Your HR Team Drives Business Success
If you are a business leader planning for the future without including your HR people, you are making a huge mistake. Sure, you have probably talked to Marketing about future demand, and with Finance to discuss the budget, and even to your IT person to discuss your tech requirements. But there’s a good chance you […]
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- Aug, 01, 2016
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Aug, 01, 2016
Analytical Thinking is Not Just For Accountants
Good leadership requires multiple styles of thinking. Lots of people only have one style in their toolbox. This is not a good thing. There are plenty of different ways of thinking about problems and opportunities at work, but for now, let’s consider two: “Warm and Fuzzy” and “Analytical.” “Warm and Fuzzy” sounds dismissive, but it’s […]
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- Posted in Leader Development
- Jul, 27, 2016
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Not Everybody Knows What You Mean
You walk into the local outlet of a major sandwich chain restaurant and they start rattling off the options quickly in a monotone voice, while doing other things. They have a pretty efficient assembly line, and they need to keep it moving. The problem is, you have never been there before, and you need a […]
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- Posted in Communication
- Jul, 25, 2016
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It is What it Is — But You Control “It”
Many years ago I worked for a division chief at the Pentagon whose division was not run very well, and her team knew it…and complained about it. A lot. Her typical response in division meetings was to shake her head, smile a little bit, and say “hey, it is what it is.” The problem was, […]
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- Jul, 18, 2016
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Don’t Be a Roadblock
Nearly 20 years ago I was in an interesting role as a US Air Force officer, developing new concepts for the role of military power after the end of the Cold War. During my first year in that job (which lasted 2 years, 8 days, and 3 1/2 hours) I had a fantastic leader. Not […]
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- Jul, 13, 2016
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