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Which One are You Climbing The hard truth: Leadership skill and capacity can open doors—but they rarely sustain us once the weight of leadership increases.
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Assessing the Strengths and Gaps of the Leadership Bench After determining what roles need to be filled (immediately, in 2 years, in 5 years), the next step in a bench development process is assessment.
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💡 Joy is a Key Life and Leadership Accelerator “Joy, not fear, fuels sustainable leadership.
ContinueIt’s Game Time! Are you Winning on the Line AND in the Air?
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The Big Idea: With the NFL and NCAA kicking off this fall, leadership lessons are on display every weekend.
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💡 Why This is Important In a recent post, we shared about the right motivational culture for great teams: trust, not fear.
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Trading Out Fear, the Corporate “F-word” The Two Fuels: Trust and Fear Every leader—every person—is fueled by something.
ContinueStuck in an Unhelpful Past? Break Through to Real Change.
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Any time we want to make a needed change in our life or in our work with others, the tension is familiar: We find ourselves stuck continuing to do the “old wrong things well” rather than the “new right thing poorly.
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Tension, polarization, and mean-spirited interactions are everywhere.
ContinueThe Best Leadership Advice I Received at 17 Years Old
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The best leadership advice I ever received came at age 17, from an Italian grocer Quit Wasting Money and Time: Three Keys to Keep Your Employees, Customers, or Donors My Story In high school, I stocked shelves at a small grocery store owned by Mr.
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