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One word that we hear a lot from leaders today is BUSY. It is this sense of busyness and stress that often hinders us from reading and the pursuit of learning. Here are 7 life principles, one for each day of the week. It will only require about 3 minutes each day to read the principle and apply it to your life and leadership. Even while managing the busyness of life, it is important to keep growing and learning!
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How do nasty leaders and managers get away with being toxic? And sometimes, the worse they behave, the more they earn! Here are 5 reasons why toxic leaders get away with their behavior.
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When was the last time you heard yourself or another leader acknowledge being insecure? Almost never, right? Yet, every leader has some insecurities, if they aren’t too insecure to acknowledge them. A tinge of jealousy. A sense of doubt. A hint of fear. A lack of confidence. Insecurities are often surfaced when someone other than yourself is complimented, given recognition, or promoted. We may ignore them or deny them, but insecurities are there and when left unmanaged, can damage our relationships, our credibility, and even harm the organizations we lead. Here are 7 of the most common insecurities that can hold good leaders back.
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Leading change can be challenging, but one would think the medical profession would be the most open to change. After all, they are smart, science-oriented, evidence-based professionals and therefore unbiased, right? Not exactly. I was recently reminded of this when I read a PBS News Hour article on medicine. My conclusion from the article: change is hard. Period. Here are five transferable principles from medicine to leadership on dealing with the challenges of leading change.
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Leaders are complicated people. And to think a single word can describe us would be the definition of over-simplification. But we all do have patterns and tendencies that result in a word or two (or three) becoming the labels for which we are known. Here are 7 of the most common words we have seen leaders lead with. Some are not so nice. Others are much more appealing. Which ones best reflect you?
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Why do some people handle failure so well and others, you know, fail at it? Here are 5 secrets of overcomers.
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What do millennial women value most in the workplace? We took an informal survey to find out. Here are our findings and why they are important.
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We all have heard about the most recent case of cheating – wealthy people lying, bribing, and spending huge amounts of money just to get their children into elite universities. But cheating is not only limited to the high profile examples we hear about. Here are some of the more common ways we as leaders can shortchange ourselves and others.
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Everyone likes gifts, especially really nice ones. And that is true for your successor. As a leader, you make the choice of what to leave for the next person. Here are 5 gifts that the person who takes your place will really appreciate.
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Leadership lessons do not only rise from the present. Yes, we can learn a lot of what to do and what not to do from the likes of Bill Gates, Richard Branson, Andy Stanley, Warren Buffett, and Bono. But we are fools to forget the lessons from the past – lessons from leaders like Napoleon Bonaparte, the French leader who emerged in the 18th century and become one of the most powerful leaders in the world. Here are 7 modern lessons from the history of Napoleon that are worthy of our attention.
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Who is attending your church? We recently looked at the church health survey results from 35 of the churches we have worked with to identify the common themes including who their church attenders are, why they come to that church, and what they think about the ministries at the church. Here are the findings.
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In studying eight of the world’s most successful groups, researchers found that creating a culture of safety is crucial. Here are 10 elements that help build a safe culture and therefore a successful organization.
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There has been a library full of articles and books written over the past five years regarding the wants and needs of millennials. While some of it is true, it’s a bit oversimplified to think many of these are only true of one age group. Here are four things most employees want whether they are 30 or 60.
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The seeds of conflict are everywhere. And leaders in particular cannot escape conflict. There are generally three types of people when it comes to managing conflict. Which type are you?
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Making good decisions not only requires wise counsel and accurate information, it also requires knowing when to make a decision and when to hold off. Here are 6 times when it is better to delay a decision until you are in a better state to make it.
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It is very hard to lead without influence. In order for leaders to have influence in the lives of others, they need to have credibility. Credibility is easy to lose but takes work to build and maintain. If you want to build your credibility, be sure to make habits out of these 11 behaviors.
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The Super Bowl is the mother of all sporting events in the U.S. Over 100 million viewers. Commercials that cost $5 million dollars and are watched as intensely as the game. And winning the game significantly increases the value of the team and each of its players. So what can our organizations learn from this epic game? More than you may think! Here are 8 important principles.
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Unfairness doesn’t only happen in sports – like the recent missed call in the New Orleans and Los Angeles NFL playoff game. Being skipped over for a promotion. Getting down-sized late in your career. Receiving what feels like a biased performance review. Life is not always fair, but we are in control of how we respond to it. In other words, we have options. Here are six of the more important ones.
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Change can be exhilarating or difficult. Our response is determined by what the change is (something that I like versus something that I fear), when the change happens (good margin versus no margin), and the nature of my temperament (change energizes me versus change stresses me). Here are seven tips to successfully implement change this year.
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When is your organization most vulnerable to decline? Sometimes when you least expect it. Here are the top six seasons when organizations are most vulnerable to a crisis.
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