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When Leadership, Ingenuity and Humanity Won the Day

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They drew on their skills and life experiences to attend to each other’s needs in all dimensions of life – physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. Sadly, it’s been widely reported and well documented that the miners and their families have not done so well in the years following their rescue.

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Beat the Churn with Context

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One of the stories I tell in The Next Level is about the CEO of a very well-known company who, in speaking to a meeting of the top 200 executives there, spontaneously riffed out loud about how “We could use more employees with the skill set and approach that Competitor X has.”

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The Learning Journey We’re On

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The final stage of the learning journey is unconscious competence in which the new knowledge and skills become almost second nature or automatic. As The New York Times reports, we weren’t alone; donations to groups like EJI and Black Lives Matter have broken all records in the past couple of weeks. Is any or all of this enough?

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Closing a Chapter Gracefully

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There was a lot there that I think anyone could learn about how to handle yourself as life catches up with your talents and skills. Personally, I don’t have strong feelings about him either way but I found a lot to admire in Manning in how he conducted himself in preparing and playing for the Super Bowl and what he said after it was over.

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Lead Like a Mom

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It was easy to see from Nancy’s 360 report how well thought of she is by her colleagues and our conversation made it clear why she is. Using our online reporting system, we started reviewing her data by looking at the items that were rated highest by her colleagues. It’s not just for CEOs.

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Three Life Lessons from Vin and Arnie

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Most everyone agrees that with his skill, moxie and common guy from Latrobe, PA demeanor, Palmer made the previously elite game of golf of interest to millions of average people. At age 87, Arnold Palmer left much more quietly when he passed away in Pittsburgh after being admitted to the hospital a few days earlier for tests on his heart.

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Thrown Under the Bus. That's Not Leadership.

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The way it usually went back then was a report would be made to HR about someone and the story would just curl your toes. After all, they were the ones who exaggerated, mislead, and reported inaccurate information about her that damaged her career for their own personal gain. It was like, "Of course, were going to fire that person.