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Innovate Your Leadership

As we continually position and plan how to be more innovative and disruptive in our routes to market, growth strategies and our technology just to stay relevant in our own markets, I think we have a huge blind spot in our thinking...

Do you go the 2nd mile?

“So you think I’m courageous?” she asked.

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“Yes, I do.”

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“Perhaps I am. But that’s because I’ve had some of inspiring teachers. I’ll tell you about one of them...

Do your sales people pass the marshmallow test?

With trembling hand the four your old faces his biggest challenge of the day-to eat or not to eat the single marshmallow...

Delayed gratification is a sweet lesson whose teacher knows the best is not right now, it is yet to be.

Knowing Where to Tap

Here is a story about understanding the difference between management and leadership.

In a rickety old part of town an old man goes to an old boiler factory to fix the only boiler on the work site. He gets shown around, told about the boiler problem, what had happened prior to it seizing up and stopping. The factory manager asked him if there was anything he could do to bring it back to life.

The 7 Deadly Styles of Presenting

In the world phobia list, Glassophobia – the fear of public speaking ranks at number 13… just after Thanatophobia – The fear of death. That could mean for some people given the choice of either dying or speaking in front of others it’s a tough choice! Interestingly though, it has been reported that 75% of the corporate world have suffered from Glassophobia to some degree. So, how do people cope?