How To Leverage The Essential Difference Between A Deputy And Chief Of Staff

Deputies are second in command empowered to act in their superiors’ absence. Chiefs of Staff give their leaders increased leverage by managing them, priorities, programs and projects, and communication. Each…

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Post Pandemic Re-Booting Through Maslow’s Needs Hierarchy

COVID-19 has reset everyone’s progress up Maslow’s hierarchy of physiological, safety, belonging, self-esteem, and self-actualization needs. As you re-boot your relationships with internal and external stakeholders including customers, you’re going…

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The Only Way To Avoid Compound Errors In Business And Life

We all do it. We make a mistake and then, in trying to fix it, make it worse. And we all know the way to stop the cycle: own up…

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How Your Chief of Staff Can Give You Increased Leverage

Your chief of staff can give you increased leverage by managing you, priorities, programs and projects, and communication. Most leaders are unbalanced. They are relatively stronger or weaker across strategy,…

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Chance Encounters Have Been Obliterated By COVID-19. Here’s How To Replace Them.

At some level, you know the problem. COVID-19 has switched your world from live to virtual. It turns out there are some nice things about this including savings in commuting…

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How To Answer The Only Question That Matters As An Executive Onboarding Into A New Role On Day One

What does this mean for me? That’s the only question anyone has for an executive onboarding into a new role. No one cares about you. All they care about is…

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How To Set Tactical Leaders Up For Success

Strategies can be theoretically elegant and practically useless without the right tactical leaders. Too many strategic leaders assume if they just set the direction and explain it well enough, everyone…

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Onboarding Into The New Normal Post Covid-19

Covid-19 will have both temporary and enduring effects. It is both a crisis to be managed and a cause to hit a restart button to get yourself and your organization…

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Five Keys To The Decisive Action You Need To Accelerate Out Of COVID-19

The Powell Doctrine lays out five keys to using all the force necessary to achieve a decisive and successful ongoing result. The same approach works for you as leaders rebooting after…

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