Category: Leadership
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Because No One Is Perfect
You are not perfect, but you are in good company as no one is. Trying to project perfection in an imperfect world is a fool’s errand. It will exhaust you and confuse others. People benefit from being able to relate and/or learn from your challenges. You make yourself more accessible to others empowering their growth […]
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The Choice Is Yours
Whether it is Monday, or any other day. The choices you make are yours and yours alone. We have a propensity to want to say things like “I have to because…” This is not the truth. It is an excuse. You always have options. Always. “One’s philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is […]
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Leader or a ‘Leader’?
Are you or are you working for a leader or a ‘leader’? One of the best qualities of human nature is our desire/ability to believe the best in people and/or that we can inspire change. Often this is true. Sometimes it is not. The trick is identifying the point in which you are investing too […]
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Money vs Reputation
Which do your actions support as the primacy of your career, money or reputation? Money can be found elsewhere, other jobs, etc. Reputation, well once it is gone, it is gone. As Benjamin Franklin said, “It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation and only one bad one to lose it.”
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You Can’t Do It All & Why Would You Want To
We are often taught to believe that we should ‘know everything’ and act accordingly. A majority of folks are hesitant to show that they may not know something or may not know how to do something. We have society and our egos to thank for that. Here is the thing though, that is an amazingly […]
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Part of the Solution or Part of the Problem?
There is a fine line between going with the work flow and being part of the problem rather than solution within the workplace. At one time or another most of us have experienced the thought of “I’ll just do it so the boss will be happy.” We do it knowing without a doubt that there […]
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Don’t Stay Too Long
If you want your people to produce and grow you need to meet them where they are, not where you wish they were, or where you want them to be. Not meeting someone where they are will immediately trigger their defensive mechanisms and make the process more difficult than necessary. So there you go, meet […]
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The Somebody Else Syndrome
I’ve been working with someone who is out of control and ego based and has no idea that 1) he is, 2) it is a problem. This person is a victim and most excellent example of the “Somebody Else Syndrome”. No one wants to deal with the potential fall out of telling the king he […]
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Higher Incentives Lead To Poorer Performance
If you are operating in management or leadership you may be thinking the better the reward, the better the performance. Makes sense right? Or does it? Science shows there is a paradox… check it out… adapted from Dan Pink’s talk at the RSA. This clip illustrates the hidden truths behind what really motivates us at […]
Strategic Alignment For Individuals & Organizations 