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It’s Hard Enough to Hire When Times are Good. How to Prepare to Sail Through Less-than-Ideal Staffing Challenges

If You Do this One Thing Well, You’ll Own Your Market For the foreseeable future companies that are able to…

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Planned Succession Outline

How to Plan for Executive Succession In the United States, approximately 60% of all organizations are headed up by Baby…

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The Subtle Poison: Insidious Corruption in Leadership

Leadership Corruption: Two true stories Nighttime in Nairobi. The policeman who had pulled me over let his rifle barrel drift…

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Two Leadership Maxims that Should Change Your Leadership Forever

Two leadership maxims that will transform how you lead and manage: You will only manage others as well as you…

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Delegation: What great leaders do well and everyone else is lousy at

Delegation: What Great Leaders Do Well and Everyone Else Is Lousy At

“At the party of leadership skills, Delegation is the drably dressed, quiet guy sitting in the corner. Seems boring. People…

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Stop Leading Time-Wasting Meetings

Summary: Know what you want. “I hate meetings, don’t you?” He asked this as we sat down for our meeting….

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If you only fall in love with one thing at work…it should be this

If you only fall in love with one thing at work…it should be this.

“Muddy language usually means muddy thinking.” – Max De Pree Clarity. Much of my work with clients is defined by…

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How to get unstuck and grow your business

How to Get Unstuck and Grow Your Business

William felt tired as he drove home. His business was successful. His family was comfortable. He had the respect of…

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First Leadership Self-defense Lesson: Your Biggest Opponent is You

Yesterday, at my Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu class, there was a brand-new student. We were partnered up for a drill. The look…

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We become the stories we tell: What stories are you telling?

We Become The Stories We Tell: What Stories Are You Telling?

When I was a young child, my parents had books made for me. They were about the adventures of a…

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