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To be the Best, Invest in Relationships AND Results

Great Leadership By Dan

Learn what gets in their way of cooperative teamwork and top performance. As you embrace proactive relationship management, pay close attention to my “big three” – engagement, service, and results. Chris Edmonds is a sought-after speaker, author, and executive consultant. Pay attention to more than just results.

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Great Bosses Don’t Discount Others, They Validate Others

Great Leadership By Dan

In a recent post and podcast , I proposed this draft purpose of leadership : “Effective leaders set high standards for performance and values, validate efforts and contributions, and ensure cooperative interaction and performance in a trusting, respectful work environment.” when we clarify purpose and goals. when we praise progress.

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Five Things GREAT Bosses Do Daily

Great Leadership By Dan

They know that consequence management is the avenue to high performing, values-aligned teams. They know that cooperative interaction among team members maintains trust and respect more than competitive interaction does. Chris Edmonds is a sought-after speaker, author, and executive consultant. GREAT bosses spur TEAMWORK.

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Catch People Doing Something Right

Nathan Magnuson

” If you’ve ever worked for a boss who managed to find fault in every little job you’ve done, you know how demoralizing it can be. Not only do we lose influence and fail to gain the willing cooperation of others over time, we become increasingly negative and difficult to work with. ” Praise people immediately.

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Six Things Great Leadership Teams Do

Great Leadership By Dan

Chris Edmonds : When I consult with executives on crafting a high performance, values-aligned culture, one of the first things I do is to examine the effectiveness of their leadership team. Whatever that team is called - an executive team, a leadership team, a management team, etc. Guest post from regular contributor S.

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You Can Lead…Believe It! (free book giveaway)

Leading with Trust

For some years, we have been taught to believe that leaders are people who have a title or position within an organization that speaks to any and all that they are a leader, such labels as manager, supervisor, vice president, and the like. As our friend Ken Blanchard has said, “Leadership isn’t something we do to people but with people.”

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Five Degrees of Workplace Culture

Great Leadership By Dan

Leaders have never been asked to manage their team’s culture. Cooperative problem solving and team work is the norm. Chris Edmonds is a sought-after speaker, author, and executive consultant. After a 15-year career leading successful teams, Chris founded his consulting company, The Purposeful Culture Group, in 1990.

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