On Leadership, NASCAR and Changing Gears

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Jason Monaghan

Race car driving is a potent metaphor for leadership.  Watching any NASCAR race shows how many people it takes to keep the car running and get it over the finish line.  An efficiently running business is no different… The Leadership Lane True leadership develops when organizations can unite behind a common purpose that serves their [...]

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Leaders: How to Get Your Next Job

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Rachel Wallins

In my career as a Leadership/OD practitioner, I have had the great luck of making some great hires. I have also had the not-so-great luck of making some not-so-great hires. Along the way, however, I have found that having an open position can drive some of us to drink. Whine & Wine Right now for a recruiter [...]

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Leaders: Take a Risk and Help Someone Else

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Lee Ellis

March is always an exciting month in my life. It’s the month that more than 300 former Vietnam POWs who came home in the last two groups at the end of the war.  This year is the 39th anniversary of our release from the communist cells in Hanoi.  Words can’t describe the joy of returning [...]

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Leaders: The Big is in the Little

Posted on April 2, 2012 by C.K. Brechin

In leadership, little things can bring BIG results… In the story of the Tortoise and the Hare, we learn that slow and steady wins the race. A similar analogy can be made in the case of leadership: The little actions are most often what create big results. Bigger, Faster, Worse In the same sense that faster [...]

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Why is Leadership So Difficult?

Posted on March 21, 2012 by C.K. Brechin

I’ve had the pleasure of being on vacation in a warm destination for the past ten days and have spent many hours lounging by the pool with one eye on my son and one ear eavesdropping on many conversations. I’m always curious about people’s complaints about their work environments, especially about their leaders. Nothing beats [...]

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Leaders: Creating Next-Generation Leaders Online

Posted on February 18, 2012 by Jason Monaghan

Leaders take note: On-demand, online learning meets employer’s needs with staying power. Are you tapped in to win? Generational Workforce Trends Every generation brings a new culture with them as they enter the workforce. In order to retain the best employees, companies need to evolve with generational workforce trends. One of the biggest new trends over the [...]

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Leadership Storyboarding

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Andy Uskavitch

People become leaders – by title – because they’re good at . . . well, leading.  Well, in addition to this… you also need to be good at organizing, counseling, and many other things.   But for now, I just want to focus on organizing. Organizing projects and processes, that is. Organizing Formats As a [...]

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