In today’s episode, I’m talking with Cory Bouck, the Regional Business Director for the Asia-Pacific Region at Johnsonville Sausage and author of The Lens of Leadership: Being the Leader Others WANT to Follow. Cory’s leadership background comes from all walks of life; he previously served in the U.S. Navy, as well as held office for

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Today I’m talking about leadership touchstones and I’m talking about it on top of one of my John Deere tractors. And I’m not just doing this because I like tractors (although I do). I’m doing it for a very important reason. Check out the episode below to find out why and also learn why and

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On July 26, 2016, Susan Peters, the Vice President of Human Resources at GE announced a shift in how performance management will be done for the 300,000 employees at GE. Her is part of what she announced: “Today we’re announcing our latest update to Performance Development. Bottom line: after running pilots with 30,000 employees and

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If you’ve watched these videos or read my blog for any length of time, you know that I like to look for leadership lessons in absolutely every place and every situation that I’m in. So it’s only fitting that today’s episode was not just shot in my barn but I’m also talking about what I

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Real conversation is a worthy goal in all areas of our lives. Real conversation provides a platform for understanding of others and/or issues. Real conversation allows learning to take place, and real conversation promotes the nurturing and deepening of relationships. Perhaps most of all, real conversation can feed our souls in ways few other things

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By Geoff Smart, Randy Street and Alan Foster If in over 20 years you conducted interviews with 15,000 leaders, and if, while doing that, you had a rigorous process for capturing what you learned; do you think you might learn something about what makes leaders successful? The good news is that you don’t have to

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This title is misleading. Because, I suppose you don’t have to make any of these commitments; yet, to the degree that you don’t make them, you will reduce your success. Stated another way, there is a direct correlation between a leader’s commitment and their success. (Tweet That) Given that profoundly important point, perhaps a more

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Imagine that you could sit down with me each week as I talk with leaders and other experts on leadership development. And imagine it was completely free and you could listen whenever and wherever you choose. You don’t have to imagine it at all, because I am sitting down with those experts and successful leaders

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It’s hard to deny the fact that to be a better leader, you must be a continual learner. In every book, video, webinar, workshop or consultation that we create or lead, we talk about the importance of learning and how it correlates to our success in leadership. And today, I’m sharing two reasons why this

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