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Leaders – Lapses in Judgment

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Posted in Leadership Development Over the last month and a half, two things caught my attention, namely the scandal with former IMF chief Dominique Strauss and the precipitous fall of former Congressman Anthony Weiner. Each of them has a long history of service in their respective fields and was well respected by their constituents. What happened?

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Effective Communication Skills: Acknowledge Emotions Before Solving Problems

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Posted in Best of Blogs Series Recently, I was working through an issue with another person. They were distressed over the results of a process that affects both of us. I helped to create the process. I have authority to change the process if necessary. And I have knowledge of the system to troubleshoot and fix a fair number of problems. [.] Effective Communication Skills: Acknowledge Emotions Before Solving Problems.

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Standing Up to Your Greatest Critic

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Posted in Leadership Development “Jeff, when you’re a leader, there’s going to be at least one person at any given time who thinks he was put on this earth to be your greatest critic.” This nugget of wisdom came from Jeff’s mentor many years ago as Jeff assumed the first of many influential leadership positions of his career. It’s [.] Standing Up to Your Greatest Critic.

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Leading Like One Of The 3 Musketeers

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Earlier this month I joined a unique group of people. I had the privilege of chatting with Ted Coiné , a friend I made on Twitter, face to face while I was on vacation. He invited me to join a group of other folks, a tribe if you will, in a virtual setting. The tribe is launched from a village called Triberr. One of the coolest things about being in a tribe is that all members get to leverage the power of others network and others get the advantage of your network.

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Leaders: Stop Being So Responsible

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Posted in Best of Blogs Series Leadership Development I want to admit right up front, when I was a corporate employee, I was, let’s say, “challenging.&# Several years ago I was meeting with my boss about me potentially becoming a supervisor. He started telling me what he liked least about being a supervisor. He said, “giving people bad news.&# It’s just so painful, [.

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Famous Failures Video

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Posted in Self Leadership Don’t let your circumstances, experiences and history intrude on the future. Take note of the people in this video and how they overcame failure. Famous Failures Video.

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