I’ve been blogging for over nine years, so I have written a lot of posts about leadership, learning, and a variety of related personal and professional development topics. I’ve recently decided to occasionally go back to some old posts to find inspiration for new posts (and to reflect on my growth as a leader, learner

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I’ve spent the last several days in Las Vegas. I am typically there 3-5 times per year on business. On this trip, several things happened in the first couple days that are lessons for us as people and leaders. So let me share each of these moments with you – and what we can all

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I’ve quoted the man featured today before. While I never met him,  he was one of my mentors from afar. And this quotation seemed especially appropriate for me personally today. I hope you find it meaningful as well. “Discipline is the foundation upon which all success is built. Lack of discipline inevitably leads to failure.” –

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Today, I have three morsels for you as a coach. These come from different places and all are valuable. While you could consider this a coaching buffet, allowing you to pick what you like from the list, I’d rather you consider it a three-course meal – where you sample and benefit from each of the

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One of the sites I read regularly is Business Insider. Recently they posted an image showing how often the average person looks at their cell phone each day. You can see that image here. Their post was about an entirely different topic than you are about to read about – and with all due respect,

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(Third edition, revised and expanded) By Chip R. Bell and Marshall Goldsmith Starting in the late 1980’s I became a student of adult learning, training and learning in general.  In 1996 a book came out written by a guy whose work I was already familiar with.  I remember reading that book and as I look

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Watch the news, listen to a child, in fact listen to a whole lot of the conversations you will encounter today, and you will hear discussions that include blame. Fingers are regularly pointed at others to explain, justify, and rationalize our actions and results. The more attuned to this you become, the more prevalent you

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I live in Indianapolis, Indiana – the only town in America that doesn’t have Memorial Day weekend – we have Race Weekend. This doesn’t mean we don’t honor those who gave their lives for our country (in fact, we honor them in more ways than most), it just means that the last weekend in May

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Would you like others to see your perspective and vision and follow you? Would you like to create more cohesiveness and less conflict on your team? Would you like to persuade with success, using proven approaches? Would you like to be more influential? If you answered yes to any of these, read on, because I

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