Blog - Leadership
Articles and blog posts on our many leadership topics.
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Read ArticleParadigms
Paradigm comes from the Greek root, paradigma. It basically means a pattern, a model, a representation, something that stands for something else.
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Read ArticleExamples of Servant Leaders
In many organizations I've worked in or with, I've seen examples of servant leaders who have really made a difference.
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Read ArticleFlying High
I once had an experience that for me was a simulation of servant leadership. I was working with the Oregon Air National Guard and was scheduled to go up in an F-15.
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Read ArticleNew Wine - Old Bottles
The adage that "you can't put new wine in old bottles" still holds true, as evidenced by attempts to profit senior executives with new leadership styles.
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Read ArticleKeys to Total Quality
The key to a total quality company is a total quality person who knows how to program and use a compass. I've always liked the expression, "If it's going to be, it's up to me."
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Read ArticleSubordinate the Clock to Compass
For many executives, the dominant metaphor of life is still the clock. We value the clock for its speed and efficiency. The clock has its place, efficiency has its place - after effectiveness.
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Read ArticleFirst Things First
I've learned that the good is the enemy of the best when the first things in our lives are subordinated to other things.
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Read ArticleCurrents in the Stream
When I talk of the "stream," I mean the external forces and the powerful, deep currents that influence all we do in business. Changes in technology have totally revolutionized our world.
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Read ArticleMoral Compassing
When managing in the wilderness of the changing times, a map is of limited worth. What's needed is a moral compass.
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Read ArticleEmbarrassing Duplicity
Once I was a faculty member at a university in Hawaii. I was very upset about our housing situation, and so I went directly to the president, since he worked with me on my visiting professorship.
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Read ArticleBe Loyal to Those Absent
Being loyal to those who are absent and assuming good faith of others are keys to building trust in a culture. The ultimate test of principle-centered leadership is to be loyal to the absent.
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Read ArticleYour Job as a Leader: Engage Your People and Build Your Culture
I work with government and corporate organizations around the globe, helping them improve their leadership and overall performance.
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Read ArticleAs Performance Review Time Rolls Around, Consider A Different Approach
I recently came across a news article exploring an emerging realm of performance reviews. I was thrilled with the forward thinking that many organizations are doing.
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Read ArticleLead With Purpose: Get Aligned With Your Mission
In my first post on leading with purpose, I outlined two reasons for cynicism around mission statements. The first reason is that too many mission statements are meaningless platitudes.
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Read ArticleLead With Purpose: Design an Engaging Mission
How do you design a mission or a sense of purpose that will engage everyone?
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Read ArticleLead With Purpose: Find and Articulate the Voice of Your Organization
In Mumbai, India, a city of 17 million people, fast food has a unique meaning. Every workday, about five thousand “dabbawalas,” or “lunch-box people,” deliver nearly a quarter-million lunches.
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Read ArticleBuilding A Winning Culture: Two Essential Leader Shifts
The typical way to change people’s behavior is to reward or threaten them. Stephen R. Covey called this “the great jackass theory of human motivation — carrot and stick.”
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Read ArticleBuilding A Winning Culture: A Top Priority for Leaders
Over 30 years of global experience has taught us that a winning culture produces at least 4 critical outcomes:
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Read ArticleLeadership Conversations
The 3 Leadership Conversations we describe in our new book, Talent Unleashed, provide a cultural framework for creating and improving your own Leadership Conversations.
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Read ArticleThe Ongoing Conversation of Leadership
It’s been said, “Marriage is just one long conversation, so make sure you marry someone you like talking to!” In reality, all good relationships are really just a series of healthy conversations.
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