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Leadership or Manipulation?
There’s a thin line between leadership and manipulation. Both can be defined as influencing others. Both deal with trying to get someone to do what you want them to do. Both use many of the same tools....
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The Power of Authentic Questions
“Why do you weep when you pray?” he asked me, as though he had known me a long time. “I don’t know why,” I answered, greatly disturbed. The question had never entered my head. I wept because—because...
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Delivering the Necessary "No"
It comes from saying no to 1,000 things to make sure we don’t get on the wrong track or try to do too much. – Steve Jobs Yesterday I wrote about being prepared to say yes as a leader. However, just...
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The Missing Ingredient
By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest. - Confucius What’s the most...
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The Power of Perspective
At 6:35am on June 6, 1944 the first Allied soldiers stepped ashore at Omaha Beach. They were instantly showered with enemy fire raining down on them from fortified positions carved into the bluffs...
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The Gift of Receiving
I’m a guy. I like to help. But sometimes I don’t get to. I was waiting outside my apartment the other day, watching my kids play, when a neighbor drove up, opened the back of her SUV, and started to...
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How to Drive Clarity as a Leader
Clarity is a leader’s best friend. Think about how fun and rewarding it is to serve a leader who’s providing clarity. Think about how miserable and frustrating it is on a team that lacks it. All the...
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The Power of Listening
Have you ever had someone really listen to you? I mean stop what they’re doing, drop everything, and listen…to you? Remember how that made you feel? I’ve asked that question to hundreds of people and...
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5 Temptations Every Leader Faces
Leading is treacherous work. Like Odysseus sailing past the sirens we are constantly lured toward rocks and ruin by charming melodies that seem as harmless as they are desirable. They start small and...
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5 Things Your Followers Need From You…but may not want!
“No-thank-you bite.” “Lucy, you can’t just say, ‘no-thank-you bite.’ You have to actually take a bite first.” “But I don’t like it.” “How do you know you don’t like it? You haven’t taken a no-thank-you...
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