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Juggling Machetes and Torches

Lead Change Blog

Not the usual balls or bowling pens, he was juggling sharp machetes and lighted torches. Add to the performance the context of a challenging economy, diverse worker needs, and the ever-present need for speed, and balls become sharp machetes; bowling pins become lighted torches. Jugglers do not follow a checklist of tasks.

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How to Stop Fear from Taking Over Your Organization

Skip Prichard

First of all, organizations are made up of human beings and as human beings we are all prone to fear. Gaurav : There are two patterns of behavior that show up in corporate cultures rife with fear that are mutually reinforcing. Fear will exist for all of us, especially in times of change and uncertainty. What is Unfear?

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Making the Turn: 10 Warning Signs You aren’t Shifting from Founder to Leader

N2Growth Blog

You came up with an awesome idea. That’s how you came up with your cool idea in the first place. When engaging your team your employees or your customers, follow this rule: “Use inquiry before advocacy.” Your customers will always come up with an enhancement, iteration, or completely different application. Get it all out.

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Why Do We Have To Make Others Wrong To Be Right?

Lead from Within

When we’re not caught up in our own version of reality, we can see and hear and feel who others really are, and we can we better understand and accept other people’s opinions and ideas. We must lead with no agenda and be comfortable with uncertainty. We must lead with open spaces and not sharp corners of judgment.

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How to Seize Opportunity in a World of Disruption

Skip Prichard

In sharp contrast to Hurricane Katrina, the collaboration between military organizations, federal authorities, and state and local agencies during Sandy led to purposeful and decisive support to victims and infrastructure. Radical flattening of organizations is a fashionable recipe for dealing with accelerating change and uncertainty.

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Leadership Lessons from the Navy

Skip Prichard

Here was a very quick interaction that provided the colonel with an opportunity to say some kind words and build up the chaplain’s confidence, an act of caring that would have improved their relationship. I’m convinced a few of them did push-ups and sit-ups earlier right there in the room to get the blood going.

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The Economic Anxieties Caused By Coronavirus

The Horizons Tracker

The rapid spread of the coronavirus since the turn of the year has caused tremendous uncertainty across the global stock markets, with recent falls representing the worst single day’s performance since 1987. The paper notes that activity in these terms grew by up to 50% compared to the period prior to the virus emerging.