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What would your best boss do today?

If you could bring your best boss into your current team or organization right now, what would she do? What would she change or refine to ensure team members are engaged, serving, producing, and...

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How stories can reinforce the culture you want

What stories are told in your organization today? Are you aware of them? Do they reinforce your desired culture or do they inspire undesired actions? Most leaders I speak to don’t pay attention to...

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Common sense is not common

What do your leaders celebrate in your workplace? Take a moment and write down the five to 10 things that leaders measure, praise, encourage, recognize, or reward on a regular basis. Don’t look at...

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Don’t take ourselves too seriously

When was the last time you observed a human on the verge of a meltdown at work? Or in the middle of a meltdown? It’s impressive. Something happens that’s unexpected. A player — sometimes a team leader...

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Leaving our mark

We live in the mountains outside of Denver at 8,400 feet above sea level. When people learn that, they assume I’m a snow skier. They’re surprised when I tell them I’m not. I did try, years ago. I went...

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Do you and your company make the “integrity” grade?

How would you rate your personal integrity? On a grading scale of A (high demonstrated integrity) to F (low demonstrated integrity), what grade would you give yourself? Even more important, how would...

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Creating a pocket of excellence when you aren’t the CEO

I’ve been speaking, coaching, and writing about how leaders can build high-performing, values-aligned cultures for over 25 years. My proven framework helps leaders create an organizational constitution...

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There goes that trust thing again

“I just don’t trust him.” So said a senior leader of a peer recently during interviews I conducted to learn more about their organization’s culture and how their leadership team operates. It’s a...

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What’s that sound? Is it talent heading out the door?

Bureau of Labor Statistics As the global economy continues to improve, one significant metric for business leaders is at a nine-year high. That metric? Voluntary separations or “quits.” The US...

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Employees say you have a toxic culture? Here’s how to fix it

American Airlines’ merger with US Airways is not going well. American Airlines’ pilots’ union notified CEO Doug Parker in a March 4 letter that the merger is going so badly that the airline’s former...

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