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Practice the Fundamentals

I was once asked: What’s the biggest insight you’ve had throughout your career regarding leadership? Wow!…

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Select Top Talent

Selecting employees is not the same as recruiting talent. The difference between the two is profound.…

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One Word… Collaboration

Often, a single word or concept can make a huge difference for leaders and their organizations.…

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New Hire Orientation

Horst Schultze, the former president of the Ritz-Carlton hotel chain, said, ”The most important time in…

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Create Clarity

High Performance Organizations do things lesser performing organizations don’t – they create clarity on what’s important…

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Don’t Set the Bar Too Low

I want to lead a great team – don’t you? I want to work on big…

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Five Ways to Spark Creativity in Your Team

Tapping into creativity is a constant challenge. In a business climate that can turn on a…

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Develop More Leaders

What does it take to build a leadership culture? What I discovered when I wrote my…

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Teams: Pseudo vs. Real

I usually think about, talk about, study, and write about teams that excel. My book, The…

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Learn from Others

For many years, I have met with a group of men twice a month. We’ve been…

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Harness The Power of a Start-up… Even if You Aren’t in Start-up Mode

Have you ever been part of a start-up? Do you know people who have? What can…

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Facilitate Engagement

In my book, Chess Not Checkers, I wrote about the most misunderstood and overlooked facet of…