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- Transparent Communication - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from Patrick SmythThe U.S. Department of Homeland Security adjusts the security alert status from code yellow to code orange. The change is announced on national television news networks. You immediately launch your orange alert status program – or, do you? More likely, you’ll do what almost everyone else does ...
Views: 2718(1 vote) - The Power Of A Team - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2008 from Patrick SmythA man was walking along a road and he came to the beginning of a steep hill. At the bottom of the hill was a farmer with a heavily loaded wagon. A tiny donkey was hitched up to the yoke in front of the cart. The man asked the farmer how he could possibly expect that little donkey to pull that ...
Views: 996 - Leading By Listening - by Submitted on Oct 19, 2009 from Patrick Smyth“No one ever listened themselves out of a job” said Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933). Have you noticed that we seem to devote a lot more time and effort in learning how to talk to people than we do learning how to listen to them? We are taught that we must become powerful orators able to deliver a ...
Views: 864 - The Power Of A Team - by Submitted on Apr 04, 2008 from Patrick SmythA man was walking along a road and he came to the beginning of a steep hill. At the bottom of the hill was a farmer with a heavily loaded wagon. A tiny donkey was hitched up to the yoke in front of the cart. The man asked the farmer how he could possibly expect that little donkey to pull that ...
Views: 808 - Leading Change: The First 100 Days - by Submitted on Oct 19, 2009 from Patrick SmythIt is the end of April and tax season is over. That is a big sigh of relief, except that roughly every four years it marks another huge milestone - the US President issues a “100-Day Report”. Why? The people voted and the new president is in office with a new agenda. Do we really expect a ...
Views: 1215 - Leadership and Innovation - by Submitted on Aug 16, 2007 from Patrick SmythHow many ideas fail to launch because they will require big changes in the business? Could it be the result of a failure in leadership? Do good ideas turn bad? If an idea fails to produce, does that mean it was bad? How many good ideas will be applicable to your business? Do they fit your ...
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