Leaders: Is Johnny in Trouble Again?

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Monica Wofford

What happened??? I simply said “Let’s chat” and it created chaos!?!? Has this happened with you? When you want to coach an employee and you say “Let’s chat in my office,” does it create confidence or chaos? Does it inspire great anticipation of your guidance, or gossip and the child-like “UUUuuuuuuummmmm, Jooohhnny’s in trouuuuble!” If it’s [...]

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The Leaders Library: 4 Steps to Embrace Change

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Thomas Meloche

Our one constant is change. If you were on the top of the heap five years ago, where are you today? If you haven’t learned how to embrace change, you are now at least 50% irrelevant. The truth is, the half-life for most tactical business knowledge is five years or less. Change is inevitable, except [...]

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Little Johnny in the Workplace

Posted on July 31, 2011 by David Williams

Little Johnny in the Workplace Almost every kid gets a trophy these days And it doesn’t even matter if they know how to play Win or lose, it’s still just the same For “God forbid that our children feel pain!“ Our children grow up in liberal schools Taught to believe each one of them “cool“ [...]

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On Leadership and the Promise of Coaching

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Tom Cocklereece, DMin, LBCT

In the last twenty years a new profession of coaching burst upon the scene. From the local workout gym to the main street workplace; from the boardwalk to the boardroom, professional coaching has made inroads in many facets of life. In 1999 Frederic M. Hudson said this in The Handbook of Coaching: “Adult coaching is [...]

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How To Lead Generation “Y”

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Wayne Kehl

The members of the demographic, commonly known as Generation “Y” were born between the years 1981 and 1994, which makes them ages 17 to 30 in year 2011. They are the young up-and-coming leaders of society. There are a lot of them, and since they will soon fill most of the jobs being given up [...]

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Hope Actually IS a Strategy

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Christa Dhimo

Where to start, where to start.  I have, for the most part, loyally posted a monthly blog for nearly two years on this fabulous and support-my-crazy-blogs site.  But last month?  Nothing. I know… there was no blog post from me.  My shelves were empty, my inspiration went desert, my fun balloon shot around the room [...]

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Finding the Leader Within

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Tom Cocklereece, DMin, LBCT

A friend of mine is a successful businessman and entrepreneur who also serves as a board member of a non-profit community organization. On the board, Rob (not his real name) often offers insightful comments and good advice that matches his good business sense. Yet when asked to serve as a board officer, Rob quotes the [...]

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