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���Learn Your Triggers���Then Change!

If youve been wanting to change your habits, take that first step and learn to spot your triggers. Stop choosing the old mindset and replace it with something new and, ideally more beneficial.

���Leadership Development Series Part III: Invest in Your Organization

Invest time, energy and other resources, and youll be more likely to get positive results. Create the ROI you both want and need to thrive.

Leadership Development Series Part III: Invest in Your Organization

Over the past two weeks, I’ve been discussing the types of investments Disciplined Leaders consistently make. Today, the focus of the final part of this series is on investing in your organization. Why is this so important? As highlighted in MAP’s book, “The Disciplined Leader,” every month, more small businesses in the United States, defined as 500 or fewer employees, close than start up. Of those that make it beyond the first few years, half fold within five years while 70+ percent fail wit...

How to Recruit and Select Top Sales Talent [Webinar]

The struggle to recruit top sales performers is an ongoing challenge and if you want to consistently recruit top talent, its time to change your mindset and your approach.

Leadership Development Series Part II: Invest in Your Team

A study by The Corporate Executive Board Company finds, Companies that invest in leadership development have outperformed others by 15 times over the last 60 years.

Leadership Development Series Part II: Invest in Your Team

Last week, I kicked off a blog series focusing on several investments that Disciplined Leaders learn how to make—and the sooner, the better. That first investment must be in YOU, as in your professional growth and leadership development. However, there’s a second investment that’s also directly tied to supporting your leadership success and organization’s vitality: it’s the commitment you make toward your team’s wellbeing. As outlined in a 2011 study by The Corporate Executive Board Company,...

Leadership Development Series Part I: Invest in Your #1 Asset (You!)

Making a commitment to contribute to your professional growth and development is essential.

Leadership Development Series Part I: Invest in Your #1 Asset (You!)

Over the next few weeks, I’ll be writing about three investments that Disciplined Leaders must make to drive results and reap big returns. That first investment is in YOU. Why? Because the journey to becoming a Disciplined Leader starts with you, so making a commitment to contribute to your professional growth and development is essential. Yet surprisingly, a lot of people don’t make even small, easy efforts to invest in themselves. For instance, according to a study by the Jenkins Group, 42%...

Take Note of ���Diamonds in the Rough���

Some people dont realize what they do is unique, exceptional, or carries potential in terms of making a significant impact on their work or in their world.

Take Note of “Diamonds in the Rough”

I’m willing to bet there are a number of people on your team who have certain skills, talents, or characteristics that have gone overlooked. For whatever reason, these individuals simply don’t realize that something they do is unique, exceptional, or carries potential in terms of making a significant impact on their work or in their world. So as their leader, it’s one of your responsibilities to recognize such greatness. Once “discovered,” like diamonds in the rough, these assets can then be...