Greetings! Last night a childhood friend of mine was passing through town and came over for dinner with his wife and daughter. I’ve known Wes since the 7th grade, about 39 years! He loves cars and biking and always has some event that he either just came from, or is going to in the near future. He […]
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Greetings to all, It seems like all we hear about these days is how bad things are. Don’t worry, I won’t depress you further by going down the list of negative events that have transpired recently. Instead I want to give you some hope that things can look differently if we just change our perspective.
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Power is a wonderful thing as it helps us get what we want in life. Unfortunately most of us don’t understand that there are consequences beyond getting the immediate results that we desire. We will briefly look at coercive, utility and principle-centered power and why only principle-centered power makes sense in today’s world of business.
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When you go to a sporting event held in a stadium you’ll find three kinds of people there. Those on the field playing the game. Those in the stands watching. Others at the concession stand ordering some food. When you look at what they are doing, they equate to those that 1) Make things happen
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I just finished reading an article written by Thomas Friedman called Are We Home Alone?. The article, an Op-Ed in the New York Times, was about the lack of Inspirational leadership in our government and corporations. Friedman’s comments were well put and timely. I want to expound just a bit on his basic premise that
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If you have been following the economy for the past year you’ve heard it said more than once, that the complex transactions that the financial industry entered into over the past 5 -7 years are the reason our economy is currently in shreds. If we just untangle things like complex credit default swaps, the economy
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The other night in class, we were discussing leadership and I asked the class if anyone could become a leader. The point I was trying to make was that while most professions require some sort of qualification before they allow someone into their group, there is no test for leadership. Physicians, Doctors, Lawyers, Engineers, Teachers,
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Sir Francis Bacon is attributed with the quote “Knowledge is Power”, but it is ironic that he died nearly destitute and in disgrace for corruption. So I would like to humbly suggest changing his philosophy to: Prudent use of knowledge is power… Knowledge applied aimlessly is foolishness… Lack of knowledge is laziness. Which are you?
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So, you’re preparing for a job interview and are worried about, THE question. You know, the one that will stump you and may prevent you from getting the job. How do you prepare for this? If you focus on the right thing and approach it with the right perspective, believe it or not, this is
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It seems like the concept of “networking” has been around for awhile, albeit with different names and connotations. If we think about networking over the ages, it can be fun to think about how things have changed over the past 50 years. During the 1960’s and 1970’s, networking was accomplished primarily by joining clubs like
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