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Stockdale Paradox Good to Great, Jim Collins Stockdale Paradox: You must retain faith that you can prevail to greatness in the end, while retaining the discipline to confront the brutal facts of your current reality. What can you do today…

Every organization has its unique set of irrational and difficult constraints, yet some make a leap while others facing the same environmental challenges do not. This is perhaps the single most important point of all of Good to Great. Greatness…

From “Good to Great” by Jim Collins Building a great organization proceeds in four basic stages. Stage 1: Disciplined People Level 5 Leadership – leaders that are ambitious for the cause and not themselves. The resolve to do whatever it…

“Culture is like a forest. The seeds are your Core Values. Once they take root as behaviors, they grow into trees, populating your cultural forest. Bad seeds produce unhealthy forest, infertile, and plagued by infestations. Good seeds produce a healthy…

Emyth revisited  “But all the while, even while you’re guessing, the key is to plan, envision, and articulate what you see in the future both for yourself and for your employees. Because if you don’t articulate it—I mean, write it…

In all your ways, acknowledge. Acknowledge that you are not enough. Acknowledge that you can accomplish more with others. Acknowledge that there may be a better way. Recognize that your understanding may be limited. Acknowledge, you don’t know it all…

Are you clear on where you are going and what you are trying to achieve? In your family? In your relationships? In your finances? In your department? In your company? Without a clear purpose, our efforts become hap hazard. Life…

Daniel Goleman introduced us to the importance of emotional intelligence. In his book, Emotional Intelligence, Daniel suggest that EI (emotional intelligence) is more important that IQ. Being able to work with others, work on a team, respect others, and get…

E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber “I believe it’s true that the difference between great people and everyone else is that great people create their lives actively, while everyone else is created by their lives, passively waiting to see where life…

“Didn’t see it Coming”Carey Neuwhof  “70% of employees are disengaged at work because people don’t understand the greater purpose or mission behind what they do and most managers and leaders never try to move people toward something greater. If a worker’s…

Tension managed responsibly releases power. When you think about this statement as it relates to machinery it makes total since. In a manufacturing plant if the tension on the belt is too tight it might break and shut down production….

The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities. Stephen Covey Great stuff. I know I’m totally guilty. Head down, focused, making things happen, checking boxes, kicking butt and taking names and then it…