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Principles That Drive Team Cohesiveness
I was recently asked how I would lead a team that is dispersed globally? It is something that I have done in the past, so I know some of the things that work, and some things that don’t. Now that I’ve...
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Five Practices that Drive Leadership Performance
One of the leaders I am working with is interested in learning how his performance has improved over the last two years. His business has experienced significant growth in terms of revenue, people and...
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Lead by Modeling the Way
In the last post I talked about five practices that drive leadership performance. In this and subsequent posts, I will discuss the behaviors that support these five practices. Kouzes and Posner, of the...
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Great Leaders Inspire a Shared Vision
I remember sitting in a planning session with the CEO of a company along with his leadership team. The CEOs vision was to grow revenue by X%. My question to him was, “How do you come up with a...
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Challenge the Process
We’ve been taking several blog posts to discuss the Five Practices that Drive Leadership Performance. In the last post we discussed how to Inspire a Shared Vision. This week we will discuss how to...
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Approaches to Enable Others to Act
We’ve been taking several blog posts to discuss the Five Practices that Drive Leadership Performance. In the last post we discussed how to Challenge the Process. In this post we will discuss how to...
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Approaches to Build Your Dream Team: Encourage the Heart
We’ve been taking several blog posts to discuss the Five Practices that Drive Leadership Performance. In the last post we discussed Approaches to Enable Others to Act. In this post we will discuss how...
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3 Keys to Successfully Pass the Baton
John Smith started a company 30 years ago and during that time it experienced significant growth and enjoyed respect in its industry. Recently John has considered scaling back and enjoying more of the...
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3 Leadership Challenges That Stall Growth
“After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.” Nelson Mandela I have a friend, Joel, who climbs mountains. The first mountain he climbed was Kilimanjaro. He...
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Four Ingredients to Increase Your Business Capacity
“Organizations are not limited by their opportunities; they are limited by their leader.” — Dave Ramsey When Mike started his marketing business he was a one-man band. He used his life savings to fund...
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Three Disciplines to Increase Your Focus
“Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.” – Zig Ziglar Many of the entrepreneurs I know are afflicted with a lack of focus. They have high energy and...
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Four Fundamentals to Get Your Team to Own the Vision
“Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.” – Jack Welch How do you get your team to own a vision? In this...
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A Framework to Create New Habits
“Our character is basically a composite of our habits.” — Stephen Covey Do you every wonder why some people are able to change a destructive pattern or behavior in their life while others aren’t? Or,...
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Keystone Habits
“Keystone habits start a process that, over time, transforms everything.” – Charles Duhigg Last week’s post discussed “A Framework to Create New Habits.” This week we will focus on keystone habits. A...
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The Trust Advantage
Trust is the glue of life. It’s the most essential ingredient in effective communication. – Stephen Covey I’ve been reading a lot lately about how to have healthy conflict and crucial conversations,...
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“In looking for people to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if they don’t have the first, the other two will kill you.” Warren Buffet CEO, Berkshire...
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The Wake a Leader Leaves Behind
Several years ago I was on vacation with friends and we were riding wave runners through The Eagle River Chain of Lakes in northern Wisconsin. Each time we would pass through a channel to get from one...
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I Read a Book
When I was in high school I dreamed of sailing. It sounded like the coolest thing to do – to let the wind fill the sails and cut through the water. My first step toward making my dream a reality was to...
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4 Keys to Build and Preserve Your Culture
Several days ago I was sitting on the deck at a friend’s house looking at rowing team practicing on the river. It occurred to me that there is a certain DNA evident in these teams. They were all...
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A Wrinkle in Differentiation
When I was in grade school I read “A Wrinkle in Time” by Madeleine L’Engle. I identified with the heroine Meg Murry and was fascinated with the tapestry of science fiction, fantasy and Christian...
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