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Big Questions for New Graduates
New Graduates, Congratulations on your big achievement. The exams are now over, the assignments all in. As you celebrate and revel in the memories of achievements, experiences, and friendships, we...
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Is Your Organization Headed for a Breakdown?
Is your organization or team headed for a breakdown? Organizations emit warning signs before breaking down, but the financial signals, such as revenue declines, shrinking margins, and deteriorating...
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What to Do If You Work For a Jerk
So your boss is a jerk. What to do? Of course, how to approach it depends on the severity of the situation, but here are some tips: 1. Go Lean. You may have to make a change, so you need money in...
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Ethical Pitfalls—You Will Be Tested
Photo: iStock No matter where you work or live, when it comes to ethics one thing is clear: you will be tested. Ethical pitfalls are all around us. Often you stumble upon them suddenly. Your ethics...
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Ethical Decision-Making: Simple Tests
Photo: iStock When it comes to ethical challenges, we are all tested at some point. Leaders are tested most when they are under duress. Many leaders are ill-equipped to navigate the ethical...
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We are big fans of Tony and Zappos and have found his book to be an excellent read. Great interview questions as well, Zappos is a truly admirable company and Tony is a great steward and leader.
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Hi Greg. Thanks for your comment. Glad you enjoyed this interview with Tony. We also admire their work and agree that the book, Delivering Happiness, was a great read. Lots to learn from Tony and the...
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Top 10 Triple Crown Leadership Blogs
Our book, Triple Crown Leadership: Building Excellent, Ethical, and Enduring Organizations, just turned one year old! In celebration of this happy event, we are sending out a special edition...
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Love as a Leadership Imperative, or What’s Love Got to Do With It?
Guest Blog by Chief Karl Bauer We study, teach and write about how to become better leaders. We espouse collaborative visioning, champion the empowerment of subordinates and challenge each other to...
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Four Steps to Mastering a Stressful Day
Guest Blog by Brandon Lee As leaders, we have stressful days that can undermine our leadership if we let them. I have learned that how I handle the stress is the one thing I can actually control....
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Classroom Chaos? Try Shared Values
Image Source: http://romeoandjulietdebate.wikispaces.com Especially at the start of a new school year, classrooms can be chaotic with students testing the limits of a teacher’s authority and not...
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Moral Leadership: Not Just For The Pulpit
Guest Blog by Dr. Daniel Sweeney Most responsible students of leadership recognize the importance of organizational leadership, strategic leadership, project leadership, and other types of leadership...
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High Performance Begins with Shared Values
Zappos employees in front of their “Delivering Happiness” bus “When aligned around shared values and united in a common mission, ordinary people accomplish extraordinary results.” -Ken Blanchard,...
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Unleash Your Latent Leader
Too many people disempower themselves with comments like “If only they would …“ Or “I’m only a (fill in the blank with ‘engineer,’ or ‘salesman,’ or ‘clerk’).” Too many people self-select out of...
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The Three Most Important Questions About Your Leadership
Here are three critical questions to ask yourself before you undertake the responsibility of leading other people: What is the difference between “the leader” and “leadership”? Why do you want to...
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“Take This Job and Shove It”? Not So Fast
Sometimes you have to walk out. Some of you are stuck in a toxic firm or with a terrible boss. But before you say, “Take this job and shove it” (to quote the old song), let’s run through a pre-flight...
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Is Your Organization Falling Short on Values?
Image: iStock Photo Recently, we heard about a law firm whose partners, after operating for a while, decided to draft a list of the firm’s values. As part of that process, the partners discussed their...
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Your Leadership Mindset
iStock Photo What is your leadership mindset? What are your self-conceptions and beliefs that drive your behavior as a leader? In many cases, these are unknown because they operate beneath the...
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Learning to Trust Your Judgment
iStock Photo “…with good judgment, little else matters; without good judgment, nothing else matters.” Noel Tichy and Warren Bennis, leadership authors Leadership requires judgment. A leader judges...
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