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Five traits of effective leader-coaches

Lately, there has been a lot of interest from leaders who want to learn to coach.  We’ve been asked to do programs – from one-hour conference presentations to multi-day training programs – to help leaders acquire coaching skills.  Leaders recognize that there is less and less use for old command-and-control styles of leading, and they […]

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We all know what RESPECT is, don’t we?

I bet you think you know what respect means.  After all, don’t we all know when others are treating us with respect, or with disrespect? Have you been watching news coverage of the Aaron Hernandez arraignment?  If the Assistant DA’s version of the story is true, two men are dead and a promising career is […]

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Don’t tell me what you can’t do for me

Ever notice how hardwired we are to respond to someone who is positive?  Want proof?  Doesn’t your heart lift just a bit every time you happen to catch a few bars of Happy?  You know it. “Because I’m happy, Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof, Because I’m happy, Clap along […]

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That’s a fact! (Isn’t it?)

Leaders need to exercise caution in regards to what they accept – or put out into the world – as fact.  The problem is that often what people state as fact is something else altogether. In a recent leadership workshop that I facilitated, the team started discussing the concept of objective truth backed up with […]

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Leaders need to keep learning

Sometimes, in the attempt to deal with the increasing volume and complexity of everything coming at us, we cope by trying to work harder and do more.  We can become myopic in our attempt to simply manage our environments. How’s that working for you? Probably not great because it’s exhausting and not a great strategy.  […]

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