Tag: leadership
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Why does change have to suck?
If you have read my blog very much you know that I am a huge Jack Welch fan. Read here and > Jack Welch to learn more about Jack and his philosophies. In Jacks first year as CEO of General Electric he visited one of the companies businesses which was a facility that built nuclear reactor plants…
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Do you have the achiever mindset?
One of the hardest jobs of a leader is finding, hiring, and then developing the right people you want on your team. Finding the right friends, colleagues, spouses, partners, etc. is one of the hardest things we as individuals do as well. As leaders and individuals we want to be around people who are achievement…
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3 must haves for leadership, do you have them?
I am sure all of us could come up with an exhaustive list of our own thoughts on what qualities a leader must possess and demonstrate to lead people effectively. A simple google search of “qualities a leader must have” only returns about 60 million searchable links. So we know there are lots of opinions…
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Good Leaders ask Great Questions; book summary
John C . Maxwell is by far one of my favorite authors and speakers. In his book Good Leaders ask Great Questions he outlines what good questions are. He outlines a playbook for leaders as well as anyone else who wants to influence other people. These questions transfer across all walks of life. The book…
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Stop Whining and Start Working
Throughout my career I have tried to learn something from just about everyone I have interacted with. I believe that every single person we interact with has the ability to teach us something that we didn’t already know. You just never know where little life lessons and nuggets of wisdom will come from. So you…
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What it takes to be #1; Vince Lombardi: notes
Vince Lombardi is one of the greatest football coaches in the history of the professional game. In 10 seasons as a head coach in the National Football League–9 with the Green Bay packers and 1 with the Washington Redskins, Lombardi compiled a truly amazing record: 105 wins, 35 losses, and 6 ties. His Packers played…
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How to get others to follow your lead
Whether you are a parent, a spouse, a sales person, a colleague, a leader, a subordinate, you name it, you are constantly seeking to have influence over others. What I have found in the corporate environment as well as with my personal relationships, when I follow the following acronym I am much more influential.…
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Trump 101; The Way To Success; Donald Trump
I wouldn’t call this a book summary, because it isn’t. What it is, are my highlights from the book as I read it. Maybe it is a book summary, or maybe it is what I like. Who knows! maybe you will find some value in it as well. Somewhere between childhood and the real world…
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Are you a LinchPin? My notes from this book
I read LinchPin (Are you indispensable) from Seth Godin a month or so a go. In my weird filing and ranking system that I have created, I ranked this book 8 Stars out of 10. It is a book that gets you thinking about how you can do more and be more, because as humans…
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Why not think rich
If you have never heard of the classic business book that is on everyones list as the top business book of all times, here is your introduction to it. Think and Grow Rich was written by Napoleon Hill. It is a great read and has a lot of great advice in it. Even though this…