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Leadership & The Expectation Gap

N2Growth Blog

Moving the goal posts by arbitrarily raising and lowering expectations creates confusion, and is often an intellectually dishonest exercise. Nothing engenders confidence and creates a trust bond like delivering on promises made, and likewise, few things erode confidence and credibility like commitments not kept.

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The Big Picture of Business – Mentoring Guides Your Success

Strategy Driven

The mentor requests pro-active changes of mentee, evaluates realism of goals and offers truths about path to success and shortcomings of mentee’s approaches. This is a bonded collaboration toward each other’s success. Achievement is a continuum and must be benchmarked and enjoyed. Systems, Processes, Structure.

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Top Leadership Blog Posts

Michael Lee Stallard

And a century and a half is an eyeblink compared with the eternity it would take to achieve this benchmark in senior management” S. Ben Brabyn presents Leadership as storytelling – how narratives bond teams posted at Ben Brabyn , saying, “How leaders can use storytelling to bond high performing teams.”

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The November 2011 Leadership Development Carnival

Great Leadership By Dan

And a century and a half is an eyeblink compared with the eternity it would take to achieve this benchmark in senior management". Ben Brabyn presents Leadership as storytelling - how narratives bond teams posted at Ben Brabyn , saying, "How leaders can use storytelling to bond high performing teams.". Mike Henry Sr.

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The Importance of Setting Investment Goals

Strategy Driven

However, without a plan and investment goals, that one-time payout usually ends up being a case of beginner’s luck. The importance of setting investment goals should not be lost on anyone who will be building a portfolio of investments. Changing Priorities and Investment Goals. Setting a Healthy Financial Standard.

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Mentoring and Lifelong Learning

Strategy Driven

The mentor requests pro-active changes of mentee, evaluates realism of goals and offers truths about path to success and shortcomings of mentee’s approaches. This is a bonded collaboration toward each other’s success. Achievement is a continuum, but it must be benchmarked and enjoyed along the way. About the Author.

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The Big Picture of Business – Tribute to Dick Clark

Strategy Driven

Each entertainment niche may not be your ‘cup of tea,’ but relating to others will create common bonds and exhibits leadership. Finding common ground about the zeal and joys inherent in running a company results in better buy-in and support of the goals. Progress is visioned, contextualized, seeded, benchmarked.

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