Check-the-Box Leadership

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Delana Mckinsley

Does your leadership style sometimes end up blurting out on you? blurt (blûrt) tr.v. blurt·ed, blurt·ing, blurts To utter suddenly and impulsively Check The Box ~ You went to the courses. ~ You learned about yourself and others. ~ You even brought it back to the team and taught a lunch-and-learn. Voila. All done. Check the box. [...]

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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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Psst – You Want to Know a Secret?

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Andy Uskavitch

Anybody looking? Can anyone hear us? Good, then let me tell you a secret. Here it is . . . There Are No Secrets! That’s right. There are NO secrets to good leadership. There have been thousands of books written on “the secret”. But if it were such a secret, wouldn’t you think that there [...]

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I Believe . . . I’m a Leader

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Andy Uskavitch

So, you’re a leader… You’ve reached that impossible pinnacle for most people.  You’ve reached a level that most people just dream about or envy.  But you know, it’s not meant for everyone. But for those who want it and make it work, it can be very rewarding. Dream On One of the problems for a [...]

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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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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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You Need a Good Bad Idea

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Ron Edmondson

I love a good bad idea…don’t you? The truth is, in a healthy organization, there really are no bad ideas. At least not in the organizational sense. Here’s what I mean… If you have someone on your team who is coming up with ideas, who is trying to do their best for the organization, who [...]

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