Category: Leadership Skills
Intentional Leaders Are Not Victims of Circumstance
The point is that the actions or reactions of a leader should be intentional. Choose to go in harm’s way. Choose to influence history. Choose to look after your followers.…
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To Be One of the “Best Places to Work,” Build a BRAVE Culture
In February, St. Joseph Hospital was named one of the “Best Places to Work in Indiana” for the sixth consecutive year. Hospital President Kathy Young firmly believes that it is St. Joseph’s “corporate culture…
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Evolutionary, Revolutionary or Blended Innovation: Which is Right for Your Organization?
Evolutionary, revolutionary and blended innovation all work. Each is right – for different organizations and different contexts. If you are a start up on the cutting edge with not much…
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“Freemium” is the New Sampling
Central Park foliage photo-walk, Nov 2009 - 46 (Photo credit: Ed Yourdon) Even if you’re not familiar with the word “freemium”, you know what it is. Freemium - Get part…
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Want Cultural Change to Stick? Change The Way You Operate
You can start a cultural change with organizational changes or strategic changes. But until the operations change, nothing will stick. This is often the most difficult part of the change…
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Five Steps to Turn Wasteful Meetings into Drivers of Success
Five Steps to Effective Meetings 1. Context. Understand the meeting’s place in the broader journey. It’s not about the meeting itself, or even the meeting experience. It’s about how the…
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How Leaders’ Communication Styles Impact the Delivery of Results
I recently asked acoustics expert David Greenberg what the greatest concert hall is. He quickly replied, “For what?” He went on to explain that different venues are better for certain…
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Following Gabrielle Giffords’ BRAVE Leadership
Giffords is not acting like a victim. She is demonstrating BRAVE leadership at its best: She did not choose the context (environment) for her leadership. She did not choose to…
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Paul Callahan Wins the Match Race Inside the Fleet Race to Go Back to the Olympics
Paul Callahan won the Olympic trails this past weekend and will represent the USA again in the Paralympic Sonar class in the UK this upcoming summer. I previously…
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