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When Stepping Up Blows Up

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Accepting challenges lifts careers. Challenges that lift careers include: Initiatives that impact large segments of organizations. Take on organization-wide opportunities. But, holding on to them destroys. Learn to challenge others as well as challenging yourself. Raise your hand and say, “I’ll take that on.”

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How to Create Buy-In Before you Blowup

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** The hardest thing to change is an organization’s culture. Some organizations die in the process. Implementing culture change produced the biggest mistakes of my leadership career. It’s exponentially more difficult when you see the need but others don’t. Others start, struggle, stagnate, and revert to mediocrity.

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Thriving in the Fishbowl of New Opportunity

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New roles, titles, or positions make or break careers. Rob McCleland, is the new executive director of EQUIP, a global training organization started by John and Larry Maxwell. Everyone’s watching intently and evaluating rigorously when you step into your new job. You earned this opportunity. Don’t screw it up.

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12 Sentences that Prevent Reverse Delegation

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Reverse delegation stalls the trajectory of your career, the growth of your team, and the success of your organization. Reverse delegation happens when delegated tasks end up back in your bucket. Why reverse… Continue reading →

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How to Manage the Bottom 15%

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At WD-40 about 60% believe they can achieve their career goals without leaving the company. Learn Leap Repeat “Every single person in your organization is… Continue reading → The strategy is simple, but not necessarily easy.*

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