Next Level Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

For three of my client companies, this is the third consecutive year that they’ve asked me to do this kind of work with them. With all that experience, I’ve learned a lot about how to develop and write an agenda that gets a leadership team engaged to create meaningful insights and outcomes.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Rather than have the (internal) knee jerk/lizard brain reaction when seeing someone not wearing a mask, it’s time to flip it, and to thank those who do. Use this how-to guide and get 3 free tools & templates to help you along the way. David Moser of Decisive Blog writes How To Run A Meeting You Aren’t Ready For: 5 Steps.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 3, 2021

Marcia shares: “ Achieving inner stillness is getting comfortable with the beautiful emptiness of not knowing. Liz Weber of Weber Business Services provided Piloting Change Communication. I say we should do our part to lessen the burdens carried by our fellow man. It’s not that difficult to do. Here’s how to do it.

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Next Level Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Over the past two decades, colleagues, friends and clients have often asked my wife, life and business partner Diane and me how we’ve grown the business over two decades and what we’ve learned along the way. There’s a lot to say and share about that for sure – more than one blog post can address.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 12, 2017

He asked lots of “ either / or,” “have you thought about,” “how/why,” and “help me understand” questions. Research done by O.C. That’s powerful stuff. So why do we ask less and less as we get older? In order to make the right decisions, people need to start asking the questions that really matter.”.

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Rich Gee Group

APRIL 28, 2014

If you pare down your job or business — and take away all the extraneous stuff you do — the most important part is COMMUNICATION. I give you information and I get your response. You tell me to do something and I tell you when I can get it done. ” “Why are my clients checking out?”

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Frank Sonnenberg Online

MARCH 9, 2021

Do you know folks who work long hours, but get little done? They spend more time complaining about their workload than actually doing the work. And when they’re not whining or complaining about their organization, they’re gossiping or criticizing what other people do (ugh). Do you possess a can-do attitude?

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 8, 2018

Marcella questions: “ Culture is everywhere where people get together. My contractor built a people-oriented positive culture and selects clients that fit his culture. Do your clients smile looking at your organization? Paul LaRue of The UPwards Leader contributed Great Story, Horrible Business.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2010

From the comments submitted I’ll pick a winner who will receive a $500 dollar check, an Amazon Kindle, and a video interview to be hosted on this blog (anyone wishing to add to the prize package please send me an email). He trained for and completed his first triathlon and has his sights firmly set on doing an ironman.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 16, 2021

I ’VE MET MANY business founders in my life and they vary on almost every possible measure: race, gender, background, temperament, schooling, and intelligence (in all its forms). I certainly observe patterns among them, but they all share one and only one thing in common: they decided to get on the bucking bronco and actually do it.

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Frank Sonnenberg Online

MARCH 22, 2021

Or maybe I reasoned that because it was just a single page out of hundreds, nobody would ever notice and I wouldn’t get busted. Get busted, that is. Do they have some kind of special radar?). Today, some people seem to regard the notion of “conscience” as old-fashioned. What is it about grandmothers?

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2018

As soon as the “T” word—trust—is mentioned, people begin to feel uneasy about where the conversation is headed. Dan McCarthy of Great Leadership provided Why Managers Don’t Listen (Poor Listener Syndrome): and the Cures! Bernd Geropp shared What is a vision statement and do you really need one? Creativity/Inspiration.

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Terry Starbucker

JULY 23, 2018

It’s what happens when a leader gets off their pedestal, and makes critical human connections. Along the way there were lessons that became teachings, and then blog posts , and then, eventually a manifesto – my 8 Principles of More Human Leadership. It was fantastic to get to the trifecta and that place of fulfillment.

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Next Level Blog

MAY 12, 2020

Phase 1 has been the “reinvention” phase where leaders have been focused on figuring out new ways to keep their businesses running at some basic level. As in, we’re emerging from the initial shock of all the change we’ve experienced and are now beginning to ask, “OK, how are we going to do this for months on end?”.

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Frank Sonnenberg Online

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Especially thinking that helps people navigate the sometimes-perplexing issues of everyday living. With nearly five million readers, FrankSonnenbergOnline was named one of the “Best 21st Century Leadership Blogs” and is among the most frequently shared items on the Internet. Do you want to become the best version of yourself?

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Sales Wolf Blog

JULY 6, 2010

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Lead from Within

JANUARY 17, 2019

I hear many people complain that people are so busy getting the work done that their workplace has lost the human essence. When people work behind closed doors, when they keep to themselves, when they hardly have time to connect, it becomes a mechanized workplace.

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Great Results Team Building

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Teammates get distracted constantly by the barrage of noise around them – and that means they do not pay as much attention to YOUR emails, conversations, texts, or smoke signals…. And when your teammates get distracted, your productivity and results ultimately suffer. Ask QUESTIONS instead of telling them stuff!

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Others do not. How do you avoid this fate? When you started out you had to do everything. There are things that only the CEO can do. If you’re still spending time doing the work of others, you can’t do what only you can do. You’re keeping stuff in your head. Get it all out.

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Frank Sonnenberg Online

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Some of us keep stuff because we have the room, while others just can’t be bothered to get rid of things. If you won’t clean up your clutter, how much of what you do is unnecessary as well? Yet, why do we do unnecessary things that waste time? Do You Have Time to Kill? It got me thinking. Ineffective.

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Sales Wolf Blog

AUGUST 13, 2010

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Many people today feel they are just ‘one bad decision away’ from losing their job or business. Most of the time, that’s the wrong thing to do. In 2016 — they launched a new MacBook Pro with 4 USB-C ports (“How will I connect my stuff?). So instead of making decisions, they make NO decision.

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Sales Wolf Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2010

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Management Craft

JANUARY 1, 2013

This will be the last blog post I do for the foreseeable future. I will not bore you here with the “why," but if you are interested I have included a bit more about my reasons at the bottom of this post. You drive half the people around you a little nutty and others will irk you on occasion. Leading people is a privilege.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Let’s get started! Leaders’ jobs aren’t to motivate and inspire and engage their employees, leaders’ jobs are to teach people better mental processes by which they can eliminate drama (emotional waste), upcycle that energy and that time, and help others step into the power they already have to create a better workplace.”

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Sales Wolf Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2010

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Sales Wolf Blog

JUNE 13, 2010

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RapidStart Leadership

DECEMBER 8, 2016

They had done a good job, but now the boys were tired and ready to go home. It’s a great activity because it provides funds for us to do things like go to Summer Camp in Virginia. It’s also great because Scouts build an understanding of how a small business works. check out this time-lapse video of the Troop getting it done).

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 6, 2012

A blog "Carnival" is typically a collection of recent blog posts organized around a common theme, in this case, leadership development. Although there are lot's of places a reader can go to get aggregated free content these days, my readers still seem to appreciate the monthly Carnival collection. I experienced it first-hand!".

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Leading Blog

MARCH 31, 2011

mjasmus Instead of focusing on what you don’t have – consider the relationships you have to work with, and make do ! We barely have time to eat because it takes so much time to feed our computers-networks ~ Tom Peters Blog How true! AwesomelySimple: Meetings do NOT = Results! JohnBaldoni: Do what ballplayers do in the spring.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 10, 2016

I’d have some stuff in that dustbin. I’m done with being outdone by discouragement. I’ve never done anything like this before. Things don’t go as planned, people don’t respond as hoped, parades get rained on, insults get added to injury. Because we have to get back to work. Maybe you would, too.

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Jason Womack

MARCH 17, 2013

Standing in line to say "thanks," I wasn't sure if he would have enough.but I did wind up getting a copy of Nancy Duarte's book, " HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations. ". If you are going to spend ANY time at all in front of people (at work, in your community, at home, etc.) Also, find what doesn't work.and stop doing that!).

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Tanveer Naseer

DECEMBER 27, 2011

Rather, it’s what we do and whether we’re open to learning from it that should decide whether it’s been of benefit or harm to us. Some of my favourite lessons shared in this piece include: “People often say ‘listen to your customers,’ but that’s not a complete enough process. Here’s why.

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CEO Blog

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Lately I have been using a slightly different time management technique which I call the "See Do" method. As the word implies, I see it and I do it. I get an email and deal with it. And during busy times, I would reduce that to a minute or less. Leave the vacuuming until you do more than just a minute.

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Joseph Lalonde

MARCH 14, 2018

To do this, I reached out to leaders I admire and respect. I asked each of these leaders a single question about healthy leadership: What healthy habits do you attribute to your success as a leader? I’m exercising, doing what I can a few of times a week and moving as often as I can during the day. Photo by Element5 Digital.

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Next Level Blog

JANUARY 3, 2019

Why am I setting that up as a habit for myself? It’s because I realized during my annual retreat with Diane (my all-star life and business partner) that I am better when I write regularly. You can read our tips for how to do a great annual retreat here ) I think more clearly and deeply. It’s done that and so much more.

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Rich Gee Group

JULY 29, 2014

Not only to get ahead and get that promotion — sometimes to just survive. Companies are getting more cutthroat, managers are getting more paranoid, and it’s everyone for themselves people. Notice people’s eye color. People will remember not what you said but how you made them feel.

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