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Which Kind Of Leader Are You?

I gave a talk at SAIC recently called “Leading Is Communicating” and in the presentation I talked about there are two types of leaders…visionary and task oriented. Visionary: think Ronald Reagan, MLK Jr, Steve Jobs, or 2008 era Barack Obama. Task Oriented: think of Bill Gates, LBJ, or Tim Cook. In the presentation, I pointed […]

With All This Focus On Content Marketing…

It is really important that business leaders remember that content can get you a foot in the door, but the processes will keep you winning business.

With All This Focus On Content Marketing…

It is really important that business leaders remember that content can get you a foot in the door, but the processes will keep you winning business.

Our challenges…

Sometimes we want to jump to the obvious challenge first. Or, we have determined that if we are having a certain challenge, we need to bring that one up for that audience…even though the big challenge is the one we should be talking about first. I think it is always helpful to take a step […]

A Few Thoughts On Bitcoin

I didn’t ever really follow the buzz about Bitcoin, but I did pick up a few things here and there. I think that the Bitcoin/Mt Gox issue brings to light a few interesting things: 1. This is what a true free market looks like. Unregulated, no recourse. 2. If you were/are using Bitcoin as an […]

A Consistent Theme…

If you are to visit any number of underperforming organizations, and ask questions…your answers will sound like some of the below: “Its not my job.” “I can’t make that decision.” “I’ll need to talk to a supervisor about that.” “I would if I could.” Or any number of other, similar excuses. But here is the […]

The 4 Dynamics of Ethical Actions

1. Should Do 2. Could Do 3. Would Do 4. Will Do You have to encourage your team to get into the fourth category as much as possible. How do you think you can accomplish that?