How You Can Help Haiti . . . and Yourself!

About a week ago, I wrote a post about the horrific Haitian earthquake, and suggested that it could be a leadership opportunity for all of us. (Check it out!)  While it is easy to write a post, once I wrote it I challenged myself to find a way I could offer my leadership to help

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Leaders Serve!

In my Powerquotes Plus email service today, I shared this quotation: “I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.”   — Dr. Albert Schweitzer, physician and humanitarian I’m sure Dr.

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People Join a Company, But Leave a . . .

I just got off a members-only teleseminar in the Remarkable Leadership Learning System with Patti Ayars, founder of Turning Point Consulting and author of the new book The Art of Leading Transformation Change.  One of the insights she shared during the call was . . . People join a company, but leave a supervisor. I

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Ten Ways Leaders Can Use a Flip Video Camera

I own a Flip video camera – and have for a couple years.  I know I don’t use it in as many ways as I can, but we have done some neat things with it – personally and in our business.  I have also shared several ideas with leaders on ways they could use them.

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Will Your Top Performers Stay?

I read something recently that me thinking about a challenge you may have as a leader that you haven’t even thought about, at least not recently. I talk about it on this video – created with my Livescribe pen.  I hope you will watch, listen, and learn. Then I hope you will give me some

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SWAT – Seize the Accomplishment By Timothy L. Johnson

Ever wanted to learn more about how a SWAT Team works, or at least more than you get from watching your favorite television drama? In this book by my friend Timothy Johnson, you will learn about how SWAT teams operate. But, it isn’t a book about police procedures and techniques. This book is a quick

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Get Uncomfortable! Five Reasons to Make Discomfort Your Friend

Ahh, the comfort zone. As humans, this is a place we love. We look for, strive for and have created products and even entire industries to help find and maintain high levels of comfort (hello Lazy-Boy!). You’ll find this desire for the comfort zone in all areas of life – physically, mentally, emotionally and more;

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The Haitian Earthquake / A Leadership Opportunity

I don’t need to post of picture of the description, and don’t need to flex my admittedly limited journalistic muscles to try to explain the size and scope of the devastation. If you have seen any news in the last 48 hours you know it is bad.  Really bad. And from what I have read,

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Leadership Impostors

In an airport yesterday I glanced down and saw the title of a book about the legendary comedian Red Skelton.  It was titled, the Mask Behind the Mask. I had two immediate thoughts – my Dad would have loved that book, and I don’t know about Red, but that title applies to many of us,

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