Why is Leadership So Difficult?

Posted on March 21, 2012 by C.K. Brechin

I’ve had the pleasure of being on vacation in a warm destination for the past ten days and have spent many hours lounging by the pool with one eye on my son and one ear eavesdropping on many conversations. I’m always curious about people’s complaints about their work environments, especially about their leaders. Nothing beats [...]

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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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The Exceptional Strength of Followership

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Christa Dhimo

This month marks a remarkable time in all of our lives. It doesn’t matter where you live, how you were raised, or which side of any current news-story you are on, these are remarkable times! It seems that we have opened this decade with a torrent of “worst-that-could-happen” news.  In fact, the USA political, social, and economic [...]

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Leaders Gain From The Pain

Posted on August 18, 2010 by Ken Jones

Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and griefs which we endure help us in our marching onward. ~ Henry Ford Getting Back In the Saddle [...]

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Leader, Don’t Be A Goalie

Posted on August 12, 2010 by Ken Jones

Preventing Goals In the game of soccer, the goalie is the person on the team who’s primary objective is to stop goals. To achieve this, goalies get to do things that the other members of the team are not allowed to. These include: Goalies can use their hands to stop a goal. Goalies can position themselves [...]

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There’s No “iPhone” in “Team”

Posted on August 10, 2010 by Ken Jones

The Long Distance Relationship With the rapid increase in technology over the past years leaders are beginning to use email, smart phones, video conferencing, etc as substitutes for actually being “present“ in the office leading their teams. Could it be that the abundance of technology is giving leaders a false sense of “being connected” to their employees that just [...]

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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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