Waaah. The economy. Waaaaah. Boo hoo. Woe is me.Stop. Right now. Stop.Tough times like these demand leadership. I'm sick of hearing how organizations are "hunkering down" until the storm passes. Guess what people? It won't...
Topics: Leadership, Sales, Strategy

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I was recently invited by Brian Ahearn to write a guest post on his blog Influence PEOPLE. Brian recently wrote a great post here on the thoughtLEADERS blog and I'm happy to reciprocate and give his readers something to read over at his place.The...
Topics: Business Toolkit, Communications, Guest Blogger, Sales

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Earlier this week we teed up how failure to incorporate HR in your strategic planning process ultimately leads to the failure of your strategy. It's a common and easily avoidable problem (unfortunately too many organizations don't avoid it).As...
Topics: Leadership, Strategy

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We’re experimenting a bit with a few posts on leadership, strategy, and people issues. The topic: strategies don’t die because they’re bad – they die because organizations foolishly ignore the people implications of the plan. In true...
Topics: Leadership, Strategy

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Your team hates you. Really. They do. They hate their boss (you) but they just won't say so because they like getting paid. But when they go home at night, they spill their bile about their taskmaster of a boss who does nothing but drive them crazy...
Topics: Balanced Lifestyle, Communications, Leadership

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