responsibilities, and provide a framework for evaluating the evidence,…

Everything Communicates

Everything Communicates

we will have seen editors and publishers (communication professionals) destroy their careers with personal communication missteps.

Building Differential Strengths As Investor, Operator Or Advisor

Building Differential Strengths As Investor, Operator Or Advisor

Strengths are made up of a combination of innate talent, learned knowledge, practiced skills, hard-won experience tying it all together, and, at the highest, best level, craft-level caring and sensibilities absorbed from apprenticeships with masters over time.

How To Manage The New Hierarchy Of Meeting Engagement

How To Manage The New Hierarchy Of Meeting Engagement

Meeting engagement getty There’s a whole new hierarchy of meeting engagement. Be aware of the different levels and your options for managing them. Those engaged and in-person at meetings are better able to learn, contribute and decide than those either just paying…

How To Help Those Lacking The Confidence To Be Open To Help

How To Help Those Lacking The Confidence To Be Open To Help

Don’t. You cannot help those lacking the confidence to be open to help. Instead, find another person or another way to help them or walk away. Earlier, I wrote about why you should hire people with enough confidence to be open to input. It built on ex-Stanford…

Relooking At Flipping The Classroom For Business Meetings

Relooking At Flipping The Classroom For Business Meetings

One of my early articles was Follow the ‘Flipped Classroom’ Model in Business Presentations. The main point was that it was time to flip your business meeting model. I noted that the norms for teaching and presenting information in the classroom were making a…

How To Ask Struggling Colleagues If They Want Help

How To Ask Struggling Colleagues If They Want Help

In a lovely NY Times article, Jancee Dunn described a conversation with her sister, a teacher, ‘“What do you do when a kid is emotionally overwhelmed?’ I asked. Many teachers at her school, she told me, ask students a simple question: Do you want to be helped, heard…

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The Counterintuitive Advantage of Panicking Early

Panicking is bad. But panicking early is good because that means you won’t panic later. And therein lies the counterintuitive advantage of panicking early – those who panic early never…

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Why You Should Have More, Not Fewer Meetings | Meeting Effectiveness for Leaders

Meeting effectiveness is not about having fewer meetings. It is about having the right meetings, with the right people, for the right reasons, done in the right way. When leaders…

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The Artistry in Communication: Where Leadership Comes Alive

Executive communication is often taught as a process of alignment — aligning messages with culture, strategy, operations, and tactical missions. That’s necessary but not sufficient. The artistry lies not in…

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How Mission Briefs Accelerate Progress by Clarifying Direction, Resources, Authority, and Follow-Through
How Mission Briefs Accelerate Progress by Clarifying Direction, Resources, Authority, and Follow-Through

Teams fail when direction is fuzzy, resources are ambiguous, or authority is blurred. Too often, leaders assign tasks without enough context for teams to make smart, independent decisions. The result?…

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High Stakes Landmines for Technology Executives

By Jeff Scott with George Bradt High-stakes onboarding landmines are everywhere for new technology executives, but few are as deadly—and as fixable—as a misaligned role. Being the right technology leader…

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Preparing For The Next Point Of Inflection With Contingency And Capability Plans

The next point of inflection is coming whether you’re ready for it or not. Your success as a leader doesn’t hinge on your ability to predict the future, but on…

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