3 Leadership Communication Changes for 2023 engagement generation z leadership performance management retention Dec 27, 2022

3 Key changes are coming in 2023 for leaders. I was working with several of my clients in this last quarter and really digging in to analyze what is and isn’t working for them. One particular client, we’ll call them Awesome Company A, or ACA for short, had tremendous success pre-Covid...

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You’re Not A Victim, Unless… choices leadership role models victimhood Oct 27, 2022

Throughout our lives, we go through experience after experience that shapes us into the person we are. Each experience is evaluated for its meaning to us, and then our image of self is adapted to the label. As we evaluate the meaning of an experience, we choose our reactions based on the meaning...

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Clarity Creates Success clarity communication leadership Oct 24, 2022

One of the challenges employees faces is in understanding what their supervisors are asking of them. I have yet to meet a person that wants to fail in life. Of the thousands of people I have worked with, every single one of them wanted to succeed. It’s just that many of them weren’t...

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Where Two Are More Are Gathered Together… conflict conflict resolution leadership leadership skills Oct 23, 2022

I have been teaching conflict resolution for right at a quarter of a century and joke that 1st Jody 1:2 reads… Where two or more are gathered together, conflict shall exist. Humans simply see the world from their own angle instead of another person's angle. I have often referred to this as...

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3 Key Factors Leaders Use To Define Reality culture leadership mission vision Oct 22, 2022

The first job of a leader is to define reality for their team. This doesn’t mean a leader redefines actual existence, though. It means that a leader defines the parameters within which we pursue success. From the models of work, to the profitability models, to the culture itself, leaders...

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Progress in Life leadership progress retreats success wisdom Oct 20, 2022

“Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.” Epictetus

I have a group of guys with whom I lead a retreat that are all either in upper leadership positions or own businesses. Each year, we come together to help invest in the rest of the group,...

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Leaders Exchange Ideas carl rogers communication jean piaget leadership leadership development Oct 17, 2022

I sometimes use an opening in my speeches where I ask someone if they have a $20 bill and if they would come to the front with the money. I then wave a $20 bill of my own. I ask the person if we could exchange the money. Then, I exchange my $20 for their $20. I thank them, and they head back to...

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3 Reasons Performance Reviews Don’t Work engagement leadership performance management performance reviews Oct 13, 2022

As the generations change, so does the approach to managing performance in the workplace. A couple of generations ago, performance was managed in an annual conversation and written evaluation. The annual performance review proved to provide very little developmental value over and over again, but...

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Habit Loops charles duhigg habit loop habits habits for success leadership Oct 11, 2022

Think about the habits you have formed that lead directly to your success. Then, think about the habits you have that keep you from succeeding at the level you should. Each of our good or bad habits gives us a reward for their implementation. Procrastination gives us relief right now from...

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4th Quarter Reboot — How to Get And Stay Organized to Win 4th quarter leadership priority management time management Oct 10, 2022

When I started my business in 1999, I was less than organized in my approach to success. I tried to keep my calendar organized through a combination of notepads and memory. It was not a winning combination. I started my business in September of 1999, so my 4th Quarter came quickly. I missed an...

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The Rhythm of You habit loop habits for success hypnotic rhythm lead yourself leadership Oct 08, 2022

Each of us operates under a certain rhythm we have developed throughout our lives. Everyone is driven by this rhythm, but most never know what it is. The rhythm has been called a habit loop, daily patterns, preconscious thought, and a host of other labels. No matter what it is called, it is what...

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More Than 10,000 Hours expert leadership malcolm gladwell outliers success Oct 06, 2022

In Malcolm Gladwell’s book, Outliers, he talked about the 10,000-hour rule as the basis for a person becoming an expert in a given area. I was fascinated with the book and have always loved his writing. He told a number of stories demonstrating that experts in various areas gave 10,000...

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