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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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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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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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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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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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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If you have seen the movie or stage musical The Sound of Music, you likely remember Maria leaving the Abbey to become a Governess. As she winds her way through town and toward the von Trapp mansion she sings of her uneasiness – and her lack of confidence in her ability to succeed in this

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On the teleseminar for our Remarkable Leadership Learning System Members today (you can get two months months membership free) I talked about how as leaders we must communicate change effectively. During the call we were talking about the role of the comfort zone in our willingness to change. During that conversation I stated what I

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I wish I could claim the title of this post as my original thought, but I can’t.  It belongs to Barbara Hemphill, speaker, author, and among other things, developer of the Taming the Paper Tiger series of products.  I read this line a couple of days ago and it struck me (perhaps because I have

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