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Do You Care Enough to Amputate?
“Every day they stay, your team’s performance drops a little further,” I said. Sarah looked at me in shock. “How can that be?” she...
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Making Sure Your Business Will Never Be Irrelevant
My wife and I have been watching episodes of an old TV show from the 90s. One of the main characters has a catch phrase that has started...
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3 min read


So, What Do You Want?
Finding out what customers really want can be as hard as calming a colicky baby. Here's how to get the answers you need.
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2 min read


Backwards Thinking
Don't let backwards thinking negatively affect your leadership.
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2 min read


Why Are There So Many Bad Leaders?
"I really, really hope he doesn't get the job," Sheila said. Immediately, I was intrigued. "Why is that?" I asked. "Ayesha has built a...
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What's Your Job, Really?
Early in our careers we are told two lies. Sometimes we hear them actually come out of someone's mouth, other times we pick them up from...
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The Worst Boss Competition, Episode I
Years ago a friend of mine, let's call her Daria, asked me if she could vent about her frustrations with her boss. She'd reached her wits...
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3 min read


Is Your Workplace Sticky?
Picture your top four employees. Now imagine two of the four leave. What would it take for you to replace them? I don't just mean fill...
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2 min read


The Best Leaders Do This
There was no doubt about it. Dorothy definitely wasn't in Kansas any more. Everything about this new place was different. Her job was...
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2 min read


Too Smart to Be a Good Leader?
Have you noticed this too? Many very smart people who are outstanding in their field are very poor leaders. I've seen it with doctors,...
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1 min read


Find Your Next Great Employee
The clock is ticking. Team members are overworked. The pressure increases by the day. You've got to fill the open role on your team...
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3 min read


Change This and Transform Your Leadership
"We call it 'Man in the Funnel' syndrome," Michel told me. "It's the most common leadership style here in the former Yugoslavia." I was...
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4 min read


Find Your Clear Path Forward
As I sat in the coffee shop, pen in hand, notebook in front of me, I sighed to myself, "This is like peering through a dense fog at night...
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2 min read


How You Can Gain Momentum
It's the beginning of February. How are you progressing towards your goals? If you're like most leaders, you started the new year...
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2 min read


How Do You Build Trust?
This morning was the same as every other morning in their 12-year marriage. Fred sat at the breakfast table sipping his coffee and...
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2 min read


The Heart of a Leader
All I could think of as I lay on the hospital gurney was how much money this was going to cost me. The doctor in the immediate care...
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3 min read


Your Secret to Great Teams
"We were in trouble. And I knew it." The decision Ellie needed to make was difficult and complex. Looking around the conference room, she...
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2 min read


How Will You Achieve Your 2024 Goals?
Jake is a good leader. But if he doesn't change, the new year is going to eat him alive. Why? Jake has a general idea of what he hopes to...
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2 min read


This Will Help You Achieve Your Priorities
"I have one reason for being on this board," Dave said. "To make you a better leader." To say the least, I was intimidated. I had been...
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Your Key to Making Better Decisions
Bill looked around the room. There was no disagreement. "Great," he said. "It's decided. I look forward to seeing how much this increases...
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