Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Practice doesn’t make perfect, but it does make us better. Building a championship team takes practice. From the greatest NBA season ever played by the ‘95-’96 Chicago Bulls (72-10 with a Championship) to the international dominance of the Spanish soccer team from 2007-2012, there’s one common thread…. Practice. As a leader, the best compliment is growth and improvement in your team.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2016

361 days ago, I pressed “publish” to bring the first Lead Change post of 2016, the January 2016 Leadership Development Carnival , to life. In the intervening days, we have produced 269 blog posts, including 12 Leadership Development Carnivals. We have received 750 comments. Maybe you were one of the readers who commented on a post and/or shared it via social media.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Happy Holidays to one and all, however you choose to celebrate during this festive time of year! One of my personal holiday traditions involves watching the many films based on A Christmas Carol , the Charles Dickens classic short story, as often as possible and with an open mind. According to Wikipedia, the original book published in 1843 has always been available in print form and the story itself has been filmed and re-imagined over the years.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2016

The other day I met for a coffee meeting with a new colleague. We wanted to better understand each other’s professions and objectives in the months ahead. He was actually in the midst of final interviews for a new job he hoped to obtain, and as he described it to me he suddenly glanced around the room to be sure that no one else was watching us. He then lowered his voice conspiratorially and confessed, “I actually prefer not to be the Number One guy.

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