Six principles to improve your leadership decisions

Our decisions help define us as individuals and organizations – our great decisions and our poor ones. You can click here to read our article in Smart Business.

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Posted: Feb 25 2014
Tags: leadership, strategy
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SMART BUSINESS – ARE YOU BUILT TO DELIVER YOUR PROMISE?

In this smart business article, we talk about the importance of having a clear signature strength as a business. We discuss the Treacy and Wiersema book that suggests different ways to think about what you may be best at, and…

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Posted: Dec 04 2012
Tags: brand promise
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Smart Business – “Are You Able to Adapt?”

In this article we discuss the need to adapt to the changing needs of your customers. Natural organisms have sensors to help them survive in the natural world. Sidney Winter of the University of Pennsylvania points out that some moth…

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Posted: Mar 01 2012
Tags: client, communication, customer, organization
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Smart Business – “Animal Instincts”

In this article we once again talk about culture and the important role it plays in how we feel about our work environment. A colleague of mine recalls the time he switched jobs and found himself having a tough time…

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Posted: Jan 03 2012
Tags: alignment, business, corporate, leader
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Smart Business – “Keeping Them Hungry”

In this article we discuss how to keep employees motivated (of course we reference Dan Pink!). Motivation is commonly viewed in two ways: external motivation and internal motivation. External motivational tactics should only be seen as reinforcement of employees’ natural…

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Posted: Sep 01 2011
Tags: autonomy, external, internal, mastery, motivation, professional, purpose
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Smart Business – “Character Counts”

In this article we discuss the connection between being and doing. “Leadership is much less about what you do, and much more about who you are,” writes Jim Collins, in a foreword to the book, “Hesselbein on Leadership,” by Frances…

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Posted: Jul 05 2011
Tags: character, leadership, risk, values
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Smart Business – “Study Your Team”

In this article we discuss how to make sure your leaders are right for you. In last month’s column, we offered three suggestions to form the foundation for a leadership team: Clearly define your value. Clearly define your role as…

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Posted: May 01 2011
Tags: benefits, leader, organization, performance
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Smart Business – “What Do You Stand For?”

In this article we discuss how to build effective teams. In the book, “Judgment: How Winning Leaders Make Great Calls,” Noel Tichy and Warren Bennis state that “Judgment is the essential genome of leadership.” They add that “While misjudgments in…

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Posted: Apr 01 2011
Tags: CEO, defined purpose, leadership, operational efficiency
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Smart Business – “Know Your Strengths”

In this article we discuss how to effectively use our organization’s strategic strengths. We believe there are four organizational strengths that need to be in sync. All individuals have strengths and skills that they have honed to perfection through a multitude…

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Posted: Mar 02 2011
Tags: culture, customer focus, process, strategic strengths, vision
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Commerce Magazine and Uncommon Sense

Commerce Magazine ran an article about our book Uncommon Sense. How do companies achieve their full potential? Why do so many find it difficult to do so? These are the two main issues addressed in Uncommon Sense: One CEO’s tale…

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Posted: Feb 01 2011
Tags: company, identity, organization, performance, sync
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