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We Don’t Need Managers, We Need Chiefs!

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Self Governance - Leadership |
Tue, 11/24/2015 - 21:27

Barbara Wittmann, Leadership Coach

What we can learn from tribal culture to inspire sustainable business

10 years ago I walked away from a fancy corporate Job and started my own IT consulting business in Munich, Germany. In a highly competitive market it was not easy as a small player and “newbie” to get ahead. In search for ground-breaking ideas, I was reading every management book out there and worked with high ranked business coaches to refine my positioning and market approach. Even though I quickly doubled and tripled my revenue figures and had more and more employees coming onboard, I was not the happiest person on the job. It turned out that in the rapid growth of my business I had neglected myself.

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Fortitude Factors

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Linda Henman |
Self Governance |
Mon, 11/23/2015 - 21:57

When we silence the fears in our heads, we clear the way for more dispassionate, rational thinking. That allows us to shift from a fear mentality (there will never be enough) to one of fortitude (I have plenty, or at least enough) to be successful/ happy/respected/financially stable. A mindset shift leads to better calls, but it starts with replacing fear with fortitude.

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Get a Global Mindset

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Self Governance - Leadership |
Thu, 10/01/2015 - 00:45

Melissa Lamson, CEO of Lamson Consulting

Today’s business world demands a certain kind of leader—a global leader. A global leader is savvy in understanding how business works around the world. These leaders have a “global mindset” which means they’re attuned to the differing values, behaviors, and attitudes in business in other cultures and how these impact the interactions one has with others in a professional situation. To understand the importance of having a global mind-set, consider this—studies have shown that culture influences our behavior as much if not more than 70 percent.

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Why Productivity Matters

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Self Governance |
Fri, 09/11/2015 - 00:38

David Horsager, Author , THE DAILY EDGE: Simple Strategies To Increase Efficiency And Make An Impact Every Day

High productivity and high profitability usually go hand in hand. But unless we drill down to absolute clarity on our goals and strategies, we will not achieve either. While the books and experts on the subject are innumerable, most of the material out there doesn’t seem to capture the right blend of productivity and relationship that is displayed by our most successful CEO’s and business executives. Each day brings a mountain of tasks, but are you focusing on the things that will make forward progress on your most important goals?

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Smarter CEOs: How to manage your presence

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Self Governance - Leadership |
Wed, 09/02/2015 - 23:37

Raymond D. “Ray” Zinn, Author, Tough Things First

Seth Godin recently identified some reasons why CEOs can be stupid, and he almost found the central theme (almost, but not quite).

CEOs are human, and as such they fall prey to human emotions. One of the trickiest human functions is ego. In Godin’s blog, he listed power and exposure as being two ingredients that can make a CEO do stupid things. These factors tempt the ego, and any CEO with narcissistic tendencies becomes infected by his own ego. Inflated egos create barriers between the CEO and the one thing that brought him or her that power and exposure to begin with, namely people.