Category: Leadership
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4 Indispensable Truths about the Art of Planning
All of us have been in planning meetings before with a team that seemed to have had a break through moment. You know, that moment when everyone says, “Yes! That’s exactly the direction we need to move, and that’s exactly how we need to get there from here!” There was energy, excitement and unity as…
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Leadercast 2014: Simon Sinek
Leadercast concluded with Leadership Expert and best selling author Simon Sinek. Interested in learning more about Simon’s past work? Check out this post: “Why Telling People What to do Makes them Stupid” “In the military we give medals to people who sacrifice themselves for the sake of other. In the business world we give bonuses…
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Leadercast 2014: Bill McDermott
These are my notes and take-aways from Bill McDermott, Co-CEO and Executive Board Member of SAP. Leaders all have one thing in common…all leaders have followers All winners have a dream It all begins and ends with the customer Dream jobs aren’t as easy as the dream There are 2 kinds of people in organizations:…
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Leadercast 2014: Malcolm Gladwell
In the afternoon I had the opportunity to hear from one of my personal favorite communicators Malcolm Gladwell. Deterrence: When people decide to obey an authority or not, they make a calculation. If the cost of breaking the rule is greater than the benefit of breaking the rule, they will obey the rule. Deterrence is…
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Leadercast 2014: Laura Busch
The first speaker of the afternoon was First Lady Laura Bush. Theses are my notes and take-aways from her conversation. “Nothing prepares you for leadership as much as experience” The people you’re leading can teach you Having a clear objective or opponent helps teams focus on the real opponent instead of making each other the…