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Answer ‘What If?’ Questions to Prepare for Field Promotions
The keys to managing the risk of promoting people much earlier than they are ready are: Be Prepared Manage the Hand-Off Learn and Adjust in Real Time
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Want to Change the World? Define Your Organization’s Attitude
Successful organizations like Apple, Coca-Cola, the Red Cross and Ritz-Carlton all have a distinct attitude. For example, Apple leads its competitors in designing innovative products. Winning attitudes do not emerge by…
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Twenty Four BRAVE Frameworks for a Happy New Year
Happy New Year! My gift to you is 24 BRAVE frameworks that can help make your coming year happier. Headlines here. Click through to the original articles (on a combination…
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How the Red Cross’s Charley Shimanski Inspires Others with Communication at the Heart of the Mission
Charley physically and emotionally puts his arms around people and draws them close to him, making them feel better about themselves. He does this face-to-face, one-on-one, and with his equally…
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Red Cross Disaster Services – a Lesson in Motivation
I'm spending this week with the leadership of the American Red Cross Disaster Services - in theory to help roll out an iterative approach to disaster management to 140 of…
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What Choices Direct Actions
"Strategy" may be one of the most mis-used business words around. Just as many teenagers seem to punctuate their sentences with "like", "you know", "what I'm trying to say", and…
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