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Resistance to Guidance: Why Sales, Coaching, and Leadership Practices Falter

Strategy Driven

The problem is resistance. Because of the law of homeostasis (simply, all systems seek stability) any change potentially disrupts the status quo and will be resisted, even if the ‘new’ is more effective; even if the system seeks the change; even if the persuader is skilled at persuasion tactics. embrace uniform rules that are.

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How To Unleash Your Full Potential

Eric Jacobson

The ones who resist making those decisions – who won’t cannibalize their own hero product or won’t terminate the toxic star employee – tend to be insecure and driven by ego or other impure motives. And time spent prematurely cultivating buy-in and fostering consensus just amounts to energy leakage. Higgins : Forget "paying your dues."

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Using Good Decision Making Procedures can have a Positive Effect on the Team

Mike Cardus

Resist the temptation to overuse consensus. Consultative: One person makes the decision, after consulting with others. ? There is enough time available to consult with others on the decision. ? The right people, with the right expertise to make a high-quality decision, are being consulted. ?

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Leading in a World of Change: Lessons from Downton Abbey

Great Leadership By Dan

Part of the attraction for me is the weekly escape to an unfamiliar world – a time, a place and a culture that seem light-years away from the daily challenges I face consulting with businesses on leadership issues. Don’t try to resist technology in the workplace. Today, the world is changing exponentially faster than it was back then.

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9 Leadership Themes for the New Year

Nathan Magnuson

“Think Grey” Steven Sample shared this concept in his landmark book The Contrarian’s Guide to Leadership as an encouragement to resist making a critical thinking judgment sooner than necessary. I’ll never forgotten what FBI Executive Assistant Director Janet Kamerman told our consulting team several years ago.

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Change in Companies and Teams is Not Only Possible, it is Inevitable

Mike Cardus

When consulting and working on long-term projects with teams, the initial meeting is used to determine: Where is the team right now? It is tough to have them choose just 1 … and if we can get agreement through consensus the team is doing really great. Tried that before and we are still here. That’s b t. Team Observation Task.

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Get the Yes: Winning Funding, RFPs, and Grants

Strategy Driven

A global consulting client received an RFP from a Fortune 50 company – the company historically used Company X as their consulting provider. They called the Fortune 50 company and asked: CONSULTING CO: What's stopping you from using Company X again this time? Here's a real story. FORTUNE 50: Nothing. We just needed a second bid.