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Culture Leadership

Embrace the New Rules of Work

Today begins a new series of posts related to distance leadership. If you’re currently participating on any type of a distributed team or work group, I hope you’ll share some of your experiences. Why the New Rules? Our world has changed dramatically in the past decade. An explosion of broadband networks, mobile devices, social networking, […]

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Leadership

What do servant leaders do?

Recently I came across a quote that an executive had on his desk. It simply says: “A servant leader does what is necessary….” Short. Simple. To the point. So, what is necessary?    

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Leadership

Listen and Live

As leaders we like to talk. A lot. Talking is what leadership is all about, right? Casting vision, aligning, motivating others, setting direction – all of these activities require words, conversations and interactions. If we’re talking all the time, we’re not really having conversations, we’re having monversations. Last week during a set of leadership meetings […]