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Posted in Confidence, Credibility on February 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

“I’m confident in our story.” He said this to me when talking about an upcoming meeting with one of the organization’s top leaders. The purpose of the meeting is to assist her in speaking to the relevance of the work of my Client’s team. As he spoke of this task he said something very important; [...]

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Servant Leadership – What it Looks Like

Posted in Credibility, Stories on February 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Servant Leadership is a term that found popularity several years ago. As it is with ideas that become popular there is the danger of losing the idea’s true meaning amidst the dust in the scurry of voices weighing in. There is some good writing out there about this idea of Servant Leadership. And I often [...]

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A Manager’s Turning Point

Posted in Confidence, Credibility, Stories on February 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I was having lunch with an executive in my region. As we were continuing our conversation about developing leaders in his organization, he said, “Our managers are still mostly just looking for what they can find wrong.” If you were to ask me to make a short list of kind people in my region, this [...]

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Everyone is Self-employed

Posted in Confidence on February 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

As a leader in the 21st Century, you work for you. It doesn’t matter that you may technically be employed by a particular organization … you work for you. The journey towards the 21st Century nurtured an evolution in how we, in our society, view the issues of security and loyalty. As one of my [...]

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The Best of … You

Posted in Confidence, Credibility on February 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »

To my leader: I need you to be you Afraid I’m not of who you really are I’m only afraid if you cannot be you. I’m ready to give all of me    to the direction of your guidance But only in the confidence of your courage,    the courage of your confidence. Show it [...]

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Love – The Organizational Definition

Posted in Credibility, Stories on February 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I continue to step up to the challenge of allowing my voice to come through in my writing – in fact, in all my work. And as I declared in the post In the Mood, my voice is Love. And so now I’m compelled to begin to write more about what love is in the [...]

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