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Managing Your Emotions
[av_video src='http://vimeo.com/158489624' format='16-9' width='16' height='9'] In our Amazon Top-10 Business book, Step Up--Lead in Six Moments That Matter, we have a chapter called Get Angry, Not Stupid and we also have a previous blog with the same name. The idea...
Eradicate Excuses at Work in Three Easy Steps
What are the three excuses you use most often? With more than 10,000 hours of executive coaching experience, my observation is that…
Prioritization Filter – How to get real about your ‘to do’ list
[av_video src='http://vimeo.com/151439848' format='16-9' width='16' height='9'] Over the years, I've amassed more than 10,000 hours of coaching CEO's and others in the c-suite. During that time, I've learned and also developed practices to make high performing...
Decide Already! How to get decisions made, no matter your title.
[av_video src='http://vimeo.com/145102930' format='16-9' width='16' height='9'] In order to be competitive as an individual, team, or organization, you need agility and speed in this rapidly changing marketplace. This means that decisions must be made faster than your...
Office Anger: How to Win People Over by Losing Your Temper
The Telegraph / USA Read on telegraph.co.uk If you want to get angry at work, it’s better to be a man. Sexist though this sounds, it’s a finding from a recently published study conducted by psychologists at Arizona State University. Women, it seems, may have...
Passive Endorsements™ – A Deadly Silence
[av_video src='http://vimeo.com/141096406' format='16-9' width='16' height='9'] Today I'll discuss the tendency we sometimes have to avoid challenging conversations. An industrial psychologist in our firm has an interesting take on this issue: He says there are two...
Are You Dangerous?
[av_video src='http://vimeo.com/136066464' format='16-9' width='16' height='9'] I've got a question for you to consider; Are you dangerous to your organization? We've already established that whatever your formal title, we want you to think of yourself as the...
Leading From Without
[av_video src='http://vimeo.com/130242991' format='16-9' width='16' height='9'] Recently, I was working with one of the Senior Executives of a $7 billion dollar client organization. He opened up to me and explained that after exceeding all targets set for them the...
Driving Results – Accountability As A Competitive Advantage™
[av_video src='http://vimeo.com/130239466' format='16-9' width='16' height='9'] Recently, we spoke to you about both the importance of creating clear visual expectations (a cornerstone of our accountability method) and making sure you get reflection back from your...
Reframing For Better Business Results
[av_video src='http://vimeo.com/127274210' format='16-9' width='16' height='9'] We often offer ideas about how you can drive better business results through our accountability method, and today we want to focus on: How you can reframe your thought cycle when you're...
3 Rules for Choosing Your Accountability Partner & Getting Better Business Results
https://vimeo.com/124831891 Today we want to talk to you about three rules for Driving Results through Accountability Partners. We all know the concept of an accountability partner: Someone with whom we share our commitments, knowing that they will hold us accountable...
Reflection – How To Focus Your Mind for Better Business Results
In our book, we talk about the importance of reflection-it's a key element of your leadership development, and we want to say a little bit more about that now. When we talk to our clients about reflection, many of them push back, saying things like, "I'm already too...
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