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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Articles of Faith: Heaven’s View of Labor Day

Posted on September 4, 2010 by Steve Quinn

—————————————————————————– 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. —————————————————————————– Hard to believe that it is September once again and that tomorrow we mark the unofficial end of summer in the Northern Hemisphere. Labor Day Tomorrow, of course, [...]

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The Era of “Effective Immediately”

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Christa (Centola) Dhimo

Never has the figurative sense of two words meant so much more than the literally sense as “Effective Immediately.” (OK, I’ll concede that “I Do” is also up there in the two-worder club). Google It I just Googled “Effective Immediately.” Yikes.  I didn’t do the math, and I wouldn’t say that I performed any scientifically [...]

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The Leader’s Vision: Before and After

Posted on August 24, 2010 by Tom Schulte

Recently, I experienced a 25-year “experiment” come to its conclusion. The “experiment” was in raising up 5 kids to adulthood and getting them prepared to leave the nest. My wife and I had our 5 kids close together (5 kids in 5 1/2-years) and, as of this month, all of them are now in college. [...]

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Leading Below The Radar

Posted on August 23, 2010 by Ken Jones

As far as customers are concerned you are the company. This is not a burden, but the core of your job.  You hold in your hands the power to keep customers coming back – perhaps even to make or break the company. ~Unknown Nothing Up My Sleeve… As funds to purchase services have become more [...]

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