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Stop Having Food Fights and Share What’s on Your Plate
“Throwing” your ideas and perspectives occurs when you lead with a judgment about something and stating that judgment as if it were fact. That action can trigger others to respond accordingly. The solution to avoiding real and abstract food fights is to learn how to offer what is “on your plate.”
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Are You a CEO Leading Like a COO?
To lead like a CEO means to hold the team and individual ELT members accountable for goals and deadlines and to be relentless in making changes in leadership when necessary. This is not easy, but the end result is a high-functioning ELT.
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Everything I Needed to Know About Leadership, I Learned From My Dog—The Next Edition
Becoming the leader that others wants to follow involves consistently observing yourself and others to better understand how your habits and skills (or lack thereof) influence those around you.
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Failure to Influence. Your Fault? Their Fault? Or Default?
5 ways to influence others as a leader – before you default to your comfort zone, read on to learn how to broaden your influence and impact as a leader.
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The Science of Personality in the World of Work
Some leaders can be blind to the needs, experiences and expectations of other individuals and of their organization. In contrast, effective leaders increase clarity by understanding and applying the science of personality.
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Past Performance is Not a Guarantee of Future Results
An executive who excels wherever they go has a diverse background that includes a perspective that others do not. How to discern the difference between a “one-hit-wonder” and a consistent performer when recruiting a new leader.
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CEOs Stuck in Swampland: The Impact of Unresolved Shame on Leadership Behavior
Leaders frequently approach their roles with unconscious and deeply entrenched feelings of shame rooted in their early experiences dealing with authority figures. This can result in significant roadblocks in building effective teams.
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Difference, Resistance or Hostility? Five Steps to Making Decisions Without Consensus
All CEOs face times when consensus just isn’t possible, even with good dialogue. Whatever decision you make, some will be happy and some unhappy. Then what?
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Attacking the Strike Zone
Leadership is about taking risks and creating change. This requires commitment to a future vision, and then executing with confidence. Or, in baseball terms, “attacking the strike zone.”
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The Impact of Power on Inclusion
Power changes the way you think, perceive, and relate. Awareness of its impact, coupled with small action steps, can help broaden inclusion in your organization.
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