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What D-Day and Other Big Decisions in History Teach Us About Decision-Making as Leaders

What D-Day and Other Big Decisions in History Teach Us About Decision-Making as Leaders

Jun 6, 2019

History is filled with examples where a decision at a moment-in-time changed the outcome. As we commemorate the courage of those who participated in the D-Day Invasion in World War II, I look at Eisenhower’s decision that day and another fateful decision 80-years earlier that changed the course of a nation. Our workplace decisions aren’t on the same scale, yet, the big decisions at a moment in time do change the fate of organizations. What can we learn from history here?

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One Communication Superpower We Should All Strive to Cultivate

One Communication Superpower We Should All Strive to Cultivate

Jun 3, 2019

Seeing situations through the eyes of others may be the most crucial skill you’re not working very hard on in your professional or personal lives. It turns out when you do this—when you truly actually strive to understand how others view situations—the world takes on a decidedly different complexion.

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Two Questions Every Leader Should Ask Repeatedly

Two Questions Every Leader Should Ask Repeatedly

May 28, 2019

As part of your leadership improvement program, it’s important to ask for input. The answers and perhaps even more so people’s reactions and responses to your questions offer valuable clues to where you need to strengthen your performance. 

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Nine Ideas to Help You Lead Effectively in Pressure Environments

Nine Ideas to Help You Lead Effectively in Pressure Environments

May 19, 2019

It’s a fact of life as managers and leaders that we must generate results or we lose the opportunity to lead. While some environments are transactional, where the pressure for results at all costs breeds short-term behaviors, you always have the option to choose “How” you will lead. Here are nine ideas you can apply on the run to strengthen your team and promote great performance:

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7 Management Lessons from a Home Renovation Project

7 Management Lessons from a Home Renovation Project

May 16, 2019

Anyone who has invested time in renovating an older home understands surprises and conundrums emerge every time a wall or ceiling is breached. There are parallels in the world of management where the twists and turns of the marketplace demand change. Great tradespeople and great managers find a way through wicked problems using creativity and critical thinking. Here are seven lessons I was reminded of during a recent renovation project.

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