Happy Fourth of July Holiday Week! personal loans for people with bad credit On July 3, 1776, John Adams wrote to his wife, Abigail, after the Continental Congress had decided to proclaim the American colonies […]
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As many of you may know, one of billionaire Warren Buffett’s top executives, Denis Abrams, CEO of Benjamin Moore, was given a “pink slip” after he and some of his other senior employees took off […]
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Today I had a day planned at my home office to catch up, relax, and then have an early evening with friends. As often is the case in our professional and personal lives, things didn’t […]
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Last week we talked about how endurance athletes create a path to performance and linked that to organizational life. This week we review what steps successful leaders take to create a path to performance with […]
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The path to performance in any organization must be clear. My goal in working with executives is to keep to a minimum the complexity of how to achieve leadership excellence and organizational success and focus […]
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Creating the environment for and achieving peak performance is the single most important role of a leader. Leaders who develop future leaders, lead high-performance teams, and sustain a positive organizational culture also ensure employees are […]
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When I gather feedback about an executive through interviews, I always ask the executive’s peers, direct reports, etc.: “Does this executive understand his (or her) impact on you?” Many people say, “Oh, that is an […]
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Knowing how to develop and sustain a high performing team is an essential leadership capability. One of the quickest and most enjoyable ways for a leader to create a high performing team is to develop […]
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When we ask people about the attributes of the “ideal” leader—the type of leader people want to follow, we hear many things before eventually hearing, “Makes the numbers” or “Achieves results.” What we have learned […]
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Harvard Business Review by Stratford Sherman and Alyssa Freas… It’s not just individuals who benefit from one-on-one coaching—their employers can gain immensely, too. But in an industry without universally accepted standards, all the parties need […]
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