I get tired of leaders telling me that they need greater accountability in their organizations. As they lament that they have accountability problems, I sometimes wish I were a female toting a purse.  (I’m pretty secure in my manhood, but I don’t and don’t plan to carry a murse – if you don’t know what

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It is a big country we live in. I’m reminded of it often, especially on long flights from my Midwestern home to western locales. While we deliver workshops in many locations around the country, next month we are going to the northwest corner of the continental United States to Seattle to deliver not one, but

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Monday afternoon a nation’s collective consciousness focused on one of the grand cities of our country.  During a day of celebration, horror happened.  This short piece isn’t meant to make light of or lessen the pain and problems caused by Monday’s events, but it does give us a glimpse into human behavior that we as

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Watch the Final Four this weekend and I can guarantee two things:  You’ll see lots of camera shots of celebrities and parents of players, and the word momentum will be spoken by the announcers at least once.  You can watch any sporting event and hear that word – momentum – used almost with reverence.  It

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Leaders often lament to me about how busy they are.  And one of the things that many say doesn’t get done is taking the time to build relationships with their team members. I know you are busy. I know you have a lot on your plate.  But finding connections and building relationships with your team

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Everyone I’ve ever discussed the concept of trust with has a wide range of emotions related to it. While everyone wants more trust in their relationships, and believes that in an environment of higher trust they will be more productive, less stressed, and generally enjoy their life and work more, we are often stymied, wondering

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As a leader you will most likely have to deliver a tough message or difficult news at some time or another. And I’m often asked how to do it without causing other problems bigger than the original problem itself. Learning the skills to doing this well is like making a big pot of homemade soup

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Have you ever heard the old quotation, “When the student is ready, the teacher appears”?  It has a Zen-like quality to it, and inside those few words is the answer to the question posed in the title. The best time to coach is when the student is ready.  At that moment of readiness, we are

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For the past 6 years, we’ve offered a variety of public workshops across the country in conjunction with our media partner, Briefings Media Group (perhaps you’ve even attended one). And today I’m excited to announce our acquisition of these workshops as the newest way that we are striving to better serve your learning needs. I

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Elementary School, Valentine’s Day. Everyone arrives with a bag filled with those small little Valentine’s Cards, signed, sealed with names on the outside of the envelope.  Secretly, or not so secretly, this is a day many have long been awaiting. Will I get a card from Bobby Or Andrew? (or Betty or Ashleigh?)?  And if

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