Why Leaders Should Welcome a Heated Discussion

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I had a heated discussion with a family member over Thanksgiving. It turned out to be one of the highlights of my holiday — and a great leadership lesson as well!

 

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Why Leaders Need Double Vision

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Leaders have to be equally adept at both long-term and short-term vision. Each has its place, and you can’t effectively lead a team without both.


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Are You Planning for the Future or for the Present?

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[Tweet “#TheBeatles made a decision to hire for the future, not for the present. And that decision paid off “]John, Paul, George, and Ringo. The Beatles. Four names as familiar to a generation of fans as any on the planet. But there was a time when it wasn’t John, Paul, George, and Ringo. It was John, Paul, George, and Pete.

Pete Best. The Beatles’ original drummer. The one they fired and replaced with Ringo Starr just when they were on the ...

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How to Make Better Decisions

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Do you want to make better decisions? Of course you do! So here’s a very simple tip that will help you make better decisions, faster decisions, and decisions based more on long-term results than immediate gratification!

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Re-Focus On Your Core Strengths

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Sometimes circumstances require you to re-focus on your core business, your core strengths. And sometimes that’s not a bad thing!

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A Leader’s Job is to Reduce Uncertainty

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[Tweet “Part of a leader’s job—a big part—is to reduce uncertainty.”]Leaders have many jobs within an organization: setting a vision, motivating a team, increasing profit, making the bed (home-based businesses only). But there’s a big one that a lot of leaders miss—and it’s one that I’ve become keenly aware of as I work with more and more leaders whose organizations are undergoing significant change.

One inevitable byproduct of change is uncertainty. Employees become, quite rationally, uncertain about what the change will ...

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