In case you missed them the first time around, here are my top ten posts for February 2011—all in one place: 1. Leadership or Manipulation? 2. 5 Tips for Knowing When to Stop 3. Leadership Lessons from Watching Football 4. Are You Enjoying Your Followers? 5. 10 Tips for Successful Brainstorming 6. The Leadership Investment […]
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Contrary to popular belief, you can’t just toss a bunch of humans into a room with a whiteboard and a slew of stickies, and expect them to generate great ideas. Successful brainstorming doesn’t just happen. It takes work. (and a little bit of fun!) There are a few simple things you can do to help
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Today my one-year-old daughter danced in circles whilst tickling herself silly. Meanwhile, my three-year-old son built a castle-spaceship-car out of Lego’s. I love my kids. I believe that’s one of my chief jobs as a Dad—to enjoy my children. Sure, Sarah and I can teach them to use the potty, say “please” and “thank you”,
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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. Both try to leverage an individual’s beliefs and feelings to elicit a desired behavior. So how do you
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Leadership is the ability to get people to do what they don’t want to do and like it. – Harry Truman People traditionally think of leadership as an authority figure telling everyone under them what to do. I believe it’s much larger than that. John Maxwell was the first person I heard define leadership as
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