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Why Do We Fear Change?
Leaders often find themselves asking, “Why is my team so resistant to change?” It turns out there’s actually a very good reason! The post Why Do We Fear Change? appeared first on The Executive Producer.
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Leading Change: The Missing Step
Leading a team through change can be difficult, rewarding, messy, profitable, and frustrating.Click To Tweet Leading a team through change can be difficult, rewarding, messy, profitable, frustrating,...
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Bigger vs. Better: A Case Study
Just okay doesn't cut it in my business. And I'm guessing just okay doesn't cut it in your business either.Click To Tweet “You guys should go national!” I used to hear that all the time. When I was the...
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Re-Focus On Your Core Strengths
Sometimes circumstances require you to re-focus on your core business, your core strengths. And sometimes that’s not a bad thing! The post Re-Focus On Your Core Strengths appeared first on The...
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Are You Planning for the Future or for the Present?
#TheBeatles made a decision to hire for the future, not for the present. And that decision paid off Click To Tweet John, Paul, George, and Ringo. The Beatles. Four names as familiar to a generation of...
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How to Create Your Best Year Ever
As 2014 comes to an end, what can you do create an even more successful 2015? Here are four steps to creating your best year ever! The post How to Create Your Best Year Ever appeared first on The...
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Are You Making This Mistake When Leading Your Team Through Change?
Are you making this mistake when leading your team through change?Click To Tweet You may have seen the clip; it was all over the news—and not just the sports news. In a November 2014 football game...
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The Real Truth Behind Obstacles
What’s going to get in the way of you producing the results you want to produce this year? If you find yourself coming up against some obstacles, you might want to watch this short video! Now it’s your...
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Is This Why You Aren’t Creating Lasting Change?
Change is difficult, particularly in Haiti. What I learned here about what works and what doesn’t work applies just as much to your organization. The post Is This Why You Aren’t Creating Lasting...
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The #1 Reason Most Change Doesn’t Last
You’ve done the hard work of leading your team through change, but now things are reverting to the way they were before. What went wrong? Here’s the #1 reason most change doesn’t last. The post The #1...
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3 Lessons for Breakthrough Results from Donald Trump
Do you want to produce breakthrough results in your business? In your industry? In your life? I’m not talking about incremental results, the “Hey, look, we got a new logo!” kind of results. I’m talking...
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5 Not-So-Obvious Mistakes People Make When Setting Goals
“In the Spring, a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.” So says Tennyson. “In December a young (and not-so-young) leader’s fancy somewhat more heavily turns to thoughts of goals for the...
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How Diversity Can Drive Your Team’s Innovation
Most teams that I work with claim that they would like to be more innovative. And all of them would like to see better bottom line results, such as growth in market share, and better client...
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Are You a Brilliant Original, or Merely a Copy?
Let’s start with a 2-part quiz: Question 1 — Which would you pay more for: an original Van Gogh, or a copy (even a very good copy) done by a third-year art student? Question 2 — Switching now to your...
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How Would You Respond to This Challenge?
It’s officially spring in the Northern Hemisphere. Typically, spring is a season associated with rebirth and renewal. It’s a chance to look at the world through fresh eyes. So today, let’s use spring...
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Are You Setting Your Future Leaders Up For Failure?
You’ve got a star performer in your organization. Let’s call her Amanda. Amanda is brilliant at her job. She’s so good, in fact, that you begin to think, “Amanda is fantastic! Imagine how valuable...
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Are You Killing the Creativity in Your Business?
“Creativity” is one of those things (like its close cousin “risk-taking”) that nearly all leaders love to hail, praise, and rhapsodize over. So why is actual creativity in the workplace so rare? It’s...
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The Benefits of Informal Get-Togethers
I just spent a delightful morning with a colleague of mine (Ron, another speaker) who was in from out of town and gave me a call. And yes, I realize I just used the word “delightful,” when the more...
View ArticleWhat Does it REALLY Mean to Be a Producer?
“So, what does a producer really do?” During my 15 years as the Executive Producer of Seattle’s hit comedy TV show Almost Live!, I was asked that question a lot. Many times by members of my own staff....
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How Are You Filling Your Idea Pipeline?
I’ve just been reading a terrific new book called High-Profit Prospecting by my friend and colleague Mark Hunter. Mark is a consummate sales professional, and his book is about how to keep your sales...
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