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• Coaching: The Four Essentials
  on Feb 2, 2016 in Coaching/Mentoring Leadership
  What makes coaching successful? Success is often attributed to mutual chemistry, technique, and readiness to learn. I agree that those are important ingredients in the process. But in reality, they are steps to achieving results. And that's what we'r...
• No One Follows A Tentative Person
  on Jan 25, 2016 in Influence Leadership
  Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcomes. Therefore, give yourself fully to your endeavors. Decide to construct your character through excellent actions and determine to pay the price of a worthy goal. The trials you encounter will introduce you...
• A Blessed Christmas to You and Your Family
  on Dec 25, 2015 in Holiday Thoughts
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• The "Thank You" War for Talent
  on Dec 21, 2015 in HR Leadership Talent Management
  Here are some thought-provoking statistics from an article in the UK's Management Issues. "Research by UK performance improvement consultants Maritz has found that almost one in five of us (19 per cent) have never been thanked for our efforts at...
• You Can Influence: Here's How
  on Dec 15, 2015 in Influence Leadership
  Everyone wants to have influence; not everyone wants to build the relationships that enable it. There's a natural flow to being influential. Influence goes hand in hand with agreements. If you want to persuade someone to take a particular course...
• How About "Design" vs. "Work"?
  on Oct 19, 2015 in Performance Management
  Right now, you are either thinking about or designing an idea, product, service, or process. Yet most of us don't view ourselves as designers. It sounds like a specific, creative field in which we don't have formal education. But we...
• Leaders: Beware Comparisons
  on Oct 7, 2015 in Leadership Management
  When we were kids, my younger brother had to put up with teachers comparing the two of us throughout his school years. He was a star athlete, I was more of an academic. He didn't like the comparisons and neither...
• Do You Use Verbal White Space?
  on Sep 29, 2015 in Communication
  Note: I was prompted by the recent political debates to re-publish this popular post from the 2012 archives. Hope you enjoy it! Graphic designers know how to focus your attention. They frequently communicate through the use of white space. Less...
• Caution: Invisible Assumptions
  on Sep 14, 2015 in Careers Change & Transitions Conflict Leadership
  When 300 engineers at a major East Coast utility were told to re-apply for jobs in their department as part of a major reorganization, they were livid. "I've been here 18 years." (Longevity means immunity to change) "I hired the...
• What Are You Paying Attention To?
  on Sep 1, 2015 in Leadership
  There's an incongruity between time and money devoted to leadership development and the number of articles about bad bosses. Maybe its' time to re-visit the definition of "bad." Here's why: People do that for which they are rewarded. Period. I've...

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