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349. The Leadership Truth You're Not Ready To Hear
Every person has a limited range of truths they are capable of accepting at any given moment. Maybe it's time to pry open your Overton Window.
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348. The Enshitification of Work
While businesses have over-optimized for profit they've sacrificed humanity. Welcome to the age of enshitification.
Nov 24
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347. The Leadership Mistake Almost Every Manager Makes
You don't succeed by pretending everyone's elite - you do it by coaching the right people the right way. That's the Skill Will Matrix.
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347. The Leadership Mistake Almost Every Manager Makes
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343. The Only 3 Problems You Actually Have
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347. The Leadership Mistake Almost Every Manager Makes
You don't succeed by pretending everyone's elite - you do it by coaching the right people the right way. That's the Skill Will Matrix.
Nov 17
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345. Better. Cheaper. Faster. Pick Two.
In leadership, as in life, you can't have it all. There are trade-offs for every choice. You want it better, cheaper and faster. You only get two…
Oct 27
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344. How Great Leaders Win By Inches
In leadership, just like in baseball, the difference between winning and losing isn’t the big swings — it’s the tiny, incremental plays in between…
Oct 20
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343. The Only 3 Problems You Actually Have
Regardless of how unique your troubles, they can all be boiled down to 3 problems in your life: your head, your heart and your bank account.
Oct 13
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341. The Importance Of Q-Tips In Your Career
Q-Tips push all the bad stuff deeper inside. All they do is make things worse. As it turns out, the same thing happens at work when you take things…
Sep 29
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349. The Leadership Truth You're Not Ready To Hear
Every person has a limited range of truths they are capable of accepting at any given moment. Maybe it's time to pry open your Overton Window.
Dec 1
14
5
7
347. The Leadership Mistake Almost Every Manager Makes
You don't succeed by pretending everyone's elite - you do it by coaching the right people the right way. That's the Skill Will Matrix.
Nov 17
24
2
345. Better. Cheaper. Faster. Pick Two.
In leadership, as in life, you can't have it all. There are trade-offs for every choice. You want it better, cheaper and faster. You only get two…
Oct 27
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4
1
344. How Great Leaders Win By Inches
In leadership, just like in baseball, the difference between winning and losing isn’t the big swings — it’s the tiny, incremental plays in between…
Oct 20
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1
343. The Only 3 Problems You Actually Have
Regardless of how unique your troubles, they can all be boiled down to 3 problems in your life: your head, your heart and your bank account.
Oct 13
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348. The Enshitification of Work
While businesses have over-optimized for profit they've sacrificed humanity. Welcome to the age of enshitification.
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346. The Lunch Break Is Dead
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342. Obama, Kirk, and the Leadership Lesson You Need Right Now
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339. The Bridge Between Courage And Pity
Today I saw a one-armed man walking a three-legged dog. My reaction was nothing I'm proud of, but it did teach me a whole lot about courage and pity.
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338. The Illusion of Progress
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349. The Leadership Truth You're Not Ready To Hear
Every person has a limited range of truths they are capable of accepting at any given moment. Maybe it's time to pry open your Overton Window.
Dec 1
14
5
7
348. The Enshitification of Work
While businesses have over-optimized for profit they've sacrificed humanity. Welcome to the age of enshitification.
Nov 24
13
4
5
346. The Lunch Break Is Dead
The lunch break was the time of day where we built trust, loyalty and connection at work. When we killed the lunch break we killed connection. What…
Nov 10
7
2
337. You Are God. That's The Problem.
God created mankind in Her image, in the same way that you create problems in your image. So maybe the problems on your team are not actually problems…
Aug 25
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336. Your Communication Process Is Your Communication Problem
You can’t expect to improve your company’s communication problems without altering the company’s communication processes.
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346. The Lunch Break Is Dead
The lunch break was the time of day where we built trust, loyalty and connection at work. When we killed the lunch break we killed connection. What…
Nov 10
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345. Better. Cheaper. Faster. Pick Two.
In leadership, as in life, you can't have it all. There are trade-offs for every choice. You want it better, cheaper and faster. You only get two…
Oct 27
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344. How Great Leaders Win By Inches
In leadership, just like in baseball, the difference between winning and losing isn’t the big swings — it’s the tiny, incremental plays in between…
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343. The Only 3 Problems You Actually Have
Regardless of how unique your troubles, they can all be boiled down to 3 problems in your life: your head, your heart and your bank account.
Oct 13
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342. Obama, Kirk, and the Leadership Lesson You Need Right Now
What do Obama, Erika Kirk, and a blunt VP have in common? They all reveal the same uncomfortable truth about leadership: you can't shake hands with a…
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341. The Importance Of Q-Tips In Your Career
Q-Tips push all the bad stuff deeper inside. All they do is make things worse. As it turns out, the same thing happens at work when you take things…
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339. The Bridge Between Courage And Pity
Today I saw a one-armed man walking a three-legged dog. My reaction was nothing I'm proud of, but it did teach me a whole lot about courage and pity.
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338. The Illusion of Progress
We work hard every day to check boxes off our to do lists, but what if all that work is merely an illusion of progress. Maybe if you could only…
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337. You Are God. That's The Problem.
God created mankind in Her image, in the same way that you create problems in your image. So maybe the problems on your team are not actually problems…
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336. Your Communication Process Is Your Communication Problem
You can’t expect to improve your company’s communication problems without altering the company’s communication processes.
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