12 Leadership Qualities of President John Adams

12 Leadership Qualities of an Often Overlooked President

I’m a big fan of author and historian David McCullough. His writing has a way of transporting me back in time as few other authors can. Recently I have been immersing myself in his account of America’s second president John Adams. McCullough’s…


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Leadership Lesson | the Difference Between Google and Apple

Leadership Lesson: The Difference Between Google and Apple

Google and Apple are both highly esteemed brands. Both companies share many common traits that have contributed to their success, but there is one very big difference between the two  – Google plays offense while Apple has recently settled for…


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How to Predict the Future | Legendary Vision

How To Predict The Future

Life is just plain easier when you can see what's ahead of you. Some leaders clearly have poor vision - their most polished skill seems to be running into brick walls. Other leaders simply possess adequate vision - they avoid the obvious speed…


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How to Be in Over Your Head Without Drowning

How To Be In Over Your Head Without Drowning

Do you ever find yourself in over your head? If not, I would suggest you don’t spend enough time in the water. The truth is all leaders find themselves swimming in rough conditions from time-to-time. The difference between those who drown and those…


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6 Ways To Conquer Leadership Pressure

6 Ways To Conquer Leadership Pressure

How a leader deals with pressure will tell you much about who they are as a person. Their reaction to pressure will reveal the strength of their character and conviction, what and whom they value, and whether or not they can be trusted. The reality…


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Leadership and Simplicity

Leadership and Simplicity

One of the most effective ways to order your world is to simplify everything you encounter. However, the problem for many is keeping it simple often becomes very difficult when our basic human nature is to over-complicate everything we touch. In…


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The Most Common Leadership Model - And Why It's Broken

The Most Common Leadership Model – And Why It’s Broken

When organizations hire, develop, and promote leaders using a competency-based model, they’re unwittingly incubating failure. Nothing fractures corporate culture faster, and eviscerates talent development efforts more rapidly, than rewarding the…


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It's Not Impossible - It Just Hasn't Been Done Yet | impossibility and leaders | Leadership | Status Quo

It’s Not Impossible – It Just Hasn’t Been Done Yet

How many times in your career have you witnessed someone say, “that’s impossible – it simply can’t be done.” Perhaps you’ve even been guilty of uttering such a phrase yourself. Here’s the thing – leaders don’t accept impossibility as a valid thesis.…


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Why Your Organization Suffers From Leadership Dysfunction

Why Your Organization Suffers From Leadership Dysfunction

Have you ever wondered why organizations tolerate dysfunctional leaders? The answer is dysfunction is so prevalent it’s often not even recognized as problematic. Many corporations just desire leaders to go along and get along more than they desire…


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Flattery and Manipulation | Leadership Blind Spots

Flattery and Manipulation

All leaders have blind spots, and blind spots simply pose potential areas of vulnerability. However, not all blind spots are created equal. Few things create areas of risk for leaders like their own sense of pride and ego. Here's the thing -  a…


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Success Leadership | Clarity Matters

Clarity Matters & the Facts Ma’am, Just the Facts

Clarity Matters. While clarity and brevity may have become a lost art, understanding the importance of clear, lucid, and straight-forward communication is nonetheless critical to your success as a leader. In today’s column I'll reveal (clearly and…


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Fear Failure Risk and Success

10 Things Every Leader Should Challenge

Innovation, growth and development cannot occur by pretending we live in a world that has long since passed us by. Leading in the 21st Century affords no safe haven for 20th Century thinkers. Old, static, institutionalized thinking will gate the…


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The Next Generation of CEOs: 10 CEO Ready Leaders

The Next Generation of CEOs: 10 CEO Ready Leaders

Lots of executives aspire to become a CEO, but few actually possess the leadership chops to pull it off. As someone who earns their living as a leadership advisor to Fortune 500 CEOs, I always keep a sharp eye peeled for up and coming leaders. The…


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100 percent of companies have this process problem

100% Of Companies Have This Problem

Process... just the mere use of the word can spread fear and panic in the workplace. This sad reality exists for a reason and 100% of companies unnecessarily suffer from a process problem. They suffer to varying degrees, but they are nonetheless…


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The Case For Ubiquitous Leadership

The Case For Ubiquitous Leadership

Do you work in an environment that fosters leadership at every level, or just at the top of the org chart? You can either chasten people for attempting to lead, or encourage them to take risks, to explore opportunities, and to make decisions.  If…


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Leading in an avalanche leadership

Leading In An Avalanche

The point I want you to take away from the video below and the text that follows is an avalanche need not always end in disaster. Pushing the envelope is something all leaders must get comfortable with. It's when leaders push themselves and those…


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