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Does Your Culture Engine Need a Tune-Up?

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In his new book, The Culture Engine, veteran leadership consultant Chris Edmonds makes the very valid point that many leaders focus far more on what their organizations do than how they actually do it. If you want results for the long run, the "how" matters – a lot.

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Move Beyond Conflict with Optimal Outcomes

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As a professor at Columbia University, a counterterrorism research fellow for the Department of Homeland Security and a consultant to Fortune 500 companies, Jennifer has spent her career helping people get out of seemingly endless conflict loops.

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Why Leaders Need to Learn How to Get Angry Without Being Stupid

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Recently, I had the chance to talk shop on this topic with a fellow leadership coach, consultant and author, Henry Evans. But, when they think about it a little bit more, though, many acknowledge that there are times when leaders need to show their anger. Click headline to continue.

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How to Decide Which Meetings to Skip

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Bottlenecks occur when there is a lack of clarity or agreement about who has the decision-making authority, who is simply being consulted for advice and who is not involved in either of those but simply needs to be informed. The A stands for Advice. The I stands for Inform.

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Ken Blanchard and Chick-fil-A’s Mark Miller, on What It Takes to Grow as a Leader

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Ken Blanchard is the co-founder and chief spiritual officer of The Ken Blanchard Companies, an international management training and consulting firm. One of the most influential leadership gurus in the world, he is the author or co-author of dozens of books, including the international bestseller “The One Minute Manager.”

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What Makes it So Hard to Let Go and Move On?

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Pam was the co-founder of Destra Consulting Group, a management consulting firm that did major change management work at companies like GE, General Motors and Merck. That’s what I talked about last week in a conversation with Pamela Dennis.

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Leaders, Welcome to the Beginning of Phase 2

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You can consult customers, partners and experts from outside if that’s helpful, but you should most definitely engage the people in your organization who are closer to the customers and the day to day work. That’s why it’s vitally important to start casting a broader net as you start the Phase 2 of reimagining what the future will look like.