We all find ourselves in social situations, or at networking events, or perhaps even on airplanes, and people ask us, “So, tell me about yourself.” Most of us answer that question the same way – we provide some labels or hooks for who we are. For me, it would include some of the following: I’m

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Have you ever cleaned your garage?  When you started the project, the task was pretty well defined.  You could look at the garage and see what needed to be done.  But once you got started, two things happened.  First, you realized there were more necessary parts to the job than originally thought – the project

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Today, links to some things I’ve written about gratitude and being thankful in the past. I believe each of these articles is useful to all of us as leaders (and human beings). But before I do share those links, a very abbreviated list of the things I am thankful for this week . . .

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Imagine walking into an upscale restaurant with a sumptuous buffet – offering a wide range of tantalizing salads, entrées and desserts.  (Perhaps a more clear picture will come on Thursday at a Thanksgiving dinner).  There are all sorts of foods, providing you with a wide variety of options. I am about to lay out a

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There are plenty of things that can go wrong with meetings, and the litany of complaints about them is long. In my 30 years of attending, observing, and facilitating meetings, one of the biggest challenges I’ve seen is groups staying on topic. The problem is a natural one – if you put a group of

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I know you have an opinion, because most everyone does. According to a survey done by the Robert Half organization, 62% of workers feel that the feedback they receive semi-annually or annually in their performance review is at least somewhat helpful in improving their performance.  But 31% don’t consider it helpful at all. Compare that

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Sometimes I like to find quotations that talk about timeless principles, even things everyone “knows” but are presented in a slightly different way, or from a person you might not expect. Great life wisdom might not be what you think about first when you think about the prolific author, Louis L’Amour (he wrote 89 novels).

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Maybe you find yourself in a new team environment and leading a team for the first time, or maybe you have been working with and leading teams forever. Either way, the keys in this article – whether as new information or a fresh reminder – can make a world of difference in morale, productivity, and

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Unless you live under a rock, or are truly adverse to the media or professional sports in the United States, you likely know that the NFL has operated the first three weeks of their season with replacement officials. The back story is that the League locked out the regular officials as a part of the

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Everyone thinks teams are a good thing. Leaders like to form teams. People, for the most part, believe in the value and purpose of teams . . . “All of us are smarter than each of us.” and “1 + 1 = 3” are just two common phrases that reinforce and prove how pervasive our

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