April 2nd, 2019 | Published in Leadership
What’s Your Next Big Decision? Excerpt from How Leaders Decide, the #1 new historical reference book on Amazon. “The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely …
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January 7th, 2019 | Published in Leadership, Uncategorized
Herb Kelleher, the co-founder, CEO and Chairman Emeritus of Southwest Airlines passed away last Thursday at the age of 87. He was an admirable innovator and an exceptional leader that …
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August 7th, 2018 | Published in Leadership, Strategic Planning
The Leaning Tower of Pisa Offers Clues for Your Upcoming Planning Session The period between Labor Day and Thanksgiving is often when leaders gather to affirm their organization’s strategies and …
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June 18th, 2018 | Published in Leadership
Continuous Learners Will Dig Into These Books As an accountability speaker and business consultant for more than 20 years, I’ve seen firsthand what makes companies like Marriott, Container Store, Ernst …
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April 27th, 2018 | Published in Leadership
When do you collaborate and when do you lead? On 7 May 1429, Joan of Arc led 1,500 French soldiers on an assault lifting the six-month siege of Orléans …
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February 6th, 2018 | Published in Leadership, Organization Health
What is the Gap? If you live in or have travelled in the United Kingdom, you likely recall being told to “please mind the gap.” This phrase—first introduced in the …
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November 17th, 2017 | Published in Leadership, Organization Health
Every year when November rolls around, companies begin planning parties, sending employee appreciation gifts and bringing surprise perks to the office. It’s important for every company to take the time …
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October 16th, 2017 | Published in Conflict Resolution, Leadership, Problem Solving, Productivity
An organization reveals its personality by how it meets or misses deadlines. What I often see are two distinct personalities within a single organization. Call it organizational multiple personality disorder: …
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August 31st, 2017 | Published in Leadership
Summer’s over. It’s back to school for business. The best business leaders are lifelong learners, so brush up on your Reading, Writing and Arithmetic. Reading 1. Man’s Search for Meaning – …
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July 13th, 2017 | Published in Leadership
Navigating a Business World Full of Pirates and Traitors How do good people go bad? For Bartholomew Roberts, the route from honest sailor to Black Bart, the most successful pirate …
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July 4th, 2017 | Published in Leadership, Strategic Planning
The first battles of the American Revolutionary War were fought at Lexington and Concord on 19 April 1775. The Battle of Yorktown that culminated on 19 October 1781 with Lieutenant …
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June 6th, 2017 | Published in Leadership
Winds howled and rain strafed the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force command post just north of Portsmouth in Hampshire, England. The worst weather in 20 years was wreaking havoc with months …
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April 3rd, 2017 | Published in Leadership
Money Matters: Questions to Ask About Money As a leader, it is important to know where your values stand. Your approach to money influences your decision-making, both personal and professional. …
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March 20th, 2017 | Published in Leadership
3 Tips for Better Employee Coaching If you’re a good leader, you’re probably a good problem solver. But are you a good coach? Coaching means you’re no longer out front. …
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March 13th, 2017 | Published in Leadership
Remembering the Alamo On 2 March 1836, delegates of the provincial government of Texas finally made a decision: declaring independence from Mexico. Four days later, the Alamo fell. While the …
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February 20th, 2017 | Published in Leadership, Organization Health
“I quit.” Those words and others like them are spoken more often by more people by the last week of February than at any other time of the year. The …
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February 6th, 2017 | Published in Leadership, Strategic Planning
On our family’s recent trip to the Galapagos Islands, we experienced some of the phenomena peculiar to this archipelago that helped inform Charles Darwin’s controversial and ground-breaking theories in On …
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October 11th, 2016 | Published in Leadership
Here comes Halloween. History suggests that Halloween has its origins in feasts and festivals, celebrating everything from the autumnal harvest to the festivals of the dead. As a result, ghosts, goblins, …
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October 3rd, 2016 | Published in Leadership
When successful companies are profiled, the logical question to ask years later is, “How are they doing today?” In “Accountability” I profiled two dozen companies and their leaders whose commitment …
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September 9th, 2016 | Published in Accountability, Leadership, Productivity
When Will You Decide Enough is Enough? In an earlier post, 8 Questions to Ask About Accountability, we tackled the topic of underperformance and took a fresh look at confronting it. …
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Business schools teach case studies. Hollywood blockbusters are inspired by true events.
Exceptional leaders are students of history. Decision-making comes with the territory.
