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Leadership actions that are not an option for leaders.

Strategy Driven

’ Here are the actions I have observed about leadership that are mandatory for leadership success. They’re internal actions that build trust, earn respect, and create a team of inspired people – inspired to be productive and do their best… Great leaders are value providers, not order givers. BUT not without gambling.

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Leadership words that need to be banned. Forever.

Strategy Driven

Pabulum leadership words really bug me – but not as bad as they may bug you if they’re uttered by your leader. Leaders are known by their words, deeds, actions, values, principles, and by the people they attract both on their team and in the world, but… It’s their words that set the tone for the environment.

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Building Trust Develops Team Cohesiveness

Strategy Driven

LDRSHIP is an acronym for the seven core values of the U.S. Army: Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Selfless service, Honor, Integrity, and Personal courage. These values were foundational to many of my business decisions. Developing this trust starts with loyalty. This loyalty I describe is behavioral. This is leadership!

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What CEOs want to talk about. HINT: It ain’t your product.

Strategy Driven

Loyalty of customers. A far cry from satisfaction, customer loyalty is at the heart of growing the business and increasing percentages of profit. Loyalty of employees. The secret to loyalty is to hire smart, happy, self-starting people with a history of success. Books typically valued from $14.95 – $29.95

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The old way or the new way? It’s really not a choice anymore.

Strategy Driven

Earn customer loyalty. Loyalty is earned slowly over time. Loyalty is gained with quality of product, ease of doing business, availability of people, online alternatives to both purchasing and service, speed of response, and value received. If they do both, that’s loyalty. Book value is not guaranteed.

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A penny saved is a penny earned. Or is it?

Strategy Driven

Getting loyalty because you earned it. Giving loyalty because it’s your philosophy. Having value based peripheral vision, both of others and yourself. Attitude , The Little Green Book of Getting Your Way , The Little Platinum Book of Cha-Ching , The Little Teal Book of Trust , The Little Book of Leadership , and Social BOOM! .

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Are your sales historical or hysterical?

Strategy Driven

Talk about the issues they value the most – loyalty, productivity, morale, and profit. Maybe ask a question or two about their vision or leadership philosophy, and leave. IDEA: create a blog around executive leadership philosophies. Start your own value messaging in social media. Book value is not guaranteed.

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