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The Key to Better Team Thinking

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

Posted by: Bill Stainton

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

Posted by: Bill Stainton

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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What Warren Bennis Taught Us About Leadership

Posted by: Bill Stainton

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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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

Posted by: Bill Stainton

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

Posted by: Bill Stainton

[Tweet ” Leading a team through change can be difficult, rewarding, messy, profitable, and frustrating.”]Leading a team through change can be difficult, rewarding, messy, profitable, frustrating, and fruitful. But no matter what the experience, it will all be for naught if the leader misses one crucial step of the process—a step that, unfortunately, most leaders do miss.

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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How To Be Twice As Good As The Competition

Posted by: Bill Stainton

Would you like to be twice as good as your competition? The Beatles knew the formula!

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Producing Results, The Beatles

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Are You Really Focusing on Your “A” Clients?

Posted by: Bill Stainton

I was talking to my friend and colleague Lewin Williams yesterday. Lewin is a financial services consultant who helps other financial services consultants improve their business. Lewin’s philosophy—the one that has made a big difference for his clients—is simply this: