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Real Truths That Fuel Real Leaders

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When I work with leaders, my first goal is to help them get rigorously honest with themselves. When you lead a meeting, to what extent do team members give reasons why they did not keep their commitments or reach their goals? Do you have a winning strategy to reach your company’s goals? It’s that simple.

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7 Leadership Questions That Will Move Your Needle in 2016

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Have you ever experienced in a meeting where a seasoned leader listened intently and then, with exquisite timing, asked one question that shifted the direction, focus and thinking of the entire team? BHAG stands for Big Hairy Audacious Goal , a concept introduced by Jim Collins in his book, “Built to Last.”

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Are You Aware Of The 3 Approaches to Strategic Planning?

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The following are the 3 most common approaches for Strategic Planning, ranked in order from least to most strategic: Goals focused. Goals Focused Approach to Strategic Planning. This approach calls for a heavy emphasis on establishing clear business goals. Action plans are then developed to achieve these goals.

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Deep Motivations, Not Competencies, Drive Leadership Performance

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You could easily predict the performance of your leaders, your teams and your organization ? how to do something faster, better or cheaper) over procedures; high motivation toward goals, rather than avoiding problems; and high future time orientation with a focus on long term strategies, future customer needs and environmental changes.

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The Secret to Rapid Leadership Breakthroughs

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He thrived on achieving big goals and was the high performing potential that every CEO dies for. The CEO asked me to coach this new leader around becoming a team player. His behaviors at executive meetings gave the appearance that his personal agenda was more important than the team/company agenda. Or was there?

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7 Real Truths That Fuel Real Leaders

The Empowered Buisness

When I work with leaders, my first goal is to help them get rigorously honest with themselves. When you lead a meeting, to what extent do team members give reasons why they did not keep their commitments or reach their goals? Do you have a winning strategy to reach your company’s goals? It’s that simple.

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Brain Science Secrets to Increasing Leadership Willpower

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I have always thrived on achieving big goals. My downfall was using a “white knuckle” approach to achieving those goals. While my details may be different than yours, how many times as a leader have you: Used brute force and over-efforting to achieve goals? When I was in my 20’s and 30’s, I was the queen of willpower.