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Confident Humility
An interesting finding among leadership researchers continues to reveal something of an enigma. Whether it be the research by Jim Collins or Kay and Shipman’s work, they find that leaders who ascend to pinnacle positions demonstrate both humility and confidence. For...
Don’t Drop The Baton
The times you are the busiest, the most stressed and tired, are the times when you are the worst at communicating. Under these conditions, your communication can be really bad. It’s also at a time when clear communication is most critical because your crushed. Even...
Task Or Deadline Driven?
While catching up with a friend last week, we compared notes about how some of our mutual acquaintances were doing. He mentioned that working with one of our friends has become easier lately. He commented that, while his approach is to be more task driven, our friend...
Don’t Bring Me Problems
There is a popular expression that managers use that they believe is very useful: “Don’t bring me your problem unless you have a solution.” When I hear it, I wonder what it means. Because if I have a problem and I know a solution, why would I bring it to my manager...
I Don’t Have My Wallet
For those of you who are sports fans, you know that last week was the beginning of the NCAA basketball tournament. So I found myself at a local sports bar to see the most important game of the day (go WVU ‘Eers!) Having won the game and finishing my meal, it was time...
What Have You Done?
I often wonder what you do with these weekly Monday messages. They are meant to move you to pay attention to your professionalism, so here’s your opportunity to determine for yourself how much you use them. I’ve taken the main idea expressed in each of the weeks since...
Dressed for What?
More and more firms are adjusting their dress code to mirror contemporary standards. The nagging question that concerns firm leaders is whether or to what extent dress matters. Are people more or less productive, depending on what they wear? Unfortunately, the...
“I Wish” or “I’m Glad?”
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a message where I gave you a question to ask yourself whenever you didn’t want to do something but you knew you should. The question was, “Is it more important to me to choose this or to choose that?” By posing the question to yourself...
Give Them A Reason
A friend and I were discussing the economic value of professionalism and he said, “It’s much better to be referred by others because of who you are rather than just what you do.” His point was that there are many professionals in your area who know what you know and...
1 Question To Break Through
This probably doesn’t happen to you, but have you ever had a situation when you knew you should do something but you couldn’t seem to get yourself in gear to do it? Instead, you found all kinds of other things to do, while it loomed heavy in the background. Then you...
