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How to Turn Defeat Into Victory

It was mid-1942. All of continental Europe was under the Nazi flag. The Soviet Union was under a violent attack, and its armies were in retreat. The United Kingdom had withstood many attacks, but was reeling from the German war machine. The United States had just entered the war, but had not experienced much military […]

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The Keys to Hiring the Best

Leaders want to have powerful teams. Most of us recognize that having strong teams begins by hiring the very best. Over the last eight years, I have been involved at one level or another in the hiring, firing, training and leading of over 200 people. If I were to strip down what I’ve learned about […]

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Preemptive Leadership

As a leader, you can either invest your time in preemptive leadership by training your people from the beginning and pulling them together all along, or reactive leadership where you find yourself on the back-end of every issue, always solving problems and putting out fires. Preemptive leadership will always give you the advantage. Which style […]

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Is My Best Good Enough?

We cannot give more than our best. As a parent, a spouse, a boss, a team member, or as a leader?our best is our limit. What is your best??And has it been enough to take you where you want to go in life? Most parents I meet?teach the best things they know to their children. […]

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How Well Do You Know Your People?

Effectual leaders know their people. They are intentional about getting to know them on a deep level?beyond professional formalities and more toward a personal, authentic relationship. They not only get to know their people, they also allow their people to get to know them. While some leaders do not even attempt to get to know […]

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One Thing You Must Do During Crisis Or Change

We know that problems in leadership are more likely to occur during turbulent times of crisis or change. Allow me to share with you a simple secret to preventing issues?that?demoralize your people and cause drama or trauma during these tumultuous times: stay close. I like to practice preventative leadership. I want to predict problems and […]

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Why You Should Not Blame Anyone

When I hear leaders complain about their people, I know they have not mastered a core lesson of leadership: It is always our fault. Here?s why? As a leader, my tendency is to absolve myself of any wrongdoing when a person on my team is having “issues” that affect morale or productivity. So I made […]

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3 Reasons Why People Don’t Perform at Their Best

As leaders, sometimes we struggle to answer why people don’t perform at their best. One of our preoccupations is to get our people to become all that they could be, and do all that they should do. When our people don’t perform to the levels we think they should, I have found that it is […]

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Leaders Change the Culture, Not Just Policies

It’s easy to change policies. It is hard to change the culture. Changing a policy can be temporal. Changing the culture is foundational. What is the culture? Culture is a value that is deeply engrained in the ethos of the human fabric of your team?so deeply rooted, it is not questioned. It is embedded in […]

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Find the Best People

What are your thoughts about Mayor Michael Bloomberg? Regardless of what you think about his politics, or how he tried to ban large sodas, I think we can all agree that when he speaks about leadership, we should take note. I do. In an interview with Fareed Zakaria during the Clinton Initiative of 2013, Mayor […]