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Don’t Lose Sight of the Big Picture

It is so easy to slip into a producer mode of head down, isolated activity during the holiday season. We panic (or is it just me?) over all the...
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4 Ways to Increase Your Team’s Fulfillment

The team leader has a huge impact on what motivates their teammates. What brings your teammates to work each day? The Check The check is all about working for...
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When You and Your Teammate Just Don’t Get Along

You’ve probably encountered this challenge if you’ve worked long enough or in a company large enough. You and another teammate just can’t seem to get along. Maybe you didn’t...
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Servant Leadership Webinar – You’re Invited!

I hope you can join me on Impacting Leaders’ final Leadership Learning Series webinar of 2015! We’ll be talking about servant leadership. The webinar is “Real Servant Leadership Produces Real...
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The Difference Between Proud and Pride

When it comes to influencing others, I place a great deal of emphasis on the difference between being prideful and being proud. Here’s how I distinguish between the two....
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Sometimes Being Uncomfortable is Okay

In today’s world, or at least in the United States, most of us want to live in comfort! We want comfy homes and comfy cars and comfy clothes. We...
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5 Causes of Dysfunctional Thinking

This week I encountered a situation that got me thinking on the topic of dysfunctional thinking. What is it, and what causes it? We all have good intentions, but...
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What Your Inconsistency Says About You

In our typically hectic lives, consistency often seems like an admirable but unrealistic character trait. Sure, we grin at the endearing consistency of generations before us. My grandparents were...
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How to Receive Unsolicited Feedback

Leaders often spend a lot of time talking about how we should give feedback. Yet, we spend a lot less time on the equally important flip side of this topic:...
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Four Ways to Empower Teammates to Make Decisions

Teammates who aren’t empowered to make even the smallest decisions feel stifled and micromanaged. Yet many leaders don’t trust their teammates to make good decisions. So, where’s the balance?...
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