Helping Bosses Become Leaders
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Telling Ain’t Teaching!
Look, let’s shoot straight. Too many training experiences involve a talking head at the front of the room or on a computer screen and you find yourself wishing you had brought your laptop to the meeting or had a second screen to answer email. Really? You would rather respond to email? Only because our minds…
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Don’t Make Delegation ERERS
There is no question that delegation is an important principle in effective leadership. Here are five tips to help you avoid making errors when delegating: Define clear Expectations Record each assignment Offer Encouragement Report on progress and completion Show appreciation for effort I typically try to use acronyms or mnemonics to help me remember key principles or…
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Keep Your Ax Sharpened Regarding Leadership
The story is told of two axmen who held a contest to determine who could cut down more trees in a day. At sunrise the contest commenced. Every hour the smaller man wandered off into the forest for 10 minutes or so. Each time he did this, his opponent smiled and nodded, assured that he…
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It’s My Stupidity, Not My Integrity
Why we do dumb things at work and how to help others forgive us. I have been a mid-level manager for eleven years. For several of those years I couldn’t seem to reconcile why I could trust a colleague to watch my kids if the need arose, but hated to do business with them. For…
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The Word I Learned in High School that Changed Everything
It’s no secret that high school has its challenges. But this isn’t an article about school reform, youth bullying, or public education’s origins in an antiquated industrial revolution model. This happens to be a single success story from my own public high school experience that has served me well in my career post-high school, post-undergrad,…
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