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Leadership Caffeine™-An Effective Leader’s Resolutions are Calendar Blind

As a leader, you cannot afford to fall victim to the boom and bust cycle of annual resolutions. Rather, your challenge is a daily one, requiring you to manage your practices and habits in a program of perpetual self-improvement. Of course, identifying the right improvements requires you to have a real-time feedback system and the ability to keep your ego in check while as objectively as possible processing the daily evidence on your own performance.

By |2016-10-22T17:11:58-05:00December 21st, 2009|Career, Leadership, Leadership Caffeine|5 Comments
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New Saturday Feature-Examples in Effective Top Leadership

One of the thoughts that jumped to mind as I followed the discussion on top leader quality was the fact that I’ve truly enjoyed the opportunity to learn from some remarkable executives during my corporate career. While the lousy leaders make great blog copy, the great leaders are the ones that shape our own perspectives and practices. As part of my small token of gratitude to these fantastic individuals, I’ll spend what I hope is a long string of Saturdays sharing the lessons learned one leader at a time.

By |2016-10-22T17:12:01-05:00October 17th, 2009|Leadership|5 Comments
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Guest Post-More Leadership Lessons Learned the Wrong Way

Note from Art: It's always fun when a post strikes a chord and compels someone to comment or even put hands to keyboard and crank out a guest post. Last week's "Leadership Lessons Learned In a Crane and Sitting on a 5 Gallon Pail" drew upon some of my own early career memories and the formative lessons learned the hard way and served as inspiration for some interesting comments and today's guest post. Joe Zurawski is back with us today serving up a nice post on one of the early career experiences that shaped his own leadership development. You may recall that Joe joined us here a few months ago with his take on "Things I Wish I Knew When I Became a Leader." Joe, welcome back and thanks for sharing!

By |2016-10-22T17:12:01-05:00October 6th, 2009|Career, Leadership|10 Comments
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The August Leadership Development Carnival

It is always fun to be part of the Leadership Development Carnivals, because it gives me a chance to hang out with some very accomplished leadership bloggers and thought leaders. I learn something of value from these great professionals every time, and I never mind that I benefit from being in their company! This month's issue of the Leadership Development Carnival is hosted at Intentional Leadership, the home of Mary Jo Asmus, one of my must-read favorites for her wisdom, insights and the fact that she exudes professionalism and that "all around great person" in everything that she writes.

By |2016-10-22T17:12:05-05:00August 2nd, 2009|Career, Decision-Making, Leadership, Leading Change|0 Comments
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A Follow-Up to My “Evil Leaders” post: Your Firm’s Values Have No Teeth

My recent post, “Why Do Evil Leaders Flourish in Some Organizations” struck a chord or at least a nerve for many, as the many insightful comments quickly outstripped the value of the original post. Thanks to all that jumped in and shared on this topic. On the heels of what turned out to be a deluge of good thoughts on why some leaders and some people get away with less than agreeable (to the rest of us) behaviors in the workplace, I keep coming back to the topic of Values as a core issue. The results of my informal polling as well as my formal surveying (as part of culture assessments) indicates that for many organizations, values exist as nice statements in a frame with little meaning or use in day-to-day business dealings.

By |2016-10-22T17:12:08-05:00June 5th, 2009|Decision-Making, Leadership, Leading Change|6 Comments
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Fresh Voices in Management Excellence: Greg Strouse and His Stories, Advice and Opinions on Working, Managing and Surviving the Corporate World

Searching through the sea of business and leadership blogs has become a bit like a treasure hunt. I enjoy searching for great voices that have not yet jumped out of the search engines and on to everyone’s screen. ne of those that deserves to be front and center is Greg Strouse’s Tales from an XOD, Stories, Advice and Opinions on Working, Managing and Surviving the Corporate World.

By |2016-10-22T17:12:08-05:00June 2nd, 2009|Leadership, Strategy|1 Comment
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Celebrating a Leadership Milestone at the Three Star Leadership Blog

Today is an opportunity to celebrate post number 1,000 by Wally Bock at the Three Star Leadership blog. Many of you are readers and subscribers of Three Star Leadership, but on the off chance that you have not benefited from Wally's consistently outstanding and practical content for this profession, his blog is a must on your professional development to-do list. Click through to the Three Star Leadership blog to share in the celebration and gain some tips and resource suggestions for this most difficult of professions. I'm honored to have been invited to contribute to this great milestone in leadership content! Looking forward to the next 1,000, Wally!

By |2016-10-22T17:12:13-05:00March 2nd, 2009|Leadership, Leadership Caffeine|1 Comment
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