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4 Important Leadership Lessons From Ducks
One of our family’s favourite activities is to visit a local pond and feed the ducks. We have a few areas near us where we can do this and our kids have enjoyed these outings since they were very...
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How Often Should Leaders Communicate a Message?
I like to think of myself as a reasonably effective communicator. I feel comfortable articulating messages to large groups or to individuals and believe that I am clear, concise and personable in my...
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You Don’t Have To Lead
You really don’t have to lead. You can allow life to float past and watch it go by. You can choose to let others make decisions for you. You can choose a life of anonymity. You can choose to blame...
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3 Reasons To Delegate More
Steel magnate and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, once said, “No person will make a great business who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit.” He understood that learning how to delegate...
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How Do You Communicate Your Message?
Educator Daphne Koller recently gave a TED talk that contained the following contrasting quotes: Firstly, from Mark Twain, College is a place where a professor’s lecture notes go straight to the...
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Welcome To Apple Letter
Whenever a new employee starts at Apple, they receive a letter that says the following: There’s work and there’s your life’s work. The kind of work that has your fingerprints all over it. The kind of...
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How To Make Better Decisions
There’s a story of a young man who went to see a mentor. The mentor said to him, “To be an effective leader, you need to learn how to make better decisions.” “How do I learn how to make better...
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You Can’t Force Everything
No matter how much you want to, you can’t force everything. You can’t force people to agree with you. You can’t force someone to see things from your perspective. You can’t force people to share your...
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Know, Go and Show
Leadership guru and best-selling author, John C. Maxwell once said, “Leaders must know the way, go the way and show the way.” It’s a great reminder of the responsibilities and challenges that come with...
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What You Feel, What You Think, What You Say, What You Do
In 1931, Gandhi was invited to speak to the British Parliament. As Gandhi was one of the most vocal supporters of Indian independence, his visit was greeted with suspicion and caution by a parliament...
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Stop Thinking – A Story About Leadership
Young Tom was chatting to his mentor, Dwyer, about his future career options. “I think that I could be a great leader one day!” Tom proudly announced. “OK, well I think that I could be a bullfrog one...
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The Choice You Have in Every Coaching Opportunity
There will be times when you notice someone who hasn’t delivered at an expected level. Or perhaps they have made a dramatic mistake or have been unmotivated for quite some time. In each of these...
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The Soldiers, the Corporal and George Washington – A Story About Leadership
Os Hillman tells the story of a rider on horseback, who many years ago, came across a squad of soldiers who were trying to move a heavy piece of timber. A corporal stood by, giving lordly orders to...
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10 Things Every Leader Should Know
Leaders these days need to know a lot of things. They need strong business acumen, to be experts in their field, to be able to delegate and outstanding emotional intelligence. But as I look back over...
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The Team That Wins
When you’re watching sporting contests and comparing the expertise of each coaching team, it’s tempting to imagine the pre-game words of the coaches and think that the side that had the best...
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I Hope That Those Who Come After You Will Be Greater
I hope that your kids do greater things than you ever did. I hope that the person you coach and mentor goes on to achieve far more than you have. I hope that your hand-picked successor at work delivers...
View ArticleWho’s the Leader?
Who’s the leader? The person with the fancy title? The person with the prestigious corner office? The person with the highest salary? The person who has been there the longest? Or is it the person who...
View ArticleHow are You Training Yourself?
Professional athletes train incessantly to get better. World-class musicians are always practicing, practicing, practicing. Soldiers are consistently doing drills or carefully simulated combat missions...
View ArticleIt’s Hard To Beat Teams That Act Like This
Last night, Reece Conca played his 100th game for the Richmond Football Club. He’s a popular club-man, best known within the club for his “Conca cuddle” celebrations with team-mates after they have...
View ArticleAre You Fitting In or Leading?
There’s a yearning within most of us to fit in. To look like the people around us. To talk like they talk and do what they do. To find safety in the herd. To avoid the embarrassment of mistakes. But...
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