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Why Everyone on the Team Matters
Great teams are never about any one team member. Instead, great teams depend on each team member to step up when they are needed. Even more distinctively, the best team leaders make sure every member is treated like a “starter.” Treated as a critical piece of the team puzzle, it is the team members who…
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The Flaw of Selecting People Before Deciding on Strategy
The Flaw of Selecting People Before Deciding on Strategy. Following the correct sequence of strategy to structure to people enables for objective and quality decisions regarding any reorganization. Doing things in the right order promotes clear thinking. Don’t attempt to put the house in order without putting strategy first.
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How Can We Improve Our Judgment?
“Good judgment comes from experience and experience comes from bad judgment,” or so goes the well-known quote.
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The Good, the Bad & the Ugly Behind the Desire for Promotion
To advance in their careers, good leaders ask to do more. The desire for the next role and a deserved promotion to a more senior leadership position seems to be a natural motivation in organizational life. In an ideal world, the best people and leaders rise and take on more responsibility and ownership for the
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On Becoming More Aware
In a legendary graduation address, later turned into the book This Is Water, David Foster Wallace offered this allegory: “There are these two young fish swimming along and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says ‘Morning boys. How’s the water?’ And the two young fish swim
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Body Language and the Search for Hidden Meaning
There is little doubt that body language can exude confidence, anxiety, awkwardness, and charisma. Experts tell us that roughly 80 percent of the meaning of a message lies in the nonverbal expression of it. No wonder so many seemingly smart people invest a lot of time and money into predicting what people believe and feel
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Don’t Let Your Family Down
Pride is a powerful motivator. Among many factors that inspire complete performance, family pride stands out. The idea that we represent everyone who came before us is an exceptionally powerful and emotionally poignant feeling. Many of the most successful athletic coaches remind their team members to make their family proud through their actions and choices.…
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The Pecking Order of Culture, Strategy, and Talent
The best leaders invest in all three of the essential characteristics of success, Culture, Strategy, and Talent. They hold themselves accountable to selecting superior talent, setting a compelling strategy, and creating a high-performance culture. Organizational success is a three-legged stool dependent on all three legs. Three is a lucky number.
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The Invisible Power of Trust Between Teammates
Many of the most profound influences in life are not visible. Think gravity, magnetic fields, friction, and ultrasound. The invisible world often governs what happens in the material world. The same is true in teams. We can’t see trust between teammates but we can witness the startling effect it has on performance. The words differ but they