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751
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Should You Focus on Enhancing Your Strengths or Eliminating Your Weaknesses?
Many people assume that the path to extraordinary performance is to eliminate their weaknesses. The basic assumption is that our strengths will take care of themselves so we should focus on fixing our weaknesses.
Posted on Jul-24-2010
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1128
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The Most Overlooked Leadership Trait
Great leaders spark new attitudes within their teams. New attitudes drive new behaviors. New behaviors result in new outcomes. Sounds simple, doesn’t it? Not really. It is a very challenging aspect of leadership.
Posted on Jul-23-2010
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942
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Take a Stand
B. (name changed) presented the project very professionally. He clearly covered the scope of the project and the outline of the various tasks. He explained the reasons it was behind schedule, and discussed three ways to get it back on track.
Posted on Jul-23-2010
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705
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The Leader’s THIRD Worst Enemy
Michelle (name changed) was presenting her ideas for improvement of the integrated system. She covered all the changes needed in the processes, systems, people skills and resources.
Posted on Jul-23-2010
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690
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The Leader’s FIRST Enemy
Two weeks ago our management team participated in a 3-day NLP leadership training course delivered by external consultants. NLP stands for Neuro-Linguistic Programming.
Posted on Jul-20-2010
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568
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The Leader’s SECOND Worst Enemy
Jeff woke up with the alarm on his Blackberry. With eyes half opened, he saw the 100 emails he received over night. He was exhausted after reading and replying to emails for more than 4 hours the night before.
Posted on Jul-19-2010
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678
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Set Personal Goals
Danny is the Customer Support Manager of PM Publishing in San Mateo, California. He was surprised to be promoted to this position after the previous manager resigned. Danny was not quite ready for the promotion.
Posted on Jul-16-2010
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762
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Achieve Your Goals
I was driving back home with my family on a beautiful Sunday afternoon. My thoughts wandered to planning the New Year ahead. “I feel restless” I said. “My personal goals are not congruent”.
Posted on Jul-14-2010
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651
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Adaptive Skills Leadership
I few years ago my company’s management visited a nuclear plant. The safety briefing, the radioactivity tests and the security procedures added to the excitement of this visit.
Posted on Jul-13-2010
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613
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Who Is Your Replacement?
A while ago I called X and suggested him to start looking for his replacement. “Aren’t you happy with my performance?” asked X. “Do you plan to fire me?” I heard his worried voice.
Posted on Jul-13-2010
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712
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Abundance Leadership
James (name changed) is a brilliant CEO. I had the chance to work closely with him years ago. He was a top graduate of an Ivy League university and acknowledged by the investment community as a sharp leader.
Posted on Jul-12-2010
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665
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Arrogance Spells Disaster
Between 1922 and 2007, more than 13,000 people have put themselves at risk to pursue their dream of standing on the summit of Mount Everest. 73% of them didn’t reach the summit. 208 of them died.
Posted on Jul-09-2010
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705
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The 3 Year Secret
Many people want to change jobs in order to become happier and successful. After the change, they find that they are still unhappy and unsuccessful in their new jobs.
Posted on Jul-08-2010
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594
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Visualize You Are on Top of Your Game
I pushed off the lift chair and skied slowly to the beginning of the run. I paused for a few seconds running rapidly in my mind the new techniques learned in the previous 3 days.
Posted on Jul-07-2010
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700
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Handling Objections
It was a long meeting, much longer than the allotted time. The discussion evolved into confrontation. We ended up on a dead-end incapable of making a decision.
Posted on Jul-06-2010
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685
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Perception Management
The male lion isn’t the smartest animal in the jungle. Apes, Elephants and Parrots are more intelligent. He is neither the largest animal nor the largest cat. The tiger is. He isn’t the fastest animal or even the fastest cat.
Posted on Jul-05-2010
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588
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Mind Your Clients
It was a sunny hot Monday morning. I was late for my doctor’s appointment. I had allotted one hour based on previous experience. 45 minutes waiting, 5 minutes with the doctor and 10 minutes to pick up the medicine and pay the bill.
Posted on Jul-02-2010
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647
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Micro-Management or Macro-Management?
It was a total failure. No doubt about it. It was one which I don’t like to remember. I should, though. I want to share it with you so you will avoid such embarrassment in the future.
Posted on Jul-02-2010
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726
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The Real Secret
In 2006, a film named The Secret was distributed virally through the internet followed subsequently by a book. In no-time The Secret became a cultural and social phenomenon attracting interest from media figures such as Oprah Winfrey
Posted on Jul-02-2010
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