Confessions of a Leadership Coach

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Doug Ramsey

Do we live in a professional world of magical thinking? Consider this: Our leaders reduce complex issues into sound bites and slogans.  We cheer and applaud as if something significant has occurred.  We anxiously execute change programs, performance improvements, training and development, coaching and other interventions with the highest of hopes and beliefs that we [...]

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Rebel Leadership – ‘Rebel With a Cause’

Posted on July 30, 2010 by Mandy Russell

Rebel Efforts Pay Off ‘That is the best damn Store entrance I have ever seen.’ That was the day, the day that she knew! She had spent her entire career in a male dominated retail environment, her colleagues and peers all assuming that her ‘Senior Store Manager’ position had been achieved by her ‘close’ relationship [...]

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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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The Leadership Yawwwn-Fest

Posted on July 14, 2010 by Karen Dietz

Are you inspiring others to action with your captivating stories that delight your audience? Or you guilty of just providing a leadership yawn-fest? ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Effective Storytelling Your One Best Tool For Inspiring Others I was at a board meeting the other day where an outside organization was presenting its latest project. The vision was in creating a [...]

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