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With just a day before the end of the year I’m sure there are a great number of people who are busy making their New Year’s resolutions. I would suppose that a lot of lists contain the normal pledges; lose weight, stop smoking, exercise more, etc. Studies have...
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“A new leader has to be able to change an organization that is dreamless, soulless and visionless … someone’s got to make a wake-up call.” – Warren Bennis You are the new leader. Your predecessor, Marty, was a nice person but under his...
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Mr. Magoo – a loveable character but his nearsightedness, compounded by his stubborn refusal to admit the problem, gets him into constant trouble. The leader – someone with no long-term vision which causes the organization to drift aimlessly. The lack of a defined...
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When I was with the rest of the Founding Partners of the John Maxwell Team, I knew that parts of the program were to be filmed. I purposely wore a bright red shirt so when the camera panned the crowd I could quickly find myself. It worked; of the 500+ people in the...
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At the E Street Band’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Roy Bittan, piano player for the band, said this: “When we are called into the studio we are not handed a...