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DECEMBER 13, 2010

You may not be in the position to have to redirect the wishes of two US presidents at the same time, but if you're working with or for leaders who are powerful in their own right, there are inevitably going to be times when they ask you to do things that are against your better judgment.  A mixed bag of coverage at best.

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AUGUST 16, 2010

For a full discussion of the historical grounding of their positions, I encourage you to read this column by Simon Schama in the Financial Times and this one by former George W. Each group's position reflects the opinions of their followers and each believes that their camp has the right answer.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2010

    Get your deputy and core team in place to keep the basics going in the short run.    Cast a broad net to fill in other key positions in the second three months.     Get your team involved in discussing strategic goals and planning how to execute against those goals.

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OCTOBER 25, 2010

  It's interesting to consider what sort of Act Night you might stage to build the bonds of respect and trust within your team. Subscribe to Blog Updates via Email or RSS Chart Your Course in 2011 with a Life GPS® Interactive Program Details Here Join me for the.   A different era back then.) 

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JULY 23, 2010

The Lloyds team was on board the rig about a month before it blew and conducted a safety survey and a number of focus groups with Transocean crew members over the course of several days. We need to be accountable for our own words and actions along with doing what we can to influence positive action from others.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2010

The administrator(head of staff)is the first female to be appointed to the position and has been an exceptional mentor for me. Over the 12 years I have worked with her, she has provided me with the opportunities she wishes she had had in order to prepare her for the administrator position.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2010

  There was none of the jostling for position that you typically see at the gates at my home airport of Dulles. Subscribe to Blog Updates via Email or RSS Chart Your Course in 2011 with a Life GPS® Interactive Program Details Here Join me for the. .  The waiting area at the gate was the picture of calm. 

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NOVEMBER 29, 2010

  There are probably some positive moments in there as well as times when you’ve been the offending party.  Subscribe to Blog Updates via Email or RSS Chart Your Course in 2011 with a Life GPS® Interactive Program Details Here Join me for the.   Is it worth blowing up the history because of what just happened?

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AUGUST 9, 2010

We worked on hand position on the steering wheel, keeping the car smoothly within the lane, making good stops and stuff like that. I’m a big proponent of the 10 and 2 school of steering wheel management – meaning that your left hand should generally be at the 10 o’ clock position on the wheel and your right hand should be at 2 o’ clock.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2010

.  Checking and then shifting his mental model enabled Allen to work quickly with other officials like General Russell Honore to coordinate  a response that positioned the 82nd Airborne, the Coast Guard and the National Guard to conduct rescue and recovery efforts in an unprecedented situation.

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JULY 29, 2010

  Your position of power makes you even funnier than you were before you were a boss.  Subscribe to Blog Updates via Email or RSS Chart Your Course in 2011 with a Life GPS® Interactive Program Details Here Join me for the.    Tease them until they cry.   They love that.    Keep them guessing.

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OCTOBER 4, 2010

Leadership, if it’s anything, is about creating meaningful, positive change. Subscribe to Blog Updates via Email or RSS Chart Your Course in 2011 with a Life GPS® Interactive Program Details Here Join me for the. Her response was short and sweet – “We are all unconscious. Our job is to wake them up, my dear.”

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

It is actions that establish leadership and influence more than position. Subscribe to Blog Updates via Email or RSS Chart Your Course in 2011 with a Life GPS® Interactive Program Details Here Join me for the. Thanks for the article Posted by: Aimee | September 05, 2010 at 11:24 AM Great blog post.

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DECEMBER 1, 2010

  Just having the idea of taking regular balcony time is a step in a positive direction. Subscribe to Blog Updates via Email or RSS Chart Your Course in 2011 with a Life GPS® Interactive Program Details Here Join me for the. Leadership is more complicated.    I think we've blown past Leadership 2.0

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NOVEMBER 5, 2010

  When he told me how long he had been working there, I noted that he had been in a position to see a lot of history come through the doors.  Subscribe to Blog Updates via Email or RSS Chart Your Course in 2011 with a Life GPS® Interactive Program Details Here Join me for the.

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DECEMBER 8, 2010

      Organizing yourself to be a reliable and productive contributor to the team and larger organization.   Lead a single team in achieving results in a specific area.         Engaging the team in coming up with solutions.

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OCTOBER 27, 2010

I have seen so many situations when a team was assembled and asked to deliver a difficult project on a very tight time frame and the project sponsor never acknowledged the results. Obviously over using the thank you will not work, but used appropriately this simple thing results in big returns and a happier team.

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AUGUST 24, 2010

Meanwhile, Bob Dudley, a Gulf born and bred senior executive of BP, was positioned by the chairman to take over the top job when the time was right (i.e. Subscribe to Blog Updates via Email or RSS Chart Your Course in 2011 with a Life GPS® Interactive Program Details Here Join me for the. after the spill was capped).

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