I certainly don’t know everything you read, but thanks to our blog statistics, I know the most read leadership blog posts I wrote this year. As I compiled the statistics, I learned something – in some cases you are watching more than you are reading. I thought I would share our top posts here –

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Today I’m sharing a lesson about the dangers of comparisons. And to do that, I’m talking about my Dad’s mechanical aptitude and my “lack thereof”… There are many dangers when we find ourselves in the comparison trap, and in the video below, I’m sharing these dangers as well as what we need to be doing

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One of the ways we can tell someone is listening to us is that they are asking questions along the way. The right questions are more than a clue to the speaker, they help the listener ensure they are receiving and understand the intended message. I call these listening questions, and here is a starter

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As you might know or at least surmise, we are in the business of helping more leaders make a bigger, positive difference in the world. Most people would call that leadership development. If developing leaders is your goal, you must ask yourself if you are focusing on helping an individual leader grow and develop, or

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In today’s episode, I’m finding a leadership lesson from a question that my wife asked me recently about one of my favorite things. Her co-worker asked for recommendations on brands of tea to try and since I am a serious tea lover, Lori knew that I would have an answer. What does tea have to

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Twenty years ago, this question in most cases wouldn’t have made any sense. People who were on a team together worked in the same location, saw each other every day – that was what a work team looked like. Today, most people recognize the reality of remote work and remote teams and realize that this

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I’ve been writing and speaking about leadership for a long time. And nearly every day, I bump up against the word “management” in relationship to the word “leadership.” That is why I was so honored to be asked by the LinkedIn Learning team to create their updated course called Foundations of Management. Leadership vs. Management

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As a leader, there is a lot on our shoulders and much is asked of us. In my blog posts, emails, articles and even here in this video series, I remind you regularly of the responsibilities that we have as leaders. But today, I’m not talking about any of that. I am talking about encouragement

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You have an open leadership slot, now you need to fill it. As you look at the possible candidates, you see options, but it can be difficult to decide who to pick. And your experience says that those selections can be tricky. Before you make that decision and invite your pick into your office for

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