Culture Change: Is Failure Self-Fulfilling?

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Scott Crandall

Change. Sometimes, it is refreshing, invigoration, and certainly can do you good! And other times….. well, not so good… Navigating Rough Waters of Change Recently I’ve been speaking with a good client ($1 billion + in revenues) who wanted to reorganize one of their divisions’ sales forces. Since I’d had some experience with this same client [...]

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Leaders: How to Build the Perfect Organizational Machine

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Scott Crandall

Strong leaders know one thing above all else: At the end of the day, organizational success is all about, and only about, one thing: Performance. Without performance, your future is set… Meaning: You are done! Ask yourself this: When trying to secure the right people in your organization to help produce growth, are you tired of the employee selection [...]

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Leadership: The $64,000 “Flame”

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Scott Crandall

If someone asked you this: “What is the $64,000 question in leadership?”, how would you answer?  What would you say it is that we are trying to carry out as leaders of our teams?  The answer, in the simplest terms, is this: “Leaders are trying to get every one of their people to perform at [...]

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Leadership: The 8 Qualities Test

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Scott Crandall

No matter what you read on the subject of leadership, the question of what qualities a leader should have usually comes up.  Regardless of source, it seems there’s a consensus that makes most everyone’s cut. So, here are eight key qualities – in alphabetical order – that good leaders should possess (or develop), and utilize: [...]

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Leadership in 6 Key Words

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Scott Crandall

As I read the many great posts on this blogazine (and elsewhere), it seems we often take for granted a key question: What exactly is leadership?  I want to propose a working definition, and get your feedback on what you think. I propose this definition: “Leadership is the ability to influence people so they willingly accomplish the goals you are accountable for achieving.” 6 Key [...]

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Leading From the Dark Side: 4 Dangerous Leadership Styles

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Scott Crandall

“Luke, Stay Away from the Dark Side . . .” Have you heard of these leaders: Adolph Hitler,  Jim Jones,  Thomas Jefferson,  Donald Rumsfeld, or  Robert E. Lee? Some list, right?  The common denominator is something basic: it’s what happens when some of the qualities necessary to good leadership harden, or morph into something else: the “Dark Side” of leadership. If [...]

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Posted on May 11, 2011 by Scott Crandall

Starting around July every year, training departments begin receiving e-mails and phone calls around the same topic: “Such-and-such course is on my annual plan, and I need to get signed up.” This should remind us of a statistic from the British consulting firm Lane4: At least 80% of all corporate training cannot be linked back to any [...]

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