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The Olympics, Effort and Work Ethic

Your Voice of Encouragement

"You don't win an Olympic gold medal with a few weeks of intensive training." - Seth Godin, American author (1960- ) With the Summer Olympics in full swing, millions are glued to their screens to see who gets awarded the top medals. Few of us can appreciate the price each of these competitors has paid, just to make it to the games.

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Leadership — what you leave

Lead on Purpose

However, the true — and more telling — measure of leadership is long-term and cannot easily be seen. if we keep a long-term perspective and focus on how we can help them and make a difference in what they do, the long-term benefit will remain with us as we move forward.

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When Good Blooms from Gloom

Michael Lee Stallard

In “ Detroit Goes from Gloom to Economic Bright Spot ,&# Bill Vlasic writes that the American automobile manufacturers are emerging from a near-death experience as leaner, more grounded, humbler, and more long-term oriented organizations. This applies to organizations as well as to individuals. How does humility help us thrive?

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Values or valuables?

Lead on Purpose

The focus on near-term ‘valuables’ at the extent of long-term ‘values’ can prevent companies from reaching the success to which they are striving. It’s obvious that values are not necessarily associated with long-term thinking, nor are valuables necessarily connected to the short-term.

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The price of leadership

Lead on Purpose

Certainly, there will be implications for your personal life – raising questions not so much about balancing work and family in the short term, but about finding a sustainable mix for the long term. This often leaves you doing your “work&# at weird hours after your coworkers are long gone.

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Trust and credibility

Lead on Purpose

The more I learn about trust the more I realize how crucial it is to long-term success. Reply Michael Ray Hopkin , on March 28, 2010 at 6:42 pm said: Geoff, thanks for the nice comment. Trust and credibility are closely related.

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Leadership, Employee Engagement and Innovation at BIF-6 Summit

Michael Lee Stallard

Passionate people are genuine, transparent, vulnerable and this helps them build long-term, trust-based relationships, in other words, they are, as John says, “deeply connected.&# They seek opportunities and problems to solve and they persevere to overcome obstacles. why is everyone smiling? why is everyone smiling?