Teaching Caterpillars to Fly

Posted on October 22, 2009 by Kristi Royse

Two caterpillars are conversing while enjoying a warm day in the sun. As they are talking about the wonders of life,  a beautiful butterfly floats by. One caterpillar turns and says to the other with his eyes wide open, “You’ll never get me up on one of those butterfly things.” The caterpillars live the next [...]

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On Leadership and Egg Cartons

Posted on October 21, 2009 by Tom Schulte

The Mighty Mighty Egg Carton To Serve, Protect, and Defend! Do you think of your boss as a superhero? Someone who will keep you from harm, provide a safe place for you to perform, and help carry your career to higher places? Well if you were an egg and your boss were an egg carton, [...]

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Grow Up and Lead Us Already!

Posted on October 20, 2009 by Caleb Duvall

Most people watch other people. People are interesting. This happens in large scale arenas like at the mall, in the airport, and at the ballpark. Closer to home, it happens on a smaller, but more intimate scale at your workplace and in your family. So as a leader, guess who your followers are watching? In [...]

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Leadership: Screaming Your Way to the Top?

Posted on October 19, 2009 by Ashley Munday

When was the last time that a fighting, bickering, self-serving group of people or their leader inspired you to do better, to work harder, or to achieve the team’s goals? Yeah… probably never. That’s what I thought. Or how about this… Have you ever seen a project die at work, and yet no one is responsible [...]

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I’m Just Not That Into You… (Part I)

Posted on October 16, 2009 by Christa Dhimo

Is it just me, or has “leadership” become a laughable offense you tag onto someone when you want to engage in a playful throw-down?  With all the uncorrected and ongoing bad behaviors we have seen in the last decade, and so many ongoing issues we have with current leaders… can ANY of us actually take [...]

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Leadership: Being Comfortable With the Uncomfortable

Posted on October 15, 2009 by Nicole Gnutzman

My husband and I recently decided to change our lifestyle quite dramatically so we could live the life we wanted to live. We’d been talking about it for quite some time, but thought it was impossible. And then we realized that until we committed to it fully, it wasn’t going to happen just magically. Once [...]

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Intentionally Increase Your Failures

Posted on October 14, 2009 by Kristi Royse

What if starting today, the word no stopped shutting  you down? What if every time you heard the word no you became stronger? And what if the greatest success strategy in the world was not to focus on increasing your successes but your failures? Top performers understand that failure is not an obstacle but actually [...]

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