Practical Steps to Influence

On Leadership and Lawnmower Blades

I re-learned a lesson this past weekend. It was the same lesson that a friend recently re-learned, too. That lesson ...
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Are you Prepared to be Wrong?

What if you’re wrong? What if an idea, approach, solution, thought, or answer you have at this very moment is ...
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Bold Leaders and Stretchy Necks

In an organization that I worked in many years ago, I recall once taking an unpopular and controversial stand on ...
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Sweat Equity: Inspiration From Perspiration

I am often told that I inspire others with what I do. But what does that mean? Sometimes I honestly ...
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Peaceful Productivity

A colleague of mine tells a story of a martial arts training that he conducted for a Special Forces unit ...
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Born or Made: Lincoln & Jordan

Answer the question "Are Leaders Born or Are They Made?" the same way you would answer this question: "Are Athletes ...
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Human Connection: The Achilles Heel of Technology

Who would argue that technological advances have not profoundly changed our lives in a significant way? Information that was previously ...
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Leadership 101: How to Beat Your People

Leaders: When your people are not performing their tasks or jobs; not living up to expectations; and not providing you ...
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Capturing Time

"If I could save time in a bottle..." was pondered by the late Jim Croce in his 1973 chart-topping song ...
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On Leadership and Toasters

Managing "things" in the work environment can be difficult. At work, "things" (like money, resources, assets, products, copy machines, etc.) ...
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