I’m always amazed when people approach discipline and freedom as opposite ends of a spectrum. As if discipline restricted freedom and freedom was by definition void of discipline. If they must be opposites, they’re opposite sides of the same coin. I believe any other view dilutes – if not destroys – them both. Discipline generates […]
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Five minutes left in the third quarter. The other team has cut your lead to just three while you haven’t scored in the second half. You’re on the nine yard line. You can taste a touchdown. Your 13 years in the NFL have given you a sixth sense. Just then, a rookie – an undrafted
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What is your organization? Not what does it do or make or sell, but what is your organization itself. What’s the fundamental element that if taken away would cause your organization – be it a team, non-profit, task force, company, association, church, club, whatever – to cease to exist? Is it your address? Your building?
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Last week I attended the Global Leadership Summit and got to hear from some great leaders and thinkers including Jim Collins, Dan Pink, Tony Dungy and Jack Welch to name a few. Bill Hybels, Senior Pastor at Willow Creek Community Church and founder of the summit, opened the event with a story about a time
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I had the privilege of being ignored the other day. I walked into a firm’s reception area to find the receptionist talking into her headset and rustling through papers. No problem, I thought. I’m early for my appointment, I’ll just wait. She said her goodbyes and immediately switched to typing furiously into her computer. I’ve
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