Why You Should Take A Differentially Good Approach To Business Development

Invest more in prospects and customers that do good for others, help you get stronger at what you’re good at, or are good for you. Invest less in those that…

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Want To Change Someone’s Mind? Change Their Personal Balance Of Consequences

COPE works as a simplifying framework to add discipline at different levels and time-spans by working through context, objectives, priorities, and enablers.

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Simplify Planning So All Can COPE: Context, Objectives, Priorities, Enablers

COPE works as a simplifying framework to add discipline at different levels and time-spans by working through context, objectives, priorities, and enablers.

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Relooking At Why You Should Never Make Or Take Job Counter Offers

In my earlier article on this subject, I argued that job counter offers are lame attempts to correct past omissions and are almost never successful. Either people don’t take them…

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What To Do With People In The Wrong Roles

What you should do with people in the wrong roles depends. If they don’t have the motivation, fit or strengths required for your organization, move them out. If they do,…

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Relooking At Three Priorities In Ensuring A Smooth Merger Or Acquisition

One of my early articles for this publication was about AMN’s CEO Susan Salka and Three Priorities in Ensuring a Smooth Merger or Acquisition. Those priorities were 1) early conversations with…

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How To Make The Best Use Of The Fuzzy Front And Back Ends Of Virtual Meetings

You can’t. They don’t exist. Instead, find ways to compensate for their absence. By now, we all know virtual meetings are more efficient than live meetings – mostly because of the savings…

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Relooking At Beyond 10,000 Hours: The Constant Pursuit Of Mastery

One of my early articles for this publication looked Beyond 10,000 Hours: The Constant Pursuit Of Mastery. The main point was about embracing your own unique talent, developing it into a…

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Relooking At The 5 Most Important Questions For BRAVE Leaders

One of my early articles for this publication over a decade ago was The Five Most Important Questions for BRAVE Leaders. Originally designed as a way to look at culture, it’s…

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