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Power in Two Words: “Not Leadership”
If you couldn’t tell, I’m a huge advocate of leadership. It creates value. It is a force multiplier. It improves cohesion. But, contrary to popular misconception… Power is not leadership. Leadership,...
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Is the NSA Really Your Biggest Problem?
Why do we fear the NSA? Why do we fear sharks? Why do we fear anything? Here’s some context: Shark attacks in 2014: 72 unprovoked attacks with 3 fatalities.[1] A 2006 Time article stated that more than...
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Leadership is Like Being a Good Host
“But they are like family to me!” You hear this phrase or something like it when people speak about their work relationships. Hell, I’ve been guilty of saying it in one form or another. It is sorta...
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Why are We Assessing Leadership Roles and Styles?
What is the point of all of it? Millions of dollars are spent each year on personality assessment tests. But, nobody can express a clear reason why. “Two and a half million Americans a year take the...
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Cooperation over Compliance
When you are in a position of authority, what is the best use of your time? How do you get more leadership bang for the buck? One of my leadership principles is to create a healthy organizational...
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I was Interview by Jonathan Pritchard (ALWD)
https://kwwrede.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/alwd-008_-leadership-interview-with.mp3 I had a podcast interview with Jonathan Pritchard over at A Life Well Designed. Jonathan uses design principles to...
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Leadership is Like a Good Suit
(Or The Fallacy of Leadership Style) There are a lot of articles and posts written on the subject of leadership style. Most of it is based on a faulty premise: you are your leadership style and your...
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Infinite ROI, Leadership
It costs you nothing to be a good boss. If you can earn one dollar extra by being a good boss, the return on that investment (ROI) is infinite. Don’t trust me, trust the math: EOM,...
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How to Screw-up Leadership Development
<tap> <tap> CEOs <tap> <tap> Are you out there? Anybody? <tap> <tap> COOs? CFOs? <tap> <tap> Is this thing on? I really want to be that motivator guy....
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Is This an Inspiring Philosophy?
“…I am a whiner and I keep whining and whining until I win…” – Donald Trump I really have no additional comment here because I would veer away from leadership and into politics. That would be of no...
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Three Fallacies of Leadership
To paraphrase the old saying, “Leadership is like the weather – everyone talks about it, but no one does anything about it.” People seem to accept leadership, good or bad, as a cosmic fate that simply...
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Suncoast Business Leaders Leadership Panel
This is just a quick note to thank Laurie MacDonald from MacDonaldConsultants for hosting a wonderful leadership panel on 18 May at the Centre Club Tampa sponsored by The Suncoast Business Leaders...
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Following the EndGame
First, thank you to everyone that has been following me for the last 18 months or so. I really appreciate your thoughtful comments and interest. I know I have been a little slow online the last few...
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Leaders and managers, the important difference
There is a huge difference between leaders and managers. Never sell managers short, they are the stewards of resources. Their problems will cost you money Leaders are the stewards of culture. If the...
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Leaders Have No Right to Demand Trust
Leaders must protect the most important asset generated by healthy organizational cultures: Trust. It is through the process of good culture that leaders earn trust of their subordinates. Leaders who...
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Maybe I’m just old fashioned…
Maybe I’m just old fashioned… But… If you are a 1/3 owner in a business and you are claiming a tax loss of about $1 billion, the math implies that you had to destroy $3+ billion in corporate value to...
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The Critical Obstacle to Innovation
Everyone agrees that innovation is the magical key to the future, a strategic activity that cannot be ignored. A major topic of CEOs and MBA programs world-wide. The biggest obstacle to innovation in...
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The Telecommuting Challenge
Telecommuting isn’t a new topic. Under the right conditions there are many advantages for both employees and employers. At both ends of the spectrum there are jobs that are impossible for telecommuting...
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