Helping Ordinary People Accomplish Extraordinary Things
I’ve worked with many clients. There are some folks with whom I have worked who others are always warning me about how difficult they are to work with. When I tell them I disagree, they tell me something to the effect, “Well. Good luck with that.” “Thank you,” is my typical reply. Many customers are …
Humility, empathy, and integrity form three of the essential components of character that make you worthy of being a leader.
Good leaders make use of questions. Questions allow you to gain more information and cultivate relationships with your team members, while still tackling organizational problems.
If you want to make your organization more successful while simultaneously having more fun, you might need to get yourself a rogue. Rogues Role-playing games have generally been around since the 1970s. These games are incredibly fun, because they generally put players into interactive and evolving stories. All players bring their own creativity to enhance …
“Your life changes the moment you sign the front of a payroll check instead of the back.”
Good leaders are capable of putting their ego aside to embrace their own fallibility. They care more about being the decision being good than their need to be right.
In discussing the final set of value orientation pairs, we turn our attention to the tension between the amount of order and structure we want in our lives-a choice between hedonism and hierarchy. The Free Spirit The essential value theme for the Free Spirit is hedonism. Many people think that the term hedonism carries with …
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Today, we discuss the tension that exists between the past and the future. The Tradition and Creativity dimension explores how we retain the lessons of history and precedent while still striking out new ground by embracing innovation and change. The Stone Cutter The Stone Cutter is the builder that has based his craft on his …
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On average, the first dozen years of being a manager, most people are given inadequate guidance. We need to do a better job helping our leaders succeed.
As our political season begins to ramp up, some folks may find this value orientation pair to be particularly interesting. The Gift Giver and Jester, each driven by humility and face, illustrate a fundamental tension that exists among aspiring leaders that touches on influence, optics, and impact. Gift Giver The Gift Giver works to bring …
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