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Viva the Naysayers

Many business owners, entrepreneurs, and professionals are “visionaries” – independent minded self-starters with lots of creativity and ideas. They often have a deep belief and confidence in their own point-of-view. If you are one of these people and have been successful, these traits have served you well. The challenge is that, at some… Read more

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It’s 2011 – Dream Big

To move into a New Year powerfully and to create the results you want there are some key steps to take. The first is creating an “elegant ending” to the past. Last week we posted about “letting go of 2010,” and included a free download of a worksheet to help you do it. Now it’s time to move on to envisioning and documenting your 2011 “Yonder… Read more

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Don’t Tread On Me! The Powerful Desire for Personal Freedom in Business

In our last post we examined several important conflicts between the traditional “command and control” management paradigm and the new, collaborative leadership thinking.  Demand for more creative freedom, self-expression, greater distribution of power, and a strong say in how things are done, (which is being driven by younger workers in… Read more

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The Powerful Role of Consequences When We Are Overwhelmed

I recently attended a presentation of “High Performance: How To Get It. How To Keep It” by Greg Bustin at a Vistage meeting in Orange County. Greg packed a lot of material into his three-plus hour presentation geared around formal planning.  The idea I really sparked to, however, was the notion of consequences. In designing accountability… Read more

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