How 100 Super-Creative People Are About To Change Life As We Know It
“Genius means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way.” William James Fast Company Magazine recently published its … Continue reading →
View ArticleThe Surprising Secret To Making Successful Organizational Change
Never believe that a few caring people can’t change the world. For, indeed, that’s all who ever have. … Continue reading →
View ArticleFour Great Examples Of How Starbuck’s Howard Schultz Leads From The Heart
“Some people say, ‘Come on, markets are not about morals, they’re about profits.” I say that is old thinking. That’s a false choice. The great companies will be the ones that find a way to have and...
View ArticleGreat Leaders Decide With Their Guts, Not Just Their Brains
“Dig up all the information you can, then go with your instincts. We all have a certain intuition, and the older we get, the more we trust it… I use my intellect to inform my instinct. Then I use my …...
View ArticleFive Powerful And Purposeful Questions To Ask In Every Job Interview
“Everyone has been made for some particular work and the desire for that work has been put in every heart.” Rumi, 13th … Continue reading →
View ArticleFive Things Leaders Should Do In December To Ensure Success In The New Year
“Fortune favors the bold.” Virgil (70-19 BC) There’s a great tendency in the month of December to wind things down. With the holiday season upon us, and … Continue reading →
View Article4 Simple And Powerful Ways To Build Your Team’s Confidence And Rule The World
“Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the...
View ArticleThe Profound Lesson Cows Can Teach Us About Leading People
After working out this morning at my gym, I walked into the locker room and overheard one of my friends, Joe, tell another exerciser that he’d grown up on a dairy farm. Instinctively recalling a New...
View ArticleThe Unintended Consequences Of A Leader’s Lack Of Trust
“So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work.” … Continue reading →
View ArticleHow Developing Self-Awareness Will Make You A Fabulous Leader
“The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases. … Continue reading →
View ArticleA Balance Between Masculine And Feminine Traits: The Requirements For Success...
“I think we need the feminine qualities of leadership, which include attention to aesthetics and the environment, nurturing, affection, intuition and the qualities that make people feel safe and cared...
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The Single Greatest Reason The World’s Workforce Is Disengaged
“No problem can be solved until it is reduced to some simple form. The changing of a vague difficulty into a specific, concrete form is a very essential element in thinking.”...
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Three Stunning Leadership Trends That Should Give Hope To Workers Everywhere
“The future ain’t what it used to be.” Yogi Berra Directly or indirectly, the common theme expressed in everything I write is that our...
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Why Your Personal Influence Is Far Greater Than You Ever Knew
“Setting an example is not the main means of influencing another, it is the only means.“ ~ Albert Schweitzer Introduction: Through a series of fascinating studies,...
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Gallup’s Profound Discovery: Engagement Is Driven By Good Managers With Rare...
“Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see.” Schopenhauer It’s been nearly a year since Gallup announced its...
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These 5 Books Predict The Future Of Workplace Leadership
A shorter version of this article was concurrently published in Fast Company Magazine. http://tinyurl.com/m7hahnz “The future is already here, it’s just not evenly distributed.”...
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Five Things Leaders Should Do In December To Ensure Success In The New Year
“Fortune favors the bold.” Virgil (70-19 BC) There’s a great tendency in the month of December to wind things down. With the holiday season upon us, and the least amount of sunlight of the year around...
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Five Magnificent Ways You Can Lead Like Google Without Spending A Dime On Perks
As research for an article I later wrote for Fast Company Magazine, I traveled to Google’s Mountain View, California campus, and spent the day meeting with several of their talent management...
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Sally Helgesen: The Bad Habits That Limit Our Career Growth & Success
Everyone has self-limiting behaviors, for the simple reason that we’re all human. But frequently, what holds women back from obtaining the next raise, promotion or job tends to be different from men....
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Jim Harter: Gallup’s Chief Scientist Explains Why Employee Engagement &...
In 2012, Gallup made the startling announcement that employee engagement across the globe was in crisis. We learned that only 30% of American workers were fully committed in their jobs – and the...
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