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Achieve Work/Life Balance by “Planning Yourself First”

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Michael MacNair |
Strategy - Small Business - Self Governance - Entrepreneurship - Leadership |
Tue, 09/16/2014 - 01:17

Many financial planners suggest that you should adopt savings habits by “paying yourself first”. This means that you should save first, and spend afterwards. Well what if you applied this basic concept to a more valuable commodity in your life than money, time? What if you “planned yourself first” and knew when your rests and time off were coming a year in advance? Would you be able to sprint to those rest periods with better form and style? Would you be able to accomplish more results in the sprint periods knowing that a rest (and probably a well planned quality rest) was coming?

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Leadership, is it selling or buy-in?

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Bob Urichuck |
Leadership |
Thu, 09/11/2014 - 20:21

Traditional leadership is like traditional selling – telling everyone what to do, and/ or what you expect.

Non-traditional leadership, like non-traditional selling, is the opposite. It is no longer about selling by telling, it is more about engaging by asking and empowering others to make a decision.

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5 Keys to Future-Proofing Your Business

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Guest Blogger |
Self Governance - Leadership |
Fri, 09/05/2014 - 22:06

Chutisa & Steven Bowman

What needs to change so your business is future-proof? Our experience and research show it is primarily to do with the points of view you hold about your business and the environment in which it operates.

The last decade has witnessed revolutionary changes to business across the globe. Today’s business leaders have to wrestle with diverse, intricate and multifaceted challenges: globalization, technological advances, digitization, climate change, organizational sustainability, a global credit crunch—the list is endlessly growing. If your business strategy and mindset is not prepared for the future, your business will become irrelevant. In this complex business environment, doing business-as-usual is a formula for business failure.

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Six Ways to Become a Great Company

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Linda Henman |
Leadership |
Thu, 09/04/2014 - 23:03

In today’s economy, ordinary just won’t work anymore. Now organizations increasingly depend on cutting-edge solutions to never-before-seen problems and clever ideas for those recurring headaches that have always plagued them. However, research indicates that only a handful of star performers create the vast majority of valuable ideas for their organizations.

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Great Innovation Leaders Mine Freedom

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Leadership - Management |
Mon, 09/01/2014 - 20:33

Chip R. Bell

Great innovative service leaders view freedom as a crucial characteristic to cultivate ingenuity and creativity. Consider three of the most innovative service cultures—Zappos, Nordstrom and Ritz-Carlton Hotels—and you will discover each is a wellspring of employee freedom. One of Zappos’ core values is “create fun and a little weirdness.” Nordstrom tells employees their only rule: “Use your good judgment in all situations.” And, a core Ritz-Carlton Hotel value is: “I am empowered to create unique, memorable and personal experiences for our guests.” Nurturing freedom is a lot like mining.