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15 Things Leaders Can Manage (and One They Can’t)

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You can focus strategically on where you’re going, or you can focus on short-term fires and go from crisis to crisis. 15 Things Leaders Can Manage Things Leaders Can Manage (and Should) 1. Focus and Attention You can manage what you put your attention on. Priorities In areas where you have autonomy, you can […].

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10 Awful Truths Every Leader Needs to Know

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You might get away with ignoring these truths for the short term. You can rally people with charisma and through fear for the short term. But if you care about the long term, to successfully face today’s challenges, leaders need to know how to deal with these 10 truths. You can’t go back. It’s […].

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Are You Compromising Your Future? by @FSonnenberg

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Don’t they realize their short-term mindset may be compromising future success? They measure relationships by what they’ve gained rather than by what they’ve done to strengthen the bond. And they negotiate agreements to gain the upper hand rather than making everything win-win. They act this way because it’s quick and easy.

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To Be a Better Leader You Must Kill Your Darlings

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are typically evaluated by short-term profitability and not strategic alignment. In today’s world, leaders are under great pressure to find new opportunities for growth. Ventures into new territories, product, channels of distribution, etc. These “darlings” become the focal point, rather than a coherent organizational.

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Characteristics of an Effective Vision: Create a DRIVING Vision

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A reactive vision based on negativity and what you want to get rid of is short-lived because it does not take you anywhere. It’s not about “being number one,” because again, that defines you in terms of your competition instead of where you are going. A vision should not be about beating the competition.

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What I Wish I Knew as a CEO That I Learned Later in HR

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It probably did in the short term, but it meant that we were often hiring for the present rather than the future. I learned two important lessons about recruitment during my time in HR.

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