Tag: Leadership
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It’s better to initiate
I recently listened to Seth Godin’s Tribes on audio book. It is… amazing! I’m going to listen again, and again, and probably again. I think that you should too. What sits with me after having listened this first time are his ideas about how we, as leaders, should take action. Most people, he says, react.…
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How to become the “go-to” person for important projects
We were once limited by our existing skill set. We were locked into our speciality. If you were trained in preparing budget reports, you prepared budget reports. If you were really good at writing copy, you wrote copy. If you were a project manager, you managed projects. There was very little room to move outside…
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Stop Being So Inclusive
Management has experienced a strong shift in recent decades toward empowering individuals and teams to lead and problem solve. Like any important change, there’s a danger of going too far. Don’t get me wrong. As a manager I do all I can to empower my people to lead and problem solve. But, there also comes…
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How to make a dent: on success in the new era of work
The days of ‘cog-in-the-machine’ employment is coming to an end. As the information economy grows and develops, people who can do more than shift a lever or press a button on a production line are more important than ever. But, what is it exactly that we need people, in this new era of work, to…
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19 elite-athlete behaviours for success
In 2011, a good friend and I coached a varsity boys basketball team at an international school in Myanmar (Burma). Leading into the pre-season, I created a rule book which outlined how the team was expected to conduct themselves during the season. The rule book was inspired by thoughts and principles that were originally developed and used…
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