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Sharp Insights

Coaching Tip

Simply put, the biggest challenge most teams have in forming sharp insights is that they become complacent and stop looking beyond their own four walls. A deep and sharp insight into a problem permanently changes the way we look at it , and when we have a new perspective, a clear solution will present itself, often in days or even hours.

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The Key Leadership Skill?

Great Leadership By Dan

Colombians are invariably polite and non confrontational to those they see as being in a position of power. Whilst the message to Air Traffic Control from an American plane about to run out of fuel would have been short, sharp and very to the point a Colombian would put it very differently. The leadership lesson.

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5 Components of Charismatic Leadership

Skip Prichard

Reflections on Charismatic Leadership. Management scholars Jay Conger and Rabindra Kanungo introduced a framework for charismatic leadership, which I use to reflect on the case studies of Alexander the Great and General Charles de Gaulle. Printed by permission. . Jan-Benedict Steenkamp.

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The Complete Collection: 25 Timeless Leadership Lessons That Just Plain Work

Terry Starbucker

It’s the final installment of my five-week series outlining my 25 timeless (and time tested) leadership lessons that just plain work. “It is Solved by Walking” Take the Leadership Litmus Test. About 17 years ago, someone advised me I needed to be more “statesmanlike” in my leadership approach.

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Barbara Bush 1925-2018

Leading Blog

She was witty, smart, sharp, straightforward, unpretentious, and honest. She was a valuable ally in her husband’s political career. We have been inordinately blessed, and we know that. * * * Like us on Instagram and Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas. Her son George W.

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8 Ways to Decisively End Indecision

Lead Change Blog

Sharp discussions net sharp decisions. The discussion seems circular, someone hijacks the meeting and launches into an unfocused or politically motivated soliloquy, or everyone and anyone jumps in with points that aren’t even fully on topic.

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Can Your Team Really Trust You?

Tanveer Naseer

However, as I continued down the hill, the asphalt dwindled until it was just wide enough for one vehicle…before it took a sharp right turn and disappeared out of sight under the highway. What you say next will answer the most vital question they have about you: Can we really trust your leadership? Then I saw it.

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