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MAY 26, 2020

As I wrote about back then , my biggest and most valuable takeaway from that trip was being able to see how much time and effort the leadership and crew spent in preparing for things that could happen. What changes would we have to make or could we make to sustain and grow our business in a socially distant operating environment?

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JANUARY 5, 2021

Later in this post, I’m going to share a process with you to answer and act on that question, but first, let me clarify it. Here’s a four-step process for doing that: Make a list organized by your key stakeholder groups – family, team, colleagues, customers and so on. Which brings me to the question, “Who do you need to be this year?”.

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MARCH 17, 2020

As everything started to shut down this past weekend, I spent a good bit of time on Monday scrolling through my LinkedIn and Instagram feeds to see how some of the best-known people in my field of leadership development are handling this new reality. Ideally, awareness operates in two domains – external and internal.

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AUGUST 4, 2020

As I wrote back in May , the first eight weeks or so of the quarantine era were about reinventing work processes so people could work from home. It was when I asked, “What if we had to operate this way for another year or two?” Has there been anything so far to suggest that that’s going to be a quick and easy process?

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NOVEMBER 1, 2010

With a resume like that, it’s easy to understand why Admiral Allen was asked to speak on “Leadership in a Time of Crisis.” Leverage Experience:   Once an operating rhythm was established, Allen and his team ended each day with a meeting with Gulf Coast state and local officials to review progress and plan the next day’s efforts.

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JANUARY 11, 2019

Triage is the process of assessing which patients need immediate treatment or attention and which can wait until after the more urgent cases are addressed. Just about every leader I work with is operating in an environment where they and their teams have more to accomplish than the time available to do it all.

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JUNE 24, 2020

Leadership is always challenging. Keep it real – As much as you can, avoid food that comes out of a box or a bag as it’s generally been processed to the point where much of the nutritional value is removed. It’s more so during a pandemic when work routines and business plans are completely disrupted.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2019

When you’re in the room with someone, you intuitively process things like their body language, tone of voice, breathing, micro-expressions on their face, and all kinds of other subtleties that let you know whether or not you’re tracking with each other. Most people are operating with positive intent.

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APRIL 14, 2017

Systems Matter – Both the yoga pants and the passenger bumping episodes were the results of operating processes and systems that, when followed to their extremes, led people to make poor decisions. When do you make exceptions to what the process or system dictates?

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JUNE 20, 2016

Most people know by now that when it comes to the Eblin Group, I might be the guy who’s writing the books and the blog and doing the coaching and speaking, but Diane is the operator who (with help from a great team) runs the business. If you want to sum it up, my strength is content, Diane’s strength is process.

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AUGUST 2, 2010

The result of the poor leadership and management includes mismarked graves, unmarked graves, split graves and at least four burial urns that somehow ended up in a landfill. Standards Matter: In reading the reporting, I get the feeling that no one was setting the standards by which an institution as important as Arlington should operate.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2010

  Since new members of the House will be up for reelection in two years, they’re operating on a similar time frame.    A long time ago, in a more bipartisan age, I helped organize a week long orientation program at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government for the freshman congressional class of 1986.  Click Here.

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JUNE 30, 2010

How: The meeting leader clearly states the ground rules for how the meeting will operate – cell phones off, radios down, stick to the agenda and no side conversations. There’s an emphasis on using the processes and documentation that will keep everyone on the same page. A clear Why keeps people engaged. Click Here.

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JUNE 28, 2010

Leaders are more effective when they build mastery in their operating realm. As the Clymer article notes, he went from viewing Ted Kennedy as a bitter rival to weeping at the funeral procession of the man who became his good friend. One was the Senate. The other was West Virginia. (I I may have those in the wrong order.) 

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