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Reap the Rewards of a Checklist: Two Easy Steps

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Shelley Row |
Self Governance - Leadership |
Tue, 01/17/2017 - 22:36

Pilots use it; some doctors use it. The benefits of its use have been documented. What is it? A simple checklist. Are you taking advantage of it?

My sister and her husband are pilots. Each time I fly with them they pull out their pre-flight checklist. Even with hours of experience, they use a checklist. Why would experienced pilots who have initiated flights hundreds of times, still use a checklist? They know that for complicated activities, the brain needs support be to accurate. Look at these research results.

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Are You Benefiting from Open-Minded Conversations?

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Self Governance - Management |
Fri, 12/23/2016 - 00:32

Ann Van Eron, Author, OASIS Conversations: Leading with an Open Mindset to Maximize Potential

I often see teams and organizations stalled because people are not speaking to one another. Sometimes they really don’t say anything and other times they speak in a guarded fashion that does not bring about innovation or real results.

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The Surprise Ethics Lesson of Wells Fargo

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Mark Pastin |
Strategy - Self Governance - Finance - Leadership - Management |
Sun, 12/11/2016 - 22:45

The scandal that recently enveloped Wells Fargo teaches an important lesson about running an ethical business. And Wells Fargo was trying to run an ethical business, despite its huge blunder. For example, Well Fargo avoided many of the pitfalls and risky investments that plagued other big banks in 2008/2009.

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Learning What Leadership Is NOT

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Dianna Booher |
Small Business - Self Governance - Entrepreneurship - Leadership - Management |
Tue, 11/15/2016 - 23:34

Leadership has been the tip of everyone’s tongue of the last decade. From convention keynoters, to coaches, to political pundits, everyone insists they want a cadre of leaders to carry out their mission.

So for all the talk, techniques, training, and tips on the leadership topic, you’d think managers, executives, and professionals at all levels would have the concept down pat by now. Not so. A few are still off track.

Leadership Defined: It’s NOT a Position

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Taking a Chance on Life

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Self Governance |
Wed, 11/09/2016 - 01:12

Bill Thompson

I spent twenty years in the corporate world creating, building, and selling companies and twenty more helping my son grow a computer memory manufacturing operation he’d started at age fourteen. Over that stretch I held every “chief” title there was, it seemed—except Chief Financial Officer. I was always smart enough to know someone else needed to do the numbers.