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I hear it all the time: “How can I get my team to all focus on a single goal? How can I get them pointing in the same direction? Honestly, some days ‘herding cats’ seems easier than leading my team!” I get it.
As I found out while leading my incredibly creative team at Almost Live! (the sketch ...
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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again (now, for example): good ideas are everywhere. The problem is that most of us don’t know how to look for them. We don’t see them, because many times good ideas come disguised as something else. Sometimes we have to work a little to see the application to our own lives and ...
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It’s relatively easy to be a leader when everything’s going well. But what about those times when things go wrong? What do you do then? It turns out the answer is not easy…but it is simple.
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If your team isn’t performing at the level you’d like them to, maybe you need to look at where you’ve set your own bar.
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Do you wonder why you’re not producing the results you’d like–in both your personal and professional life? Maybe it’s time to take a look at the things that you do every day.
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Can a vacation make you a better leader? Absolutely! In fact, travel (especially international travel) provides numerous leadership lessons. Here are just three of them.
Now it’s your turn. What experiences have you had while traveling that have made you a better leader? Share your thoughts in the Comments section below!
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I used to believe that squabbles, dissent, and fighting among my team members was a bad thing, but not any more. In fact, team in-fighting can be one of your greatest leadership allies!
Now it’s your turn. What experience have you had when a disagreement within your team has led to a ...
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It’s easy to blame a team member for underperforming. As a leader, however, you may be partially responsible. The bottom line is this: if your team isn’t performing as well as you’d like them to, it may be because your expectations are too low.
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Here’s a great lesson in leadership from a symphony conductor. Turns out you don’t need to know how to play all the instruments!
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Change is difficult, particularly in Haiti. What I learned here about what works and what doesn’t work applies just as much to your organization.
