In my most recent issue of our email newsletter Powerquotes , I shared this quotation from the legendary management thinker Peter Drucker. People who don’t take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.There is a tremendous two fold leadership lesson here

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Recent research on why leaders use executive coaching is instructive for all of us.  the research, cited here, includes the following reasons: 1.  Sharpening the leadership skills of high potential individuals 2.  Correcting leadership skill gaps 3.  Improving success rate, or reducing risk of failure of new leaders 4.  Correcting employee relations problems 5.  Providing

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Last week in my Unleashing Your Remarkable Potential newsletter I wrote about four ways to engage your team (reading the article now would be a very good idea). Today I am co-facilitating a workshop for new supervisors called Bud to Boss and we are talking about, you guessed it, engaging team members. It is a topic all leaders

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As I write this it is a Monday morning at the beginning of a new month.  I suppose that is what got me thinking about this topic, but it is relevant any time. If you want to exhibit, show or have leadership influence, the simplest and perhaps best way to do that is get off

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During our recent 16th Anniversary online party (you can watch much of it at RemarkableCelebration.com), I took a few minutes out from visiting with all of our expert guests to give people a brief tour of my office.  You can see that tour on the video above.   If you haven’t watched it, invest the

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Watch this clip from the American League Championship Series a couple of days ago, whether you are a baseball fan or not, and then read on.  If you know anything about the rules of baseball (or even if you just listen to the broadcasters) you know that the umpire made an error – a very

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It happened last week, and captured the attention of millions.  A balloon floating across Colorado, apparently with a little boy in the basket. The drama was apparently captivating  (I didn’t know about it until the following morning) – a run away balloon, a trapped little boy, frantic parents, and news media to send it out

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As leaders we want to encourage, support and accelerate performance, productivity and success of those following us.  One of the many ways we can do this is by taking the time, and making the time to celebrate with our teams.  I have observed that celebrations cause consternation for many leaders; raising questions like when to

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Today in the first installment of my 16 learning posts to celebrate 16 years in business on my Remarkable Learning Blog, I wrote about the value of writing.  Check it out, then return here for some specific leadership lessons. Welcome back! In the post I talked about the value of writing to all of us. 

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