Values & Qualities
March 1, 2019
Peter Drucker, the famed business consultant, coined the phrase “knowledge worker”[1] in 1959. He contended that highly educated workers would not be content or motivated simply by following orders or instructions. Drucker’s teaching still reso...
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January 4, 2019
What is the common denominator of success? What differentiates successful individuals from those who consider themselves to have failed in their journey? I believe the answer is positive expectancy. Successful individuals look to the future and expec...
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December 17, 2018
Making succession fun? That’s a little like trying to convince you that going to the dentist will be fun. Necessary, prudent, sensible and probably life enhancing... but can it actually be fun?
Yes. Here are five ways to ensure your succession p...
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December 14, 2018
Brad Hams, author of Ownership Thinking determined there were three important conditions that must be in place for organizations to be successful:
They care
They have fun
There are visible, high expectations of performance
Our Focus art...
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December 3, 2018
Many believe that work and fun shouldn’t go together. Let’s dispel that myth: because when sleeping, commuting, cooking, cleaning, eating and other necessary daily activities are excluded, it is estimated that we spend 50 percent or more of the r...
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September 7, 2018
In the today’s world, you might get the impression that truth and reality are optional concepts - that winning, regardless of the damage, or the cost to your reputation or that of others in your circle is all that matters. That approach might work,...
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August 13, 2018
Remember The Emperor’s New Clothes by Hans Christian Andersen? Often billed as a tale for children, it tells the story of a vain and rather foolish emperor who hires weavers to create the finest clothes ever made. The unscrupulous weavers convince ...
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August 1, 2018
The VP was delivering a stern lecture about my report. My face got hot and my shoulders tightened. I had been hired by this organization to lead a Human Resources project and received permission from the HR Director to survey all the directors about ...
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July 6, 2018
Have you ever experienced doubt that prompted you to pull away from a deal, which looked right but felt wrong? Perhaps you had decided on a major purchase: done your research and found a vendor who had what you needed at a price you thought was fair....
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July 1, 2018
Trust is fundamental to business success. Every day leaders ask their employees to follow them into the unknown. There is no crystal ball. To achieve success, a leader needs to be able to say to the employee “trust me” and receive an unwavering ...
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