The Lucky Leader

Posted on July 23, 2010 by Andy Uskavitch

How many times in your career have you heard people described as being lucky? Probably many. Probably today. “What the heck is this thing called luck?” At one moment, what appears to be bad luck suddenly becomes good, or good luck becomes bad. Could luck be just a word we use to describe success or [...]

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Risk – The Tumbling Dice of Leadership

Posted on July 22, 2010 by Ken Jones

Oh, my, my, my, I’m the lone craps shooter, playin’ the field ev’ry night.  Baby… can’t stay…you got to roll me, and call me the tumblin’ dice. ~ The Rolling Stones, Tumbling Dice 1972 Winner Winner, Chicken Dinner! “New roller coming out” yelled the croupier as he slid five dice toward me.  The table was [...]

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Leadership Follies – Blamestorming

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Anil Saxena

Are you Guilty of Blamestorming? Blamestorming (n) (blām’stôr’mĭng) 1) A method of collectively finding one to blame for a mistake no one is willing to confess to. Often occurs in the form of a meeting of colleagues at work, gathered to decide who is to blame for a screw up. What to do with Problems? [...]

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Leaders, Check Your Ethics at The Door?

Posted on July 20, 2010 by Jacqueline Ayad

A client recently asked me to explain the difference between Business Ethics and Non-Business Ethics. “There is no difference,” I replied. “Either we choose to live according to a standard of ethics or we don’t.  We cannot select a different set of values to live by at work than at home.” Perhaps a better question [...]

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Leading In The No Wake Zone

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Joe Colavito

CINAP  T’NOD I took a deep breath and tried to process the name on the back of the boat in front of me. The letters were printed backward making them difficult to read. Just seconds earlier, the truck towing this large boat had pulled out of the driveway onto Suwannee Dam Road, forcing me to [...]

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Articles of Faith: The Gifted Leader

Posted on July 18, 2010 by Tom Schulte

Know Thyself —————————————————————————– 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. —————————————————————————– Have you ever taken a personality test, or a behavioral assessment, or any other type of question-based examination to help you and your [...]

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Servanthood, Soccer Moms & High School Students

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Ken Jones

What does it take to create a world where people work well together; where true leadership reigns; where things get done with a smile? It takes servanthood. In “The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader,” author  John Maxwell identifies Quality #19 as servanthood.  The book presents five characteristics of a leader who embodies the quality of [...]

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