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You Go First

When something’s broken on our team or in our organization, we typically look beyond ourselves for the fix. We want our leader or our leader’s leader or the leaders...
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What Every Leader Must Own

I’m a leader who believes wholeheartedly in delegating – not in an effort to get rid of work but to give our teammates the opportunity to grow, to take...
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Pretender

How to Identify and Coach Pretenders

I’ve been challenged throughout my career with many trials and tests that have resulted in learning. Today, I have the benefit of being a wise leader only because of...
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5 Characteristics of Empowered Teammates

A couple weeks ago I had the opportunity to sit down with the executive leaders of one of my client companies. We were discussing the topic of empowering others,...
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Own It: Holding Your People Accountable

Holding people accountable. It’s a challenge that isn’t isolated to middle management or new leaders. Executives at the highest levels also fall into the lull of hoping someone’s non-performance...
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7 Tips for Preparing for a Critical Conversation

I’ve said before that having a critical conversation with a teammate doesn’t have to be a negative encounter. I’ve had some of my best coaching and growth conversations with...
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Having the Confidence to Take on the “V” Word

This week I attended a webinar hosted by Dan Rockwell (Leadership Freak blogger) as he interviewed Stephen M. R. Covey on the crisis of trust. If you attended this...
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The Leader’s Backlist

A few months ago Seth Godin wrote a great post on “Building your backlist.” A backlist, Seth says, is what publishers call the stuff that was published a while...
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Make the Tough Call

The willingness to make the tough call is one characteristic that separates those who like to talk about leadership from those who take it one step further and live...
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Stay Focused on The Big Picture

“If you forget about the big picture, you’ll be a slave to the day to day.” A slave to the day to day. Does that sound like today? Maybe...
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