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Obsessed for Good with Amy Pyles

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Obsessed for good surfaced naturally as a truth for how this organization operates and it has remained their mantra since. In this episode, David talks with Amy Pyles, President of Saxum, about what obsessed for good means for their company and the five pillars they use to guide clients as well as themselves.

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Transforming Fear with Gaurav Bhatnagar and Mark Minukas

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05:43 – The problem of fear in organizations and leadership. 06:10 – Consequences when you operate from a reactive place. 30:55 – Why, in many companies, the organization is there to serve the hierarchy as opposed to the hierarchy in the organization being there to serve the people, the customer, and the goal.

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Leadership Heresy: A #Winningwell Guest Post by David Dye

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I want to address what I believe to be one of the most important aspects of your workplace leadership. In many leadership forums, many leadership books, and not a few social media memes, what I’m about to say would be skewered, and yet… your credibility and influence depend on it. What is this leadership heresy?

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Executive Leadership: One Temptation Most Successful Executives Resist

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In a recent conversation, “Mary” a senior leader at a Fortune 15 company shared the moment she “Got it.” But in a National Operations role, I also had responsibility for ‘fleet’–yup, the trucks.” The Temptation. I was confident in those arenas and showed up strong.

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How to Say No at Work: Powerful Phrases to Stand Your Ground

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In our leadership programs, we always recommend facing difficult conversations with confidence and humility. In our Courageous Cultures research, 67% of employees said their manager operates around the notion of “this is the way we’ve always done it.” Know when your “know” means you should say no.

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The Biggest Mistakes Team Leaders Make

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Go into almost any company and ask employees what annoys them most about the leaders in charge, and the list is unlikely to vary all that much. I’m a great leadership thinker too. The team leader’s job is arguably the toughest job in most companies and organizations. In fact, you may even think, See that!

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Frontline Festival: Leaders Share Team Building Ideas

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If you find yourself on a dysfunctional team, or just want to get a new team off to a great start, ask yourself the following three questions from Susan Mazza of Random Acts of Leadership. Skip Prichard of Leadership Insights gives us 1 0 strategies to help make a team work well together. Follow Susan. Fred Wilson. Follow Jesse.