Extraordinary leaders are, by definition, creative leaders. They see things others don’t see. They find new and better ways to do things. They consistently pull win-wins out of no-win situations. So, how do you improve your creativity and become a better leader? Last week I picked up some creative gems from Cliff Selbert, co-founder of […]
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It’s estimated that 17 to 21 million people in America suffer from paraskavedekatriaphobia. Say that one three times fast. Actually, I’d be impressed if you could say it just once. It’s the fancy name for the fear of Friday the 13th. Donald Dossey, founder of the Stress Management Center and Phobia Institute in Asheville, NC,
My mind always seems to meander on November 11th. It usually begins at Versailles at the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month, 1918. Then it’s off to a tour of courage and sacrifice: Valley Forge, Gettysburg, Bastogne, Ia Drang. Soon my thoughts drift to those who gave all they had, who
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It really says something about your leadership when you have to build a wall to keep your people in. – My wife in a discussion about the Berlin Wall
Twenty years ago today the world was changed forever. I remember watching the news and thinking – even as a teenager – that I’d wake up the next morning and the world I’d known all my life would be different. We’d heard rumblings of reform from Hungary and Poland, but the Berlin Wall? It seemed
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