Blankity-Blank-Blank Nerves!!

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Christa Dhimo

Nerves! Those blankity-blank-blank nerves! Yes, you heard me.  Nerves.  Those darn nerves!  Always around, never a dull moment: “nerves” have gotten the best of us and promoted the worst of us.  Leadership isn’t leadership without nerves, is it. I have a close relationship with nerves.  My nerves, other people’s nerves, high nerves, low nerves… the [...]

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John Wooden’s Winning Principles

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Kristi Royse

I have always been a BIG follower of John Wooden! I have read every book on him and have worked to apply his principles to my business, my relationships, and my life. A Standard of Excellence I recently came across this INCREDIBLE strategy of standards of excellence and code of conduct to find happiness. I now [...]

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Katie Couric’s Evolution to Leadership

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Christa Dhimo

While tiptoeing through the tulips of online nice-to-knows, I stumbled upon a time capsule of sorts. Er, wait a second.  That really doesn’t do it justice.  Let me try this again. While in search of what seems a nearly impossible task of satisfying my curious and insatiable mind for learning something new (that’s better), I [...]

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10 Ways to Encourage Innovation

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Ron Edmondson

I firmly believe it is a mistake of leaders to feel they can force innovation or even create innovative people. Innovation, in its purest form, means change. And while change can be forced upon people, the best changes, the kind that make an organization excellent, come from the heart of a person. Great innovation comes [...]

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Future Leaders: Leading Our Most Precious

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Joe Colavito

THREE STORIES, ONE POINT. If we want our students to be equipped to lead in the future, we need to provide them with teachers and counselors who are equipped to lead them today. Story #1 :: A Bad Apple “Sit down! Pay attention!” commanded one of my 8th-grade daughter Courtney’s teachers on the first day of the new [...]

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“I’m Not a Businessman; I’m a Business, Man!”

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Baerbel Bohr

Business leader Jay-Z continues his way from success to significance When I finished reading Jay-Z’s recent book Decoded, one of the verses of Coolio’s classic “Gangsta’s Paradise” popped into my mind: “I am an educated fool with money on my mind.“ Purposeful Leadership This is exactly the self-image that Shawn Corey Carter aka Jay-Z creates [...]

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6 Leadership Lessons from Rudolph

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Eleanor Biddulph

‘Tis the season! One annual tradition in my house is gathering to watch Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer. This year, I watched it through the lens of leadership. Imagine Burl Ives, as the voice of Sam the Snowman, applying the lessons of Rudolph to the workplace… 6 Lessons in Leadership Scenario 1 Rudolph first apppears as the [...]

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