Managing Mondays: A Cut Above The Rest!

Posted on November 29, 2009 by Jason Christensen

You may have heard the phrase “Sharpen the Saw” in Stephen Covey’s book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. He uses the example of a woodcutter who is constantly sawing wood day after day who progressively loses productivity as the blade of his saw becomes dull. The woodcutter’s solution to overcoming decreasing productivity while [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Tom Schulte

Happy Thanksgiving! In America, we take a moment each year to celebrate all the things for which we are thankful. The L2L staff and bloggers are taking this time to celebrate our national holiday and spending the time with our family, friends, and loved one. We are even spending time with people who we normally [...]

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Everyone Deserves Good Servant Leadership

Posted on November 25, 2009 by David Hasenbalg

Be Honest How many people woke up this morning and said to themselves, “I’m going to be completely non-productive today”? How many people went into work this morning committed to finding a way to make mistakes? The answer is nobody. Nobody goes into something hoping to fail. So, why do some people flourish while others [...]

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Beyond Polarity: A Third Way of Thinking

Posted on November 24, 2009 by Nicole Gnutzman

Who really likes polarity anyway? Ok, maybe the TV pundits, but they’re being paid for it. I’m going to go out on a limb and contend that we might tolerate it, be incensed by it, or even get some vicarious pleasure out of it… but we don’t really, at a fundamental level, like it. And yet [...]

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Managing Mondays: Leveraging Gratitude

Posted on November 23, 2009 by Jason Christensen

It’s not difficult to allow the stress of your workday put you in a “fowl” mood. We often get wrapped up in the timelines, projects, heavy work load, snippy remarks and lack of appreciation presented during our day. More and more, it piles up like mashed potatoes on Uncle Ted’s Thanksgiving plate. According to a [...]

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It’s Selfish to Help Others!

Posted on November 20, 2009 by Jason Christensen

You heard me right, IT’S SELFISH TO HELP OTHERS! “Sure others gain from your help, but ultimately why are you helping others?” It makes YOU feel good inside and really isn’t that what is all about; making YOU feel good? There are many theories out there about altruism, even seemingly selfless acts always have hidden [...]

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Learn by Sharing

Posted on November 19, 2009 by Chris Sprague

Typically, when people start blogging, the first thing they think of is sharing their ideas with other people. They may think how wonderful it will be to help somebody else or they may think how great it will be for people to know who they are or they may think about how much fun it [...]

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