Are you all in?

A short time ago I was listening/watching a videocast and the topic was about the level of commitment an individual or team of people may or may not have to achieve a given objective. What was most intriguing about the information being presented was that my takeaway was coming to me not from…

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Tomorrow all around the globe, a special green beer day is celebrated.  Although I’m not to fond of the green dye added to a perfectly good beverage, I fully get the spirit of the Go Green on St. Patrick’s Day – green pancakes, green eggs, green hair, green, green, green….. On such an occasion, we as business leaders just can’t skip over the green in our business which is much better known as “Profit.” So as the green beverages and…

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Results vs. Outcomes

From time-to-time business leaders will reference things that happen in the business and frame them as either an outcome or the results of some set of actions or events.  They can be positive or negative.  They can be a contribution to the plan or be a distraction to getting to the objectives. These words are…

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In this time and age our workforce exists in many different arrangements.  Some roles can be completely remote even to the extent in another part of the city, state, country or even continent.  Some can be very flexible in that some of the time the person is in the office and other times working from home or other physical locations away from the organization. Yet some roles require…

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Guessing or Managing

In a recent conversation with a very successful business owner/leader we were exploring the challenges in his business with some of the emerging future leaders.  They are the right people, doing a great effort and contributing to the success of not only the business but also to the others in the organization.  You might think – where is the problem in that scenario?

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