Category: Leadership Skills
Define the Win
"she stood in the storm, and when the wind did not go her way — and surely it has not — she adjusted her sails.” - Elizabeth Edwards, Resilience Reflecting…
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Subordinates should not interview potential bosses
First impressions are indelible. If a new leader's first encounter with a future direct report is when he or she is being interviewed for a job, the balance of power…
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Coaching Content, Sequence, Emphasis
Assuming the main reason you're coaching someone is to help them improve what they're doing, job #1 has to be making sure they don't get worse. This is why it's…
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Principles Only Matter When They Hurt
Charlie Carroll was the newly appointed General Manager of Procter & Gamble's newly acquired Norwich Eaton subsidiary. He was on his first visit to Norwich Eaton's Mexican business and was…
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Authenticity in the Age of Transparency
The old saying "Never put anything in writing that you're not prepared to see on the front page of the newspaper" is more true today than ever. Now they tell…
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Appreciating Appreciation: Jones Family Farms
The owners and staff at the Jones Family Farms in Shelton, CT get it. People go there to take advantage of the farms' 200-acres of harvest-your-own Christmas trees (or berries…
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What do you want and what are you willing to give up to get it?
It's an indelible image - 2008 drummers performing as one to open the Beijing Olympics. Moments like that do not happen by chance. They are the result of a vision…
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"My Team" is an Oxymoron
The two words don't go together. "My" is first person possessive, referring to personal ownership by the speaker. "Team" is a group working together with a shared purpose. The moment…
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Not the right tool for you
Guy walks into a high-end auto repair shop with his very old car needing repairs. The mechanic takes a look at the car and says "We're not the right tool…
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