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Perception is More Than Reality

Kevin Eikenberry

People tend to operate and behave in the world, based on what they believe to be true. So, if we want to communicate successfully, influence, or lead them, we must operate based on their perceptions. Let me take this idea one step further. their perceptions).

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CEO Blog - Time Leadership

CEO Blog

A good present-day example of this type of leadership can be found in Virgin Group Ltd, a very successful corporation renowned for its presence in a wide variety of global markets. Art Gould is a division manager with Self Storage Company, which operates a group of websites, including a Nashville self-storage locator.

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Pattern Recognition

Coaching Tip

It can be creative and innovative, but sometimes it fogs up and must be cleaned by clearing out old views and replacing them with fresh ones. So, I would suspect that your concern about maintaining gross profits of the past, when product sales dominated your business, is very real now that operations are more services oriented.

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Favorite Leadership Lessons – a Guest Post from Terry Starbucker

Kevin Eikenberry

He has been in the business world for over 28 years in various leadership positions, most recently as a senior operations executive for a service business based in the Rocky Mountain west.

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I Heard It Through the Grapevine

Kevin Eikenberry

Using it In the military, operatives are used to gain “intel&# on what the enemy is thinking, doing or planning. If you have something that can cause all those problems, as a leader it is your responsibility to reduce or eliminate that situation – or even better, use gossip to your advantage rather than peril.

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Dr. Liz Alexander on Thought Leadership

Rajesh Setty

She has written nine commercially published books that have sold over 500,000 copies worldwide, and several self-published ebooks. Unfortunately mainstream education isn’t geared to teaching people to do the hard work that goes into thinking much at all, let alone innovatively. RS: Why is it hard to become a thought leader?

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Why Apple Has to Become More Open

Harvard Business Review

It's a question I couldn't help asking Don Tapscott after reading the new ebook he has co-authored with Anthony D. Apple is probably the most successful and innovative company on earth over the past decade, and it's extremely closed and secretive. That can be a powerful marketing technique if you have the market muscle to pull it off.