Lead on Purpose

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

When I think of leaders who have built great companies, the first name that comes to mind is Steve Jobs. He was arguably one of the greatest CEOs of the modern business era.

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Lead on Purpose

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

The word ‘channel’ has various and differing meanings. I grew up on a ranch, and we had to get water to the grass and to the cattle.

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Lead on Purpose

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

The word ‘channel’ has various and differing meanings. I grew up on a ranch, and we had to get water to the grass and to the cattle.

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Team Building Motivation Team 210

Lead on Purpose

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Making decisions is never easy. Deciding on one thing over another ranks high among the most difficult things we have to do. The tendency is to postpone decisions as long as we can and put of the pain.

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Lead on Purpose

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Making decisions is never easy. Deciding on one thing over another ranks high among the most difficult things we have to do. The tendency is to postpone decisions as long as we can and put of the pain.

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Lead on Purpose

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Recently I was reminded of a story about a young man who lived during the 1849 Gold Rush. An older, wiser man observed him passing by obvious ‘flecks’ of gold in the stream, and asked him why.

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Lead on Purpose

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Recently I was reminded of a story about a young man who lived during the 1849 Gold Rush. An older, wiser man observed him passing by obvious ‘flecks’ of gold in the stream, and asked him why.

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Succession 172

Lead on Purpose

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Prosperity is a mindset. How you live, and the resources that come into and shape, your life, ultimately come as a result of focus. What you focus on leads to prosperity, or the lack thereof.

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Resources Leadership 165

Lead on Purpose

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Prosperity is a mindset. How you live, and the resources that come into and shape, your life, ultimately come as a result of focus. What you focus on leads to prosperity, or the lack thereof.

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Resources Leadership 196

Lead on Purpose

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Guest post by Annabelle Smyth Learning how to communicate with your employees is vital to being a great manager. A leader that knows how to communicate and understands an employee’s situation is one that employee’s want to work for.

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Management How To Team Building Productivity 163

Lead on Purpose

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Guest post by Annabelle Smyth Learning how to communicate with your employees is vital to being a great manager. A leader that knows how to communicate and understands an employee’s situation is one that employee’s want to work for.

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Management How To Team Building Productivity 163

Lead on Purpose

JANUARY 18, 2016

What makes a good leader? Experience? Vision? Knowledge? These traits are all traditionally associated with effective managers. But nowadays, there’s another factor that is slowly gaining reputation in the workplace: Emotional Intelligence.

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Emotional Intelligence Reputation Leadership Management 163

Lead on Purpose

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

No matter what we are facing in life right now, there are things for which we can, and should, express gratitude. The act of focusing on the good things helps us keep moving forward during the tough times.

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Succession 160

Lead on Purpose

APRIL 4, 2016

“Discipline equals freedom.” This statement sounds like a contradiction because the word ‘discipline’ is most often used in the context of punishment or reining in improper behavior. In leadership, however, discipline creates power.

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Power Leadership Team Building Team 159

Lead on Purpose

MAY 2, 2016

Learning is one of the key tenets of leadership. Great leaders are learners. They read voraciously. They write and teach what they learn. Learning is as much a part of their life as eating.

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Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 1, 2016

Guest post by Steven J. Stowell Ph.D. Anyone in a leadership position knows that mistakes are inevitable. They can hit at any time and it may not even be a direct result of your actions.

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Positioning Leadership 188

Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 1, 2016

Guest post by Steven J. Stowell Ph.D. Anyone in a leadership position knows that mistakes are inevitable. They can hit at any time and it may not even be a direct result of your actions.

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Positioning Leadership 158

Lead on Purpose

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Guest post by James E. Lukaszewski One of the most common weaknesses I see in crisis response is the lack of specific roles and assignments for top management.

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Crisis Crisis Management Management Leadership 198

Lead on Purpose

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

No matter what we are facing in life right now, there are things for which we can, and should, express gratitude. The act of focusing on the good things helps us keep moving forward during the tough times.

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Succession 187

Lead on Purpose

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

Great leaders are confident in their ability to succeed. This seems pretty obvious. The question is how did they become confident? What do/did they do differently than most other people?

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Succession 156

Lead on Purpose

APRIL 18, 2016

Are leaders born or are they made? Think about some of the great leaders you know…were they born with the ancestry, knowledge or foresight to reach what they have accomplished? Perhaps in a few cases some had extra help.

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Leadership Succession 156

Lead on Purpose

MARCH 28, 2016

We see changes around us all the time. Some things change so often we become blissfully unaware. One of those areas of rapid change is the people making up the workforce.

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Leadership Trends Technology 157

Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 22, 2016

You know for sure whether leadership ideas and practices work by how long they last. The new ideas we come up with today will take time to prove themselves—that’s the tricky part.

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Leadership 175

Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 22, 2016

You know for sure whether leadership ideas and practices work by how long they last. The new ideas we come up with today will take time to prove themselves—that’s the tricky part.

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Leadership 150

Lead on Purpose

JULY 18, 2016

How do you effectively motivate others to do their best work? One of the keys to becoming an influential leader is learning the skills—you can practice every day—that will establish your leadership.

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Development Leadership Motivation Skills 176

Lead on Purpose

JULY 18, 2016

How do you effectively motivate others to do their best work? One of the keys to becoming an influential leader is learning the skills—you can practice every day—that will establish your leadership.

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Development Leadership Motivation Skills 151

Lead on Purpose

JANUARY 25, 2016

“Leadership is not a license to do less, it’s a responsibility to do more.” What makes leaders different from everyone else? How do they build trust with the people they serve?

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Licensing Leadership Team Building Team 151

Lead on Purpose

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Among the most important discoveries you will make in your life is finding your purpose—the reason for your being, the core principles you espouse, the intent for which you get out of bed every day.

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Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 15, 2016

Guest post by Joe Flanagan Boosting employee morale doesn’t need to be complicated and as a leader, ownership of this responsibility belongs to you. Given the extensive variety in personal and professional experiences, teamwork doesn’t necessarily occur naturally.

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Morale Teamwork Team Building Productivity 170

Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 15, 2016

Guest post by Joe Flanagan Boosting employee morale doesn’t need to be complicated and as a leader, ownership of this responsibility belongs to you. Given the extensive variety in personal and professional experiences, teamwork doesn’t necessarily occur naturally.

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Morale Teamwork Team Building Productivity 147

Lead on Purpose

APRIL 11, 2016

Guest post by Sophorn Chhay Mobile marketing isn’t only for the customer, it’s a viable avenue for product managers, advertisers and even sales floor assistants. If your brand needs to jump-start its product resourcing department, it’d better invest in mobile.

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Productivity Products Marketing Management 143

Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Guest post by Mauricio Prinzlau A product manager is generally considered to be leading the product, as if the product were a business by itself.

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Productivity Products Management P&L 155

Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 8, 2016

An end goal of every leader is to leave a long-term, lasting contribution on the people we lead. Doing the right things to move us toward that goal, consistently and effectively, is not easy.

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Long-term Goal Development Leadership 162

Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 8, 2016

An end goal of every leader is to leave a long-term, lasting contribution on the people we lead. Doing the right things to move us toward that goal, consistently and effectively, is not easy.

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Long-term Goal Development Leadership 141

Lead on Purpose

MARCH 21, 2016

‘Hope’ is one of those words that means different things to different people. To some it has religious connotations. To others it’s a strong feeling that drives them to do greater things.

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Leadership 141

Lead on Purpose

MARCH 7, 2016

To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor. —Oliver Wendell Holmes Are you drifting in your career or your life?

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Planning Career Goal Leadership 141

Lead on Purpose

JUNE 20, 2016

Success is a marathon, not a sprint. The only way to truly prepare for a marathon is to train, to practice, to run. You need to get out on the road. You need to put in the miles.

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Leadership Training Succession 152