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How To Answer a Wake Up Call

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Susan hit the snooze button on her wake up call. Recently I wrote about how Alfred Nobel answered his wake up call , and in the comments section I shared a personal wake up call of my own. We all get wake up calls at some point. Snooze and you lose!

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What do you want to be known for?

Lead Change Blog

You can call this your “personal brand.” It’s easy to get caught up in work and miss doing the important things at home. Debbie twisted her foot around and bit her lip while she thought about how to answer. Finally, she brightened up and said, “He goes away!” . You’re not likely to get a wake-up call like Alfred’s.

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Being A Great Leader: How Do You Balance Career Success and Happiness?

N2Growth Blog

Being great, living an extraordinary life starts with waking up. As the Jesuit spiritual leader, Anthony De Mello said, “They’re born asleep, they live asleep, they marry in their sleep, they breed children in their sleep, they die in their sleep without ever waking up. “Jaime,” he says, “wake up!”

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How to Lead a Turnaround

Next Level Blog

As we wrap up the program, I talk with each of the participants one on one to review their progress and what’s next for them. When I asked Seth what the top three things were that he did that were most important in leading the turnaround, he immediately answered with: Set Clear Expectations Build a Lot of Trust Weed the Garden.

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Managers of People, Teach Them to Fish

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Leadership Development Workplace Issues Managers of people, it may seem expedient and even helpful to give answers, but to truly be a leader, it’s best to follow that sage advice about teaching them to fish. One of my clients recently told me about the wake-up call he had when his 10-year-old son accompanied him to work one day.

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Curiosity Won’t Kill You, But…

Lead Change Blog

There’s a growing wake of individuals and companies who tanked in time because they dispensed answers instead of asking great questions. paraphrased] Stand-up comics do a great job looking at everyday life from an unbiased angle and find humor in it. and your nine lives in leadership will expire quickly. What Do Aliens See?

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How To Find Employees for Your Franchise in The Wake of Covid-19

Strategy Driven

Everyone was shaken up and no one knew what to do. How to find employees for your franchise in the wake of Covid-19 was the call. How to attract employees in the middle of a pandemic: Beef Up Your Job Descriptions : with increased applicants, key on quality over quantity. Employers must now think outside the box.