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What Don Draper and Gordon Gekko Have to Teach Us

Next Level Blog

This past weekend, Gordon Gekko was back in Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. All of that seems to work for Gordon Gekko as well – especially the part about blow people away anytime you say anything.   While that statement may be true in the fictional realm, it’s definitely true in the literal realm.

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Guest Post: How to Encourage Your Team Members to Stand Up and Lead

Lead on Purpose

By Andrea Gordon. It is not easy to develop leadership skills in others, however, so it’s very important to understand that some people do not share your goals and aspirations. Some people need a specific challenge to motivate them. 2. Appeal to noble motives – Many employees think that their work does not make a difference.

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Curiosity Won’t Kill You, But…

Lead Change Blog

Orbiting the Giant Hairball by Gordon MacKenzie hits this hard leadership truth head on. Similar to The Rule of 5 above, learning to switch from “I can’t believe you did…” to “The story I’m telling myself is…” gives others the opportunity to own the motives behind their behavior. The Rule of 5. Walt Disney said, “ First, think.

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Many Ways to Connect

Michael Lee Stallard

This motivates the team to support one another’s efforts to serve customers. David Gill, a professor at Gordon Conwell College, told me that we connect with the Divine when we “help people fulfill their dreams or overcome their nightmares.” (We also connect with others when our organization’s mission accomplishes these ends.).

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Unbridled Capitalism

Coaching Tip

In the 1987 movie Wall Street , Gordon Gekko, played by Michael Douglas, makes the statement that “Greed is Good”. Their aptitudes lead to careers in making or managing investments, overseeing manufacturing, wholesale or retail businesses, resource development, technology, real estate, and finance/ banking. By Guest Author Henry B.

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Leading Those Who Don't Want To Follow | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

When you develop the skill to transform negative conflict into creative tension is when you will begin to earn and hold the respect of even those individuals who don’t agree with your positions. Moreover, building rapport is easily achieved assuming your motivations for doing so are sincere.

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Memorial Day Leadership Lessons

N2Growth Blog

Watching the EOD graduates stand at attention in front of the Memorial Wall there was no doubt that these were motivated, committed, passionate, honorable individuals with a clear sense of duty, and who hold in high regard the principle of service above self. link] Gordon R. Thanks Mark. They are greatly appreciated.