Leadership, Quest Newsletter
Will following your passion bring you riches or ruins
There is an old cliché–and even a book–titled, Do What You Love, the Money Will Follow! If you Google “love your job” or “passion for your job,” you’ll be overwhelmed with the amount of articles that come up….
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Leadership, Quest Newsletter
What Makes Leaders Great
Do you have the missing link? When we survey participants in our seminars and ask, What are the characteristics of a great leader? The following are the most shared comments: Has a clear positive vision…
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Communication, Leadership, Quest Newsletter
Is It Possible to be Too Open Minded?
“My boss tells everyone that he always has an open door,” an employee recently told me. “Technically he is correct in his statement. His door is always open. The problem is his mind is shut…
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Leadership, Quest Newsletter
6 Tips to Increase Your Reputation as a Fair Leader
Throughout my years as an executive coach, I’ve learned that scoring low in the area of fairness on a 360 Leadership Development Assessment prompts the same response from just about every leader: disagreement and/or astonishment….
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Leadership, Leading Change, Quest Newsletter, The Advisor
Can You Change Fast Enough to Not Become Obsolete?
In this rapidly changing world, one of the keys to being a successful leader is to be adaptable with a strong willingness to learn and change. A few of the powerful changes that are impacting today’s leaders include: technology; workforce demographics – the baby boomers are beginning to leave the …
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Leadership, Leading Change, Quest Newsletter
Challenging the status quo or derailing your strategic plan?
Are you allowing a senior leader to coast while organizational results and revenues are suffering? Most likely, this manager is getting enough accomplished to get by and satisfied by his performance. But, you face three major problems when your direct report is allowed to maintain the …
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Friendship, Leadership, Quest Newsletter
Ethical Leadership: A new kind of poverty?
Every day we are bombarded with news about decisions made by leaders that cause us to question their integrity and ethics. So much so that we have banned the news in our home, especially after 7:00 p.m., to stave off the restlessness that comes with this kind of news and in the hopes of getting a sound …
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Communication, Leadership, Quest Newsletter
Great Leaders Need to Say “No!”
I’m willing to bet there isn’t a single leader out there who doesn’t wish they had at least 25 hours in a day to get everything done. Great leaders have a compelling, positive vision of…
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How to Play Office Politics Without Selling Your Soul
Playing politics simply refers to the dynamics of, and struggles for, power. Politics exist in every organization, and we should expect its presence in the workplace. Politics are even played at home when a child…
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Leading Change, Quest Newsletter
Can you Change your Company Culture?
There’s a lot of talk about cultures these days, and for good reason. Culture is the collective values, behaviors and habits displayed by those who work for the organization. While two competitive organizations may have…
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