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Book Review: The Outstanding Organization
January 21, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Reminder: I’m taking your questions and the best one will win a prize – read to the end for details… Got Results? Does your business struggle to stay focused and accomplish the results it exists to achieve? If so, you want to read Karen Martin’s The Outstanding Organization. Martin writes from a simple premise: Chaos [...]
7 Practical Questions That Will Multiply Your Influence
November 1, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The Stuff Your ability to: dream show others the way ask the right questions challenge others’ thinking inspire motivate encourage This is the stuff of leadership – and it has nothing to do with the title that comes after your name or power to force people to act. It has everything to do with what [...]
How to Get Clarity, Accountability, and Results in 5 Minutes
September 4, 2012 · 15 Comments
Frustration! The team and I had just invested three hours wrestling with significant issues. We defined the criteria that would make for a good decision…we had healthy debate among different opinions…we listened…we looked for alternatives…we considered consequences to the organization…we pushed hard looking for the best answers… And finally we made a decision. Or we [...]
18 Truths You Can’t Avoid if You Want to Stay Relevant, Effective, and Connected
April 16, 2012 · 1 Comment
Lives are On the Line People are depending on you. They depend on your organization. Your mission is important. With the world relying on you and your team, it is vital that you stay relevant, effective, and connected. History is strewn with examples of organizations that failed or are struggling to respond to a changing [...]
Avoiding Waterfalls (Video)
March 19, 2012 · 4 Comments
Welcome, I’m excited today to release the next in our video blog series. If you’re frustrated by a team or organization caught up in endless bickering, lack of motivation, or horrible bureaucracy, this one’s for you! In this video, you’ll discover a powerful way to move teams from red-tape and meaningless arguments to unified action. If [...]
Book Review: Tribal Leadership
March 17, 2012 · 1 Comment
Insight Every once in a while you encounter an idea that acts like a new pair of glasses – suddenly you can see the world with clarity you didn’t have a moment before. The subject of today’s book review holds that kind of concept. It is a refreshing and graceful addition to and departure from [...]
7 Steps to Make Your Great Ideas Succeed
November 28, 2011 · 1 Comment
Photo by nrkbeta There are more PCs than Macs. There are more Android phones than iPhones. Whichever platform you personally prefer, the Apple products have had a major impact regardless of their smaller market share – you don’t have to be the biggest or most prolific in order to be successful with a game-changing idea. [...]
Eight Leadership Lessons from Tim Tebow
November 21, 2011 · 4 Comments
Photo by Jeffrey Beall Can Tim Tebow make it as an NFL quarterback? More on that debate at the end of this post… What is not up for debate are the leadership lessons we can learn from Tim Tebow. I’ve met Mr. Tebow several times through my work in Denver, have watched him during games, [...]
Four Key Practices for Every Organizational Leader
November 7, 2011 · 1 Comment
Photo by m4tik If you’re leading an organization – whether a team, a company, or a group of volunteers – there are four things the organization requires to be successful. Effective organizational leaders consistently do these four things: 1. Focus on Results Your organization exists to accomplish something. Organizational leaders keep everyone focused on those [...]
