Who Are You?

Posted on March 23, 2010 by Joy Griffiths

Who are you really?  Who are you when you are in the dark… when no-one is looking….? When I first heard this question from Michael Neill (my personal model for coaching excellence) I smiled to myself. Then I noticed the goose-bumps. And then I began to wonder……who am I really? Sure, I’m a wife, a mother, a daughter, [...]

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Managing Mondays: Just Say NO!

Posted on March 22, 2010 by Jason Christensen

You should never feel guilty about saying, “no.” Here’s why…

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Articles of Faith: The Number One Trait of a Leader Today!

Posted on March 20, 2010 by Tom Atema

—————————————————————————– This post is part of our Sunday Series titled “Articles of Faith.” We investigate leadership lessons from the Bible. See the whole series here. Published only on Sundays. —————————————————————————– You and I, we live in disruptive times. But not unprecedented times! For even back in Jeremiah’s day they asked the same questions as we do [...]

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How Do Leaders “Pay It Forward”?

Posted on March 19, 2010 by Anthony Roberts

We’re all familiar with the metaphorical statement “Pay it forward.” We use it to mean what you do is repeated by others for others, as in good deeds. To start a cycle of good deeds, do a good deed. “Pay it forward,” is, and has always been, a reality in leadership. We all know of [...]

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Leadership Balance: It’s About Spinning Plates!

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Mandy Russell

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.”  Albert Einstein Leadership is about spinning plates, both in the workplace and outside of it. as a leader, our daily business goal is to create compelling vision and allow our future leaders to devise stretch-goals that drive business growth. We motivate, [...]

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Leadership Warts

Posted on March 17, 2010 by Mark Fryer

Sometimes we can go through life thinking that we are a handsome prince or princess, charming the world by simply being alive and around. We mistakenly think that we positively impact people because of our experience, ability, position, accomplishments, or blah, blah, blah… Because we fail to take that all-important introspective journey of self and see our own faults as others might, we can [...]

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Why Are Layoffs So Harmful?

Posted on March 16, 2010 by Gilad Langer

I read an interesting Newsweek article titled “Lay Off the Layoffs – Our over reliance on downsizing is killing workers, the economy – and even the bottom line”, by Dr. Jeffrey Pfeffer. (Thanks to Mark Graban that pointed me to it). The article shows that lay-offs do not save a company money: not in the long run, nor in [...]

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