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Journey of a Change Learner

Guest post by Paul Gibbons. In March 1993, the derivatives market was booming and banks, although intoxicated by the profits, were worried about the risks of these strange, complex instruments and how to control the armies of traders making all the money. The normally reserved world of British commercial banks had been taken over by brash, loud-mouthed traders. Senior management ...
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Leading Your Organization to Profitability

Guest post by Mark Hamade. Have you ever had a stressful day and craved food to soothe yourself? Have you satisfied that stress with a salad? If you have, you are not like most people. It would likely take an amazing salad with just the right blend of ingredients to provide comfort from a stressful day. Leading your organization to ...
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How To Lead Peers

Guest post by David Dye. So, you were friends? Did that change when you were appointed the leader of your peers? This post may shed some light on this often painful issue. How do you lead peers? “How could you?” He was angry. His tight words and finger stabbing the air made it clear: he felt betrayed.”How could you let ...
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Grace in corporate culture

Guest post by Brian Fulghum. “Culture eats strategy for lunch” is a well-known expression of the importance of your organization’s culture and aligning it with organizational vision and strategy. I stumbled upon the importance of this principle when I was part of the leadership team running a business process outsourcing (BPO) company in northwestern Pakistan. We wanted to run a ...
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How will you feel this year?

Welcome to (hopefully) the next 365 days with the gift of life. Happy New Year! How will you make your difference this year? But, even more importantly, how will you feel? I ask because it occurred to me that it is way more important how life feels on the inside than what it looks like on the outside. What looks ...
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Reflection Questions for leaders, consultants, and other professionals

As Einstein said: “If I were about to die and I had only 1 hour to figure out how to save my life, I would spend the first 55 minutes of that hour searching for the “right question”. Once I had formulated the question, finding the answer would take only 5 minutes.” As we’re approaching a brand new year and ...
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Business books holiday reading list with questions

How has your year been? While you’re reflecting and preparing for the new year, why not catch up on some reading during the holidays? Reading opens new doors: also to great questions that can help you shape the year ahead! Here’s my business books holiday reading list with some questions. Business books holiday reading list Let me share my favorite ...
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Do you give attention to who you work with?

In this reflective time of year, I’d like to ask you how you focus your attention. Do you give genuine attention to the people you meet both in your personal and your professional sphere? Let’s distinguish three levels of reality: the what, the how and the who. Our education and career are based on the what: our knowledge and expertise. But ...
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Leading Volunteers

Guest post by David Dye. How long can you hold your breath? Better yet, unless it’s dangerous to your health, try it right now: hold your breath as long as you can. I’ll wait… How long did you make it? 30 seconds…1 minute…maybe 2? Before long, you couldn’t help yourself – you just had to breathe. In fact, I could ...
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Shadow Consulting: Does it really work?

Shadow consulting – have you ever done it? It’s not the dark side of consulting. It’s something that consultants may do too little… It’s consulting with another consultant to help you do a better job in consulting. Official definition: a shadow consultant denotes a consultant who, at the request of a colleague and by means of a series of mutual ...
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