How would you like to be the most influential person in one of the most interesting parts of the world? What would you do with your influence? How would you use your unique strengths to influence the world for the better? Who do you think is the most influential person…
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When Succession Planning Fails
Only 40% of privately held businesses have a succession plan in place for their organization. Only 55% of family owned businesses have a plan for their next generation of leadership. Over 70% of nonprofits do not have a successor for their original founder. Why does it seem so many organizations…
Continue Reading....How to be a Better Leader by Becoming a Better Teacher
I spent the last several weeks on the road with new technology clients learning more about big data and mobile technologies. No matter what the technology, I always spend my initial consultation looking at the leadership team to better understand how the organization works. I’m looking for clues to what…
Continue Reading....Six Leadership Lessons from Neil Armstrong
Where were you on July 20, 1969? Certain days stay in your mind forever. The day Neil Armstrong walked on the moon was one of those for me. It was the day I discovered it was okay to be different. Do you remember where you were for the first moon…
Continue Reading....From Motivation to Motive-Action
With the passing of every new year, each of us needs to understand the magnitude of social and economic change in the world. In the past, change in business and social life was incremental and a set of personal strategies for achieving excellence was not required. Today, in the knowledge-based…
Continue Reading....Necessity is the Mother of . . . Innovation?
My wife and I recently went to the Henry Ford Museum. My wife worked there for almost eight years as a guide and interpreter, as well as training guides and interpreters. I always enjoy our visits, but this one was particularly insightful for me. I’m not sure what sparked the…
Continue Reading....How to Get the Best Results From Your Team
There are basically five qualities of the most productive work teams that you need to foster throughout the stages of team development. The degree to which you accomplish this before you start working will determine your success as a team leader and the success of the team as a whole.…
Continue Reading....A Gold Mine of Information…Paid For in Full
Author Keith F. Luscher When targeting market prospects in your job hunt or for a targeted, value-based outreach, one of the biggest challenges is researching your prospect list. Let’s say you are in B2B sales, and you want to reach out to wholesale distributors of durable goods with twenty to…
Continue Reading....The Conclusion of Four Steps to Success!
Four Steps to Success! Part 2 This two part article by Jim Rohn reminds all of us that success is within our grasp, we just have to break it down into smaller steps. The first two steps were explained in Part 1 of this article. Part 2 outlines for the…
Continue Reading....Look up to the Real Heroes
Yesterday was Veteran’s Day. One of those holidays that most people don’t celebrate, it just means the bank and Post Office are closed. And that is so wrong, to me. As far as I’m concerned, Veteran’s Day is one of the most important days of the year. Politicians are fond…
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