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Five Problems with Virtual Communication & What to Do About It

Leading Blog

In face-to-face relationships where there is trust, one party may do something to screw up, causing friction, anger, and even a bit of mistrust to creep in. Virtual feedback should be specific and focused on the relevant object, performance, or creation and not on the person. “A We laugh together, cry together, bond together.

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The Joy of Leadership

Terry Starbucker

I’ll never forget how, in 1994 when I was looking for a job, he found my resume in his stack of papers, and personally picked up the phone and called me, inviting me to come to his office in suburban New York. I wanted to be a leader – something I had promised myself I’d doggedly pursue since I had hit my career bottom two years earlier.

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Why You Need to Lead With a Higher Standard to Succeed

Lead from Within

Therefore it’s up to each one of us to improve our own standard of leadership. The evidence is everywhere, from judging the accomplishments of others to worrying only about the bottom line. Constantly evaluate your actions with an objective to try to do everything a little better tomorrow than you did it today.

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Stop Selling And Start Leading

Eric Jacobson

Build bonds of trust with your buyers. Prahalad and Venkat Ramaswamy who wrote "We're entering a 'bottom-up' economy in which consumers will migrate to businesses that allow them to be participants in the process of creating what they want." A seller can simultaneously do the work of selling while showing up as a leader.

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5 Quick and Easy Holiday Team Building Activities

Lead by Adventure

Tear off the bottom left corner. It appears they’ve accidentally dropped some of the reindeer dust on it because it has a tendency to float up. The game is an icebreaker that asks participants to line up on a continuum based on two choices. Griswold Christmas Lights… or Never put lights up. Weirdest object.

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Love and Leadership | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

While many people immediately conjure-up an image of the ever so tough, bombastic extrovert without an ounce of compassion as the picture of what constitutes a real leader, nothing could be further from the truth. While being motivated solely by conquest may allow you to achieve a stated goal or objective, the cost will be great.

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Why Consensus Kills Team Building | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

I can sum-up my feeling on this in one word… ridiculous. However CEOs that implement a well thought out and clearly articulated vision, create a sense of stability and a bond of trust amongst the ranks. So maybe the voice of the person with IT gifts comes through in e-mails or other means rather than taking up meeting time.

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