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The Hard Questions to Ask When Planning Your Strategy
Many managers view strategy as a complex subject, but at its essence it boils down to three questions: Where are we now?…
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10 Steps to Creating a Data-Driven Culture
For many companies, a strong, data-driven culture remains elusive, and data are rarely the universal basis for decision making. Why is it…
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What Leaders Really Do
Leadership is different from management, but not for the reasons most people think. Leadership isn’t mystical and mysterious. It has nothing to…
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A Leader’s Guide: Communicating with teams, stakeholders, and communities during COVID-19
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On Becoming A Leader
In a noisy business culture filled with hacks, frameworks, and personal branding, Bennis sounds different. He is less interested in tactics than…
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Leadership Thought #309 – It’s Not Supposed To Be So Hard
I see far too many leaders who view their role as overly hard and a burden. While there will undoubtedly be moments…
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Daily Leadership Thought #98 – What Would Make You Fail?
I recommend that before taking on anything important in business (or life), you step back and consult the affected parties. Ask them…
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Daily Leadership Thought #96 – Leaders Need To Avoid Becoming Too Distant From The Front Lines
A leader mustn't become too isolated from their employees and the front lines of the business. Instead of spending all his or her…
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Daily Leadership Thought #89 – Listen Until It Hurts
When you are a leader or manager, part of your job is to listen until it hurts. You need to force yourself…
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Daily Leadership Thought #88 – There Are Few Things More Dangerous Than a Closed Mind
History books and business journals are full of examples of leaders who ignored reality at enormous peril and plowed forward with narrow-minded…
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Daily Leadership Thought #79 – People Are Like Snowflakes
People are complex. Every person you lead, manage, do business with, or meet in life is an individual. Like snowflakes, we are…
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Daily Leadership Thought #78 – Seek Inspiration
We all need to be inspired from time to time. Leaders, in particular, need to find sources of inspiration, as the very…
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Daily Leadership Thought #77 – Leadership Implies Responsibility
The objective of a leader, especially a public figure, should be to bring people together and foster a dialogue that strives to…
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Daily Leadership Thought #70 – Make Informed Decisions
One of a leader's primary roles is to make the important decisions. Of course, these decisions should not be made without the…
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Daily Leadership Thought #51 – Embrace Change
Leaders who try to get the world to conform to a static view of reality only end up frustrated and left on…
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Daily Leadership Thought #50 – Questions To Ask Yourself When Confronted With An Outcome You Didn’t Want
Things won't always go your way and that's okay - it makes you human.