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Good Power: Changing a Life. Changing Work. Changing the World.

Leading Blog

Power is part of leadership, and it can be used in the service of others or for personal gain. And when delivering bad news, use a velvet hammer. When we move beyond just developing ourselves to developing others, it signals that we are transitioning from the power of me to the power of we. How do we do that?

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The Rainmaker Fab Five Blog Picks of the Week

Sales Wolf Blog

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In Praise of Average Joes

In the CEO Afterlife

Companies, large and small, cannot survive without great leadership, sound strategy and flawless execution. Ronnie was an organizer – a leader in cultural development. In fact, it was Ronnie who took a sledge hammer to that wall and turned it into rubble.

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Know Your History, Purpose and Direction

CoachStation

Finally, it has forced me to think about and clearly articulate answers to the excellent questions that Maddy had developed. To explain this concept, Sinek has developed what he calls the “Golden Circle,”. 1) When developing, maintaining and growing my business, I have focused heavily on the ‘why’. What does that even mean?

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Motivating People Starts with Having the Right Attitude

Harvard Business Review

When I ask leadership development clients to describe the type of motivation they’d like to see in their teams, they mention qualities such as persistence, being a self-starter, having a sense of accountability for and commitment to achieving results, and being willing to go the extra mile on projects or to help other team members.

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Case Study: When Two Leaders on the Senior Team Hate Each Other

Harvard Business Review

Lance Best, the CEO of Barker Sports Apparel, was meeting with Nina Kelk, the company’s general counsel, who also oversaw human resources. “I did talk to that leadership development firm last year,” he said. Lance knew that as part of this process he’d need to examine his own leadership.

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Recruiting is Broken, Succession Planning is The Future

Strategy Driven

Recruiting is like a hammer. If you’re building a house and the only tool you’ve supplied your framer is a hammer, then then don’t blame the framer if it takes five times longer than you’d like, and costs a bundle more than it should. Executive leadership and buy-in. Recruiting Is Overused and Misapplied. Keep it simple.