In leadership as in the marathon, it's not the finish line we need to focus on, but the 18th mile, if we want to reach our goal; here's why.

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Running in the rain: It's something I don't want to do, yet very much need to. Here's how I got myself out the door, and how to get yourself to do things you don't want to do, too.

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How do you improve your team with an After Action Review? The After Action Review (AAR) is a deceptively simple yet powerful way to stimulate the growth and performance of any group of people.  As an organizational learning tool it has been used to transform small teams and entire armies into high performers.   But as with […]

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Being the leader is a challenge, but it can be even more challenging when you have new people join the team who don’t yet know how to contribute.  In the next two minutes I’m going to show you a way to pull the new guys on to the team and quickly turn them into productive […]

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How do you develop possible solutions? This video focuses on the second step of the problem solving process – how to develop alternative solutions. We start with a fun look at how two seemingly crazy ideas actually solved difficult problems.  Then we watch a brainstorming session, and break down how you can lead one to […]

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