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Busy Doesn’t Mean Valuable

“Don’t mistake activity with achievement.” – John Wooden Early in my career, I worked for an individual who measured the value of those who worked for him by the number of hours those people [...]

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Quit Being a Big Deal

“When dealing with complex transportation issues, the best thing to do is pull up with a cold beer and let somebody else figure it out.” – Anthony Bourdain Most leaders are swamped.  I can’t [...]

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Listening > Talking

“You never really learn much from hearing yourself speak.” – George Clooney Most leaders talk too much.  There are a few exceptions, but not many.  Sometimes when I’m in leadership team meetings [...]

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Yesterday’s News

“People learn something every day, and a lot of times it’s that what they learned the day before was wrong.” – Bill Vaughan In general, most people like stability.  We want to wake up in the [...]

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Make It Matter

“Predicting rain doesn’t count.  Building arks does.” – Warren Buffett One of the things you’re supposed to do as a leader is think about the future.  It’s why there are so many [...]

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Once Isn’t Enough

“People often say that motivation doesn’t last.  Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.” – Zig Ziglar I had a conversation with a leader a few weeks ago that went [...]

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Choose And Go

“Things may come to those who wait, but only things left by those who hustle.” – Abraham Lincoln When people think about leaders, one of the first things that most of them think about is decision [...]

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Who’s Really On Your Team?

“A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player.” – John Wooden One of the things we say we value in our organizations is great team players.  We talk a lot about how much [...]

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Hope Is Not A Strategy

“Our own dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better.” – Sydney J. Harris One of the most common frustrations [...]

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Special Earns Special

“I thought treating everyone the same was being fair and impartial.  Gradually, I began to suspect that it was neither fair nor impartial.  In fact, it was just the opposite.  That’s when I began [...]