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JULY 12, 2023

During periods of economic uncertainty, a common response from leaders is streamlining their operations and focusing on what they deem as being essential to their organization’s ability to ride out the storm. Unfortunately, one thing that often is considered in these moments to be a luxury is taking time off.

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DECEMBER 30, 2014

Not only did 2014 mark five years that I’ve been writing online for this blog, but this was also the year I finally added “author” to my list of credentials with the release of my first leadership book, “Leadership Vertigo”. Read more on this leadership insight here: Are You Creating Value Through Your Leadership?

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OCTOBER 4, 2016

With a complex endeavour such as leadership, it’s only natural that there be different schools of thought and perspectives on what would be the best way to lead your team and organization forward. Now to be clear, leaders by default do operate with some form of authority, usually as a result of their position within their organization.

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DECEMBER 9, 2014

With the arrival of this last month of the year, I’ve been finding myself in a mixed state of mental exhaustion and reflection, which considering the work involved in bringing my first leadership book out into the world alongside my regular workload is quite understandable. And it’s meant to be hard.

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MAY 20, 2014

As is often the case when we write about leadership, the focus tends to be on what we can do today to improve how our organization operates going forward and hopefully, achieve the kind of success we envisioned when we first took on this leadership role.

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JULY 15, 2014

At the time we were writing this piece, Chris was stationed at Kabul, Afghanistan as the Chief of Staff/Chief Operating Officer for the NATO Air Training Command. Follow these five simple ground rules and your new leadership challenge will be off to a great start. What about your successor?

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FEBRUARY 19, 2013

That’s why one of the key requirements of today’s leadership is the ability to help your organization to move past the lure of short-term gains and appreciate how what you’re working on today will provide a tangible and meaningful outcome in the near future.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

And the added benefit (given what I do for a living) is that stand-up paddle boarding also offers a treasure trove of leadership lessons! Yet in business, leaders too often feel as though they’re operating under life and death conditions. What leadership lessons did the experience teach you? Mistakes fuel progress.

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JANUARY 12, 2016

There is a change happening at the very top of the organizational hierarchy that, like a weather vane, reflects some of the fundamental changes happening across every organization and the marketplace they operate in. It also has had an impact on the way leadership works. This is where trust and leadership suddenly become synonymous.

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DECEMBER 31, 2013

From that perspective, I’d like to share with you some of the leadership insights I’ve written about over the past 52 weeks, not just as a reminder of the lessons that were shared, but also so we can contemplate how we might apply them going forward.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2016

In today’s faster paced, interconnected world, there’s little doubt that change is the new reality; the new standard by which we now have to operate. I’d also appreciate it if you could rate my show on Stitcher Radio or iTunes to help support future episodes of my leadership podcast.

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DECEMBER 1, 2015

As Fizzle CEO, Corbett Barr, told me: I stay productive by developing and maintaining what I call a personal “operating system”, which is a set of processes, tools and checkpoints that define how I get work done every day. The specifics of an operating system differ from person to person, but the important thing is that you have one.

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JANUARY 20, 2015

When it comes to studying leadership, the natural tendency is to focus on those leaders whose successes and achievements continue to inspire us and drive so many to emulate them in the hopes of replicating their accomplishments.

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JULY 26, 2023

If you look at the articles found in various business outlets these days, it would seem organizations are facing an existential crisis when it comes to how today’s workplaces should operate. At the heart of this debate is. Click to continue reading To offer remote work opportunities or not to offer remote work opportunities?

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JANUARY 5, 2016

To that end, as we make plans for what we’d like to achieve in 2016, here’s a look at my Top 10 Leadership Insights from 2015, insights that can help you to use your leadership to not only drive success in your organization in 2016, but create that kind of environment that will allow your employees to thrive under your care.

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JANUARY 24, 2017

When it comes to leadership, there are many facets that we examine and explore in our drive to learn how we can succeed in leading our team and organization. Seen from this perspective, it becomes easier to understand why we need to be asking ourselves what’s the underlying motivation that compels people to follow our leadership.

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JUNE 13, 2017

In my previous piece, where I shared the story of how a past leadership failure helped me to learn to become a better listener , I pointed out that one of the keys to effective leadership is learning to be more inquisitive. So how do we become more inquisitive in our leadership? Here are 4 steps to help you get started: 1.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2015

A common theme found among the numerous books and articles on successful leadership is that leaders need to be more open, more transparent with those they lead in order to improve communication channels and drive forward initiatives that are key to an organization’s success and growth.

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JULY 28, 2015

To that end, as I make preparations for my vacation break, I’d like to share the following benefits that taking a vacation has on our ability to be successful in our leadership. Instead, we have to provide our employees with responsibilities that will ensure that things continue to operate smoothly in our absence.

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AUGUST 9, 2017

Organizations in practically every industry are struggling to attract and retain great talent, especially in senior and executive leadership roles. With average job tenures dropping at every level, Human Resource professionals may need to play a more active role in leadership development and coaching.

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MARCH 3, 2015

It’s from that lens that I decided to write my own personal tribute to this childhood hero of mine, by sharing some stories from his life and what lessons we can learn from them about how we can use our leadership to bring out the best in those we lead, as well as inspire them to commit to the vision we have for the future.

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AUGUST 9, 2016

Within the leadership and management field, there is also much interest in discovering insights that can help us to better understand how to inspire the best in our employees. With the latest edition of the Summer Olympic Games now well under way in Rio, there is naturally much interest in the outcomes of various sporting events.

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MARCH 7, 2017

For almost 10 years, I’ve been writing about leadership and in that time, perhaps one of the most significant shifts I’ve seen has been the willingness to recognize that the key to our success as leaders stems from the relationships we foster and nurture with those we lead.

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APRIL 25, 2017

Even in organizations that invest in leadership development struggle with helping new leaders fully comprehend what it means to lead. What most leadership programs neglect to cover, but that new leaders quickly discover, is that leadership is massively freakin’ hard. Leadership can be a lonely endeavor.

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JULY 25, 2017

As a leadership writer, I get asked from time to time to share a list of my favourite leadership books; books that I found to be the most informative either for those new to leadership, or for those looking for new insights on how they can build on their existing leadership skills.

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AUGUST 19, 2014

.” – William Arthur Ward When it comes to effectively leading teams and organizations in today’s fast-paced, 24/7 global economy, it’s becoming more and more evident that the days of command-and-control leadership are well behind us. Again, the importance of this can best be appreciated when we consider how our brain operates.

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MARCH 20, 2018

link] — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 11, 2018 Now I’ve read many articles about Elon Musk and the various lessons on leadership we can learn from him. Instead, we need to use our leadership to feed it and transform it into this unstoppable force that takes on a life of its own, thanks to the will and power of those under your care.

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MAY 8, 2018

In other words, if we are to be true in our leadership, we can’t make our focus be about what bothers us, but rather the adverse conditions impacting those we lead [ Share on Twitter ]. Especially if we don’t want to end up gathering dust as yet another name on that list of organizational has-beens.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2014

During the past six of the fourteen years I’ve been an executive coach and leadership educator, my observation is that my clients are generally more stressed each year than they were the year before. Finally, I ask, “How many of you are operating in a constantly changing competitive environment?” When you do, congratulate yourself.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2014

When it comes to discussions on leadership, there are certain constants or inevitable statements that you’re likely to come across. How can we become more agile and responsive if we assume we only need to operate from one vantage point or perspective? The fact is that leadership is not a simple, solo endeavour.

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JULY 29, 2014

The work routines employed by many of these leaders leave them operating more in a reactive, instead of reflective mode, so spending any time on pondering the long-view can seem almost like a luxury. Some other posts you may enjoy: 4 Reasons Why Your Boss Should Take A Vacation Are Summer Vacations Becoming A Thing Of The Past?

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OCTOBER 28, 2014

One of the things I enjoy about my work is having conversations with people about the nature of leadership, and the challenges and opportunities leaders face in this continually evolving, interconnected business environment.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2013

You should also know that this year brings with it new taxation and new regulations that may add expenses and affect the way you operate your business. Evaluate your leadership If you don’t improve your leadership skills, there is little chance your business can improve.

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OCTOBER 9, 2012

A leader’s ability to create a collaborative environment through open communication and mutual understanding is undoubtedly becoming a critical leadership skill in today’s faster-paced, increasingly interconnected world. But how do you establish and maintain team harmony if those team dynamics are in constant flux?

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Through both of these exercises, I demonstrated how the growing distractions and communication channels leaders now have to manage in their day-to-day affairs can so easily cause us to drift from the leadership path and direction we originally set out to take. Guy Kawasaki and Tanveer Naseer – MHLC 2013 3. “It’s

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NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve had the pleasure of being interviewed by various media outlets about my first book, “ Leadership Vertigo ”. Or a computer programmer could talk about a fond childhood memory of exploring this far-off imaginary world that might inspire the backdrop used to tell an upcoming story on film.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

When employees are informed of potential changes, they learn to trust the leadership and often they will give you new ideas you hadn’t thought of. Let policy be the bad guy Privately owned or family owned companies often put policies and standard operating procedures on the back burner for many reasons.

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