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Magnetic: The Art Of Attracting Business
Joe Calloway is a long-time friend and highly respected colleague. I can always count on Joe for clear thinking and practical insights and would be a fan of his work even if we weren’t pals. Here’s a...
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Increasing Commitment: 7 Ways to Move People from the Fringe to the Center
Do you have fringe people on your team? The leader of a volunteer group once asked me, “What can we do get people involved and committed. How can we move people from the fringe of the group to the...
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Leading Customer-Centric Change: Guest Blog by Joseph Michelli
Joseph Michelli is a long time friend and speaker/author I greatly admire. He has studied, written about and spoken for some of the world’s best brands. His new book, Driven to Delight, is a primer on...
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12 Questions to Rethink Your Life
As the old saying goes, the only distance between a rut and a grave is distance and depth. So what is your strategy for “rut avoidance”? I’ve not met anyone who admitted they wanted to live their life...
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Top 10 Leadership Strategies for the New Year
Revisit why you lead. Get clear on your purpose, not just your strategies and tactics. Refocus on the most important things you should be doing. It won’t be a long list. Tend to important...
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5 Thing to Do BEFORE Your Next Conference
1. Pick sessions in advance. Don’t wait until you are onsite and rush to choose what you’ll attend. A bit of thoughtful contemplation in advance should help you make better choices. 2. Make...
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5 Things You Need to Know About Life
(Life Lessons from Calvin & Hobbes) What do you need to know about life to live life better? It isn’t always fair, but it always worth living. The only person responsible for you is you. You...
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Six Ways to Simplify Your Thinking (without becoming simplistic)
Ockham, the scholastic philosopher of the thirteenth century is credit with Ockham’s Razor: make things as simple as possible but no simpler. Anything over-simplified becomes simplistic, and of little...
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Harry Daniels and I have a mutual love of airplanes and aviation. Although we’ve never met in person, we correspond frequently and I’ve quickly come to admire his professionals and commitment to...
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The Economics of Online Complaints: Guest Blog by Jay Baer
Jay Baer is a very smart friend, very savvy social media expert and now the author of a ground breaking book, “Hug Your Haters.” Check the book out here. Companies that address onstage complaints –...
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12 New Challenges Leaders Face
What’s new or different about leadership today? And what are the biggest challenges leaders face? In my work I address and advise hundreds of leaders each year. They share, in public forums and private...
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Leading Disruptively (and why you should) Part 1
Did you start the day hoping that before it was over you’d be disrupted? You won’t find many people who want to be disrupted. Disruption is unsettling at best and unpleasant at worst. It forces change...
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Disruptive Leadership: You Don’t Need a Title (Part 2)
You can’t improve and progress without change. And change is, by nature, disruptive. In Part 1, I wrote about the need for disruptive leaders who understood the power of positive disruption and the...
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The Myth of Multitasking and What You Should Do Instead
“My kids are natural multi-taskers!” a friend exclaimed. She bragged that they could listen to music, watch TV and do their homework all at the same time. She might have been proud of their efforts,...
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5 Things for a Leader to Do on the Weekend
There are many good ways to invest your weekend beyond the obvious one of resting (which, ironically, is difficult for many leaders). Working is most certainly NOT on the list. Recent research shows...
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12 Things that KILL Your Leadership Effectiveness
A good leader wants to do those things that create results and make them effective in their role. At the same time a leader needs to be aware of the common problems and pitfalls that detract from their...
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4 Things to Do Before Work Each Day
The first hours of the day have the power to shape the rest of the day. A frantic or frustrating start can diminish the hours that follow. Successful people tend to have morning rituals to create a...
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5 Questions to Get You Moving
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Seven Little Ideas to Build Big Creative Muscle
Strengthen your creative capacity! Part of being a leader is innovating and thinking creatively; this is like a muscle you have to exercise. 1. Read broadly. The diversity of what you read is as...
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The Art of Saying Yes
My long time pal Joe Calloway advises to say no more often so you can concentrate on what matters most. Personally, I’ve used his advice to great advantage. Saying no is a skill but so is saying yes. A...
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