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Three Benefits of Removing Toxic Leaders

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There was a period in my blogging career when I created a side gig as a vocal critic of former Washington NFL football team owner, Dan Snyder. It’s highly unlikely that you have leaders in your organization who are as egregiously toxic as Dan Snyder was but if you have leaders who are on that spectrum, you need to move them out.

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What Are You Famous For?

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We were talking recently about what he’s learned in a long and successful career that has spanned some of the top organizations in the private and public sectors. In his current company, he’s noticed that career success is all about how quickly you put points you on the board. That’s a big factor in his success.

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How to Promote Yourself and Still Respect Yourself

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If you''re a leader in a large organization, this is especially important because your team''s success depends on how good a job you do as their Chief Marketing Officer. That''s what leadership and career expert Dan Schwabel teaches you how to do in his new book, Promote Yourself: The New Rules for Career Success.

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Sharing My Dream to Help You Achieve Yours

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I got started in this work because in my own career as a corporate executive I regularly found myself in high stakes situations where I really had no clue what to do or how to be. One of my favorite definitions of life purpose is that you find it when your great joy meets a great need.

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Your Checklist for Leading with an “Us” Mindset

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Early in your career (and, unfortunately, late in the career of some leaders), it’s natural to focus on your functional agenda to the point where you ignore the bigger picture and the agenda of others. The central question that drives the “us” mindset is “What are we trying to accomplish in this organization?”

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From Yearly Goals to a Decade of Purposeful Growth

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Of course, that’s another 30-year career away for me and won’t just happen through dumb good luck. To keep my focus on routines and actions, I’ll organize them around the four domains of routines in the Life GPS®: Physical Mental Relational Spiritual Do I expect perfection from my efforts? That’s how I want to be.

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How to Lead Massive Change: An Interview with Lockheed Martin CIO Sondra Barbour

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She’s a company veteran and change leader who has taken on increasingly responsible positions over the course of her career. The Eblin Group is a leadership development and strategy firm that supports organizations in ensuring the success of their leaders. I spoke with her recently about what she’s learned along the way.