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New Beginnings
Image courtesy of istockphoto/clu“There is no real ending. It’s just the place where you stop the story.” Frank Herbert Today I’m announcing personal news. I am stepping down from my role as CEO of...
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Are You Living or Existing?
Photo by ’James Wheeler on flickr.I met Kimanzi Constable somewhere between the blogging and Twitter worlds and heard his story. He was stuck in a dead-end job, unhappy, and going through life in a...
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Pick the Low-Hanging Fruit to Improve Productivity
Many leaders are looking for the “big” program that will change the game. They agonize over large scale change efforts, ways to reduce costs, and how to increase innovation within the firm. What if...
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13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do
How Mentally Strong Are You? Amy Morin first appeared on my radar when her blog post 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do was published. The post went viral and was viewed over 10 million times....
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Anticipate: The Art of Leading by Looking Ahead
Navigating Change Studies show that the companies that navigate change well last the longest. Why do some corporate leaders navigate through massive change while others seem oblivious to it? How do...
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200+ Motivational Quotes to Turbo Charge Your Thinking
The Power of Words Words have remarkable power. Choosing to fill your life with positive, inspirational words is like fueling the engine of your mind. I believe that our circumstances can change...
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Why You Should NOT Subscribe to Your Favorite Blog
Don’t Subscribe! There are many articles about how to get people to sign up for email updates. Aimed at marketers, they cover topics ranging from pop-ups to providing incentives to a call to action....
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15 Bad Habits that Inhibit Brand Building
Managing A Global Brand Building a global brand today is different than it was only a few years ago. Globalization, localization and personalization are forces that impact how to best manage a global...
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Take Inventory of Your Regrets to Create a Better Future
Living With Regrets “I often regret that I have spoken; never that I have been silent.” –Publilius Syrus His eyes still haunt me months later. I was in Chicago for a conference. Early on my...
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How to Transform Your Culture To Stay Ahead
How to Transform Your Culture In all of the organizations I have had the privilege to lead, I am always thinking and focusing on culture. Culture, to me, is important both at home and at work. It is...
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6 Entrepreneurial Lessons from Evan Carmichael
If you can’t see this video in your RSS reader or email, then click here. Leadership Lessons from Entrepreneurs Evan Carmichael is passionate about helping entrepreneurs. He built and sold a biotech...
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How to Avoid the Most Common Branding Mistakes
6 Rules of Brand Revitalization How do you keep a brand relevant? If you are looking to develop a strong global brand, you will find two names consistently mentioned as “go-to” experts: Larry...
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Excelling at Strategic Changes with Stragility
Excel at Strategic Change It’s more important than ever to be agile enough to respond to new trends, to change with speed, and to reinvent yourself or your organization. How do you build a company...
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Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever
Master the Coaching Habit Michael Bungay Stanier is the founder of Box of Crayons, a company that helps organizations do great work. His latest book, The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More &...
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The Surprising Truth About the Power of #Now
Are you overwhelmed and stressed? Stuck? Finding it difficult to make decisions? Dr. Max McKeown is known as an author, a strategist, and a speaker. His new research is all about the power of now,...
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12 Ways Brands Get Off Track
12 Sins of Branding Companies, like people, can go off track. A simple error compounds. The wrong attitude takes root. A poorly designed strategy is implemented. Perhaps the focus is just a bit off,...
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Making Small Changes To Achieve Extraordinary Results
Give Just 5% More What would happen to your life if you gave everything just 5% more effort? Michael Alden, author of 5% MORE: Making Small Changes To Achieve Extraordinary Results, says it transforms...
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How to Win the Innovation Race
Change A Culture to Change the Game Why do some companies win at innovation while others fail? How important is innovation to your growth? From individual entrepreneurs to large global...
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What A Caterpillar Can Teach You About Growing Your Business
Master Near Constant Change Many people think that businesses should develop a strategy and stick to it at all costs. But Sid Mohasseb, serial entrepreneur, investor, venture capitalist, and former...
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How and Why You Should Become a Mentor
The Power of Mentorship Giving back. There’s one aspect of servant leadership that is most important: helping people work on their lives, not just their jobs. Becoming a mentor is one way that...
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