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Your People Are About to Crack – But You Can Prevent It

Stress, anxiety, and mental illness can destroy your people and cripple your organization.  As a leader, you have an obligation to look out for their mental health. In honor of May being Mental Health Month, I’d like to ask you to pause and think about an invisible issue.  How stressed are your people?  How much […]



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Question Everything Always

There are no stupid questions. There are only stupid people who don’t ask questions. Today’s post is by Gary Douglas, the founder of Access Consciousness®. People have always told me that the way I do business is different. I may indeed have a slightly different point of view about most things in life – and […]



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How much control do you have over the work you do?

Our poll today asks: How much control do you have over the work you do? – Total — I decide everything I do or don’t do: 6.61% – Significant — I control most of what I work on : 65.23% – Some — Most of my work is dictated to me: 22.99% – None — […]



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The Secret Keys to a Great Pitch

People pitch ideas all the time. Most of those pitches never get heard. Why? Because they don’t consider the audience. I get pitched ideas all the time.  My inbox is flooded by emails from PR professionals asking me to carry guest blog posts, do book reviews, share their infographics, and interview the people they represent.  […]



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5 Key Skills for Sharing a Vision

To get your team to rally behind your shared vision, there are 5 key skills you must build and employ.  If you’re able to create that shared vision, your team’s performance can soar. Today’s post is by Jeff Wolf, author of Seven Disciplines of a Leader (CLICK HERE to get your copy). New leadership roles […]



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How frequently do you worry about getting fired?

Our reader poll today asks: How frequently do you worry about getting fired ? – Never — I’m irreplaceable: 20.49% – Sometimes — when projects go wrong or bad things happen: 55.74% – Often — I am frequently on edge: 17.49% – All the time — I live in perpetual fear of getting fired: 6.28% […]



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SWOTting Your Strategic Problems Away

Understanding the strategic environment you’re competing in is the foundation of any worthwhile strategic plan.  Fortunately there’s an easy way to get your arms around the complex market dynamics you face. Strategic planning requires you to understand the competitive landscape in which you’re operating. A great tool you can use to assess the environment is […]



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The Leadership Mistake You Don’t Realize You’re Making

When you solve problems for the members of your team, you’re depriving them of the opportunity to learn and grow.  Learn to recognize if you have this tendency. The good news is there are ways to fix it if you do. Today’s post is by David Marquet, author of TURN YOUR SHIP AROUND! A Workbook […]



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Do your team members bring you problems or solutions?

Our reader poll today asks: Are your team members more likely to bring you problems or bring you solutions? – All they do is come to me with problems: 11.03% – They mostly bring problems with an occasional solution: 66.91% – They bring more solutions than problems: 20.07% – They always bring me solutions: 1.99% […]



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7 Great Leadership Lessons in Less than 10 Minutes Each

Today’s post is the third in a series by Paul Smith, thoughtLEADERS instructor and bestselling author of Lead With a Story As I’ve shared previously, I’d like to provide you some more great leadership lessons that you can immediately apply to the work you do.  Below are seven great lessons in easy-to-digest 10-minute podcasts you […]



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