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DECEMBER 20, 2010

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Michael Lee Stallard

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Howard Behar and Michael Lee Stallard. American leaders need to wake up and smell the coffee. Research from two well-respected organizations makes it clear that we have a big collective blind spot that’s dragging down productivity, innovation and economic performance. Earlier this year, a Conference Board research report showed that job satisfaction is at the lowest level since the organization began measuring it more than 20 years ago.

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 20, 2010

home about rich our team news our fans services executive coach business coach speaking inspire media knowledge books affiliates contact Rich Gee Group 203.500.2421 Why Don’t We Hug More? Who’s a hugger out there? Many years ago (25 to be exact), my best friend’s sister and her husband came over for dinner one night. At the end of the night, when we were saying our goodbyes, instead of handshakes, we got hugs from both of them.

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Terry Starbucker

DECEMBER 19, 2010

I can get away from myself sometimes. That state of being where things are happening so fast and furiously that all I do is react, instead of think. It’s during those times that my leadership suffers. Because I’m “ not all there “ I become a mile wide and an inch deep. My teammates don’t get the benefit of any fully developed and reasoned thought and analysis.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2010

A crisis exposes character or the lack of it. Our reaction is important. Our recent history requires a response; a correction; a change in the status quo. If we are thinking more-of-the-same or merely upping our game then we are destined to fail again. On the other hand if we are looking to change our games or approach, then we have a way forward. The way forward will mean reviewing a lot of overly familiar ideas like, “self-awareness is critical to a good leader” because those are the things we

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Next Level Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2010

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Michael Lee Stallard

DECEMBER 15, 2010

At the Technical Academy Awards ceremonies held in Hollywood, the Associated Press reported that it wasn’t the host, actress Jessica Biel, who attracted the most attention. Instead, it was an understated, bespectacled, computer engineer named Ed Catmull. When Catmull’s name was announced to receive an Oscar for his lifetime of work in computer animation, the crowd went wild, whistling and whooping.

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 15, 2010

home about rich our team news our fans services executive coach business coach speaking inspire media knowledge books affiliates contact Rich Gee Group 203.500.2421 How To Lose Your Fear. Once in awhile, I bump into something that is so simple, yet effective, I just need to talk about it. Rejection Therapy might be your answer. It’s a card game.

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Terry Starbucker

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full My 10 Favorite (and Most Effective) Leadership Quotes by Starbucker on December 5, 2010 One of my favorite things to do as a leader is make a big speech or presentation. The kind that is designed to “jazz up&# and inspire the team.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2010

We need to get over the notion that a leader is a perfect person with a set of qualities that are balanced and in perfect alignment. And to be less makes you, you know … a manager. If that were the case we might as well forget about being a leader. We’re just not up to it. And yet life goes on and people do lead—in spite of themselves. And their humanity gives us all hope that we too can lead, influence, have an impact, and create meaning.

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DECEMBER 5, 2010

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2010

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Michael Lee Stallard

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Click here to view the embedded video. Many thanks to my friend Jeffrey Fry for sending me this wonderful video. It’s encouraged me to be bolder in affirming my family members, friends and the people I meet day-to-day. Validation, affirmation, recognition or whatever else you call it is relevant in the workplace and to life outside of work. When I speak or teach about Connection Cultures I tell people that the need for recognition reminds me of a battery that every human being has and th

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 24, 2010

home about rich our team news our fans services executive coach business coach speaking inspire media knowledge books affiliates contact Rich Gee Group 203.500.2421 Take A Little Break To Laugh This Season. Get Shareaholic { 2 comments… read them below or add one } Emdadul Haque 12.24.10 at 10:35 AM Laughter is the best preventive medicine. So, just laugh whenever you get scope to keep you heart healthy.

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Terry Starbucker

DECEMBER 26, 2010

“I’m going to be a better leader&#. It’s that time of year again, where the calendar marks an end, and the approach of a new beginning – a time of much self-evaluation, and from those thoughts, the annual New Year’s Resolutions. For leaders, these proclamations can certainly be helpful as a jump start, but these days, simply declaring we want to be “better&# just isn’t enough.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2010

In Power , Jeffrey Pfeffer states that you can “compete and even triumph in organizations of all types, large and small, public or private sector, if you understand the principles of power and are willing to use them.”. For some, power is a bad word. But, without a doubt, power does open doors and provides opportunity. Powerlessness creates its own problems—pettiness, blame, irresponsibility, hopelessness and depression.

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Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 30, 2010

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2010

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Most HR leadership philosophies are grounded in two completely faulty assumptions — “change is hard” and “engagement drives results.” Those beliefs have inspired expensive attempts to keep change from being disruptive to employees. What these engagement programs actually do is create and reinforce feelings of victim-hood and leave employees unprepared to adapt to real changes that are necessary for the health and profitability of their enterprises.

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Michael Lee Stallard

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Bono, megastar of the rock band U2, frequently shines the light on his fellow band members. In the photo above, Bono is shining a spotlight on The Edge, U2’s legendary lead guitar player. Bono does this in a metaphorical sense too. Bono has stated that he’s a lousy guitar and keyboards player, and that his gifted fellow band members bring to life the melodies he hears in his head.

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 13, 2010

home about rich our team news our fans services executive coach business coach speaking inspire media knowledge books affiliates contact Rich Gee Group 203.500.2421 5 Mistakes You Make With Business Cards. They bring me business and success everyday. That’s why they are ALWAYS in my left pocket. But most people either don’t have th em (shame on you) or if they do — have terrible ones.

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Terry Starbucker

DECEMBER 12, 2010

As soon as we are labeled as a “leader&# , especially one in the executive suite, there is a very strong tendency to put ourselves on a pedestal. After all, we are on a higher rung on the ladder, right? If we’re not careful, this “higher level&# thinking can also have an effect on how we interact with our teammates. Suddenly, we’re more aloof, more reserved. “I’m the boss now – I cannot ‘mix it up’ as much with the team.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Make sure that the first person you are managing every day is yourself. Take good care of yourself outside of work so that you can bring your best self to work every day. Arrive a little early to work and stay a little late. Focus on playing the role assigned to you before trying to reach beyond that role. Focus on doing your tasks, responsibilities, and projects very well, very fast, all day long.

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Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 22, 2010

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2010

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Michael Lee Stallard

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Frances Hesselbein, To Serve Is To Live. from Leader to Leader on Vimeo. In Fired Up or Burned Out , we wrote about Frances Hesselbein, the former CEO of the Girl Scouts of the USA and current chairman of the Leader to Leader Institute As we were about to part following lunch, I’ll never forget Mrs. Hesselbein looking me directly in the eyes and saying “just remember, to serve is to live.&# Here is an outstanding video about Mrs.

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 28, 2010

home about rich our team news our fans services executive coach business coach speaking inspire media knowledge books affiliates contact Rich Gee Group 203.500.2421 How To Present Yourself Like A Professional. Once a month, I go to an incredible meeting of 100+ successful executives who get together to talk business. The person who runs the show is an incredible personality — full of vigor, experience, and knowledge.

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Terry Starbucker

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full Ideas Plus Influence by Starbucker on December 2, 2010 (This is Part 1 in a two-part blog series which I’ve worked on with a colleague, Denise Lee Yohn. We’ve each taken on the topic of influence in leadership and are exchanging blog posts.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2010

The failure rate of executive transitions—up to 40 percent of all leaders fail in their new roles and are replaced or retired in their first eighteen months on the job—is one of the costliest problems any organization can face. In The Right Leader , executive career advisor Nat Stoddard and Claire Wyckoff present a process to improve the search for top-level executives.

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Modern Servant Leader

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DECEMBER 28, 2010

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