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Leading in the Wild

Lead Change Blog

They extend a heartfelt invitation to all (does and bucks) to join them on their wild journey. “Do Opening the cage door, Hazel works to convince the four to abandon their confined and boring dwelling and join his band in the wild. This is the backstory for Richard Adams’s 1972 best-selling book, Watership Down.

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The Leaders Our Companies Need: Lessons We Can Learn from Historical Luminaries

Leading Blog

Effectively lead through a major transition? I F YOU ENTER a bookstore and peruse the shelves for books on famous leaders in history, you’ll likely find a recurring cast of characters staring at you. Winston Churchill. Napoleon Bonaparte. Abraham Lincoln. Mao Zedong. It’s hard to escape this view of leaders and leadership.

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Leadership Perspective from Desert Island Donkeys

Let's Grow Leaders

Leadership perspective creates different kinds of creative solutions that make far more sense and have more support than the limited but obvious approach you might have started with. Many times, particularly as a leader, a tough question is way more important than having an easy answer, and a discussion is more valuable than the dictate.

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Visionary Thinking Is a Practiced Skill

Leading Blog

V ISIONARY THINKING is the ability to see the big picture, envision what the future could look like, build a plan to achieve that vision, and lead yourself and others down the path of execution. First, you see things in your mind, and then you work both consciously and subconsciously to make them happen. You must be bold in your thinking.

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3 Characteristics That Could Be Preventing Your Good Team from Becoming Great

Let's Grow Leaders

Trust and connection at their very best lead to candor, productive conflict, and accountability conversations that lead to better results AND relationships. You’ve Got a Good Team, Don’t Let That Stop You From Making it Great You’ve got a good team. The results are solid. You genuinely like one another.

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Leading Thoughts for April 22, 2021

Leading Blog

Despite the wild things our thoughts have told us over the years, we trust them. Look for these ideas every Thursday on the Leading Blog. I DEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with: I. If I think it, it must be real.

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Change at the Top: How to Succeed with a New Boss

Next Level Blog

Lately, it’s felt like “I’ve got a new boss,” season in the coaching conversations I have with executives. I’ve had several of them in the past few months and there are some patterns I’ve noticed in the conversations. First, getting a new boss is anxiety inducing, especially for more senior executives. The knowledge part usually comes the easiest.

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