Why is it that leaders feel they have to wear this veneer of invincibility? News flash: it’s okay to show a bit of vulnerability with your team!
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The Vulnerable Leader
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Are You Getting the Best From Your Team?
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I remember my first performance appraisal. This was back in the days when companies still made this an annual event. (Some companies are still back in those days.) It went something like this:
BOSS: Here’s the stuff you’re good at. [reads small list]
ME: Thank you.
BOSS: Here’s the stuff you suck at. [reads much longer list]
ME: Um…okay.
BOSS: So for the next year, I need you to focus most of your energy on ...
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The Key to Better Team Thinking
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Do you, as a leader, want to get the best thinking from your team? Then you need to start incorporating this simple technique into your team meetings.
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Why Long-Term Planning Doesn’t Work
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I was having a conversation recently with a friend, and she posed a question that I’ll bet you’ve considered at some point:
“Why is it that most people will put more time and energy into planning a two-week vacation than they’ll put into planning their entire lives?”
Have you had that thought? Have you ever wondered why it’s true (and you and I both know that it is true)?
Well, since my friend posed that question, I have been wondering why ...
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Why the Leader Should Go Last
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Stop sabotaging your team’s input! Here’s a simple technique to get more accurate and honest input from your team.
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3 Leadership Lessons From Robin Williams
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I wasn’t going to write about Robin Williams today. So much has already been said. But when I sat down to write, I couldn’t get him out of my mind. Maybe it’s because I’ve spent so much of my professional life in the comedy business, or maybe because it’s such a rare thing when a big national story hits you on a personal level. I don’t know. Anyway, I’m writing about Robin Williams.
But rather than focus on the news of ...
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Warren Bennis, the “father of leadership,” died last month. Here is the single greatest idea that Warren Bennis taught us about leadership.
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How Do You Define Success?
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I’m writing this from an airport lounge, which is where I (and many of my fellow motivational speakers) spend an inordinate amount of time. There’s a TV on in the background (there’s always a TV on in the background), and I just heard the words “How do you define success?” I don’t know the context—probably a commercial for some erectile dysfunction drug (in which case, I would think that defining success would be self-evident). But it’s actually a pretty good ...
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How to Lead a Smarter Team
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As a leader, have you ever thought, “I wish my team were smarter?” (And, if so, hopefully you only thought it!) Well, it turns out there’s a way to increase the overall intelligence of your team—and it’s a way that many leaders unconsciously ignore.
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Leading Change: The Missing Step
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Sadly, I speak from experience. During my fifteen years as the Executive Producer of Seattle’s sketch comedy TV show Almost Live!, I led my ...
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