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Why Leaders Can’t Avoid Learning

You can run, but you can’t hide. Actually, it is not (quite) true. There are leaders everywhere that are trying their best to hide every day, like ostriches burying their heads in the sand, when their team isn’t achieving what they could. Leaders who want to blame others, the economy or the market for their

Only Read This If You Experience Barriers in Communication

My Dad used to say that the only concrete that isn’t cracked is still in the bag. Concrete is everywhere, and a good bit of it has cracks. The corollary for communication is that where ever there is communication, there are barriers. Every organization I’ve worked with over the last 20+ years has talked about

Your Next Mistake . . .

Whether we are talking about an honest one, a little one, or a great big oh #$%^&@! one, we all have made them. And I’ve come to believe that the way we view and how we respond to them plays a huge role in our attitude, approach, and results in life. What am I talking

Communication Lessons from the I Have a Dream Speech

How often does a speech of less than 11 minutes in length demanded the world stop and listen? When people are still reading, listening and talking about that speech over 50 years since its delivery is even rarer. I’m talking about the speech Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered on August 28, 1963 during the March

Six Ways to Expand Your Perspective

Last week I wrote about why your perspective as a leader is so powerful. If you missed it, it is a great prelude to this article. Today I give you practical ways to get more and new perspectives into your experience and thought process. Note: None of these are difficult in and of themselves, but

Happy, Happy, Happy. My Life and Legacy as the Duck Commander

By Phil Robertson with Mark Schlabach For the uninitiated, Happy, Happy, Happy is a favorite phrase and life motto of Phil Robertson, creator of the most popular and famous duck calls on the planet. Phil is also the patriarch of a family that stars in the most popular show on the A&E cable network. The

Life, Pure and Simple

The world seems to be a pretty complex place – and getting more complex all the time. Today’s quote is one that I remind myself of regularly. “Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.” – Albert Einstein Questions to Ponder – How complicated is my life? – How would my experience be

Leadership and The Power of Perspective

I’ve been thinking recently about the importance of perspective to our role as a leader. And when I recently saw the work of Gus Petro, who put a new perspective on New York City and the Grand Canyon, it prompted me to write this article. The project is called merge (and the website can be

The 12 Week Year: Get More Done in 12 Weeks Than Others Do in 12 Months

By Brian P. Moran and Michael Lennington The promise of this book is powerful. Who wouldn’t want to get more done in 12 weeks than others get done in 12 months? As an entrepreneur and a leader of my team, that subheading is almost intoxicating. Based on the title alone, I purchased the book. I

The Fastest Way to Be Liked

I often joke that if you have a quotation you want to use but don’t know who to attribute it to, say it is from Abraham Lincoln, Ben Franklin, or Mark Twain. Why? Because they said smart stuff and people tend to listen to them! Today’s quotation really is from Mark Twain – and it

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