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Lead Change like a Slinky®

Lead Change Blog

Biologically ironic to our human nature, most people adamantly resist change. Change can also offer an enormous amount of benefits, like growth in a career, innovation for the future, and discovering new possibilities in life. The Top Ten Mistakes Leaders Make (2004) by Hans Finzel. But we don’t need to fear change.

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Before You Open a Business…

Leading Blog

I resisted the temptation to make it a “quiz” where a certain number of yeses totaled up to give you a red, yellow, or green light. Others might find that the successful resolution of these conflicts opens them up to new ways of relating to their families and careers. Family Questions. Ours did; over 700 did not.)

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4 Beliefs that Lead to Bad Decisions

Strategy Driven

When people who have a stake in an issue get left out of the decision, they feel slighted and become resistant to change. “We don’t have time (or interest) to involve everyone with a stake in the decision.”. Successful decisions engage stakeholders effectively and efficiently.

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Should Inoculation of All Children Be Made Mandatary by Law

Coaching Ourselves

These are the risks that, regrettably, cannot forever be foreseen and avoided, so career inoculation a 100% safety bar method would be decidedly awry (Rinner, 2010). Unvaccinated children are at increased endangerment of getting and transmittal vaccine-preventable diseases” (Metalworker, Chu & Doggy, 2004). The New York Spectator.

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Leadership Lessons from the Navy

Skip Prichard

Captain Mark Brouker, retired US Navy , is a wealth of practical leadership wisdom gained from his military career as well as his experience as a professor, executive coach, and speaker. Every fiber in your body will want to go there,” he said, “but resist the temptation. Leadership is about care and compassion.

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Privacy is a Luxury You Don't Have

Harvard Business Review

I remember my first taste of social networking — a 2004 invitation to join Friendster. And — proving the supremacy of word-of-mouth marketing — while I could resist my lone friend two years before, I couldn't turn down a classroom of 25 pleading college students. But for most people, at least in the U.S.,