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5 Essentials for Healthy Conflict

Conflict is inevitable. Healthy conflict is rare.

Healthy conflict brings people together. All conflict needs a positive purpose.

Ask yourself, “What are we fighting for?”

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3 Reasons Variety is Essential

Common wisdom deceives you. You’re boring because some knucklehead said: You fall behind if you continue doing the same things, even when you’re doing great today. 3 reasons variety is essential: #1. Variety… Continue reading →

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No culture drifts to greatness... it must be led there. Image of driftwood stacked on a beach.

3 Essential Culture Rules all Leaders must Apply

3 essential culture rules for high performance culture: aspire, amplify, and adapt. Image a of bright sunrise.

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Four Essentials For Developing Your Leadership

Thanks to John Parker Stewart and Daniel Steward for this guest post. The great hotel founder, J. Willard Marriott, once said, “You can’t improve 1000% in one thing, but you can improve 1%… Continue reading →

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Leadership quote: When you feel overwhelmed, do life better. Image of a person having balls dropped on her.

When You Feel Overwhelmed Do Less Better

I woke up today at 2:00 a.m. thinking about being overwhelmed. I remembered Marcus Aurelius, the great Stoic philosopher said, “If you feel overwhelmed, do less.”

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You learn to grow and give through action and self-reflection. Image of a person journalling.

Grow and Give: Discovering the Path Forward

Talk of self-reflection felt like hippy talk to me. Now I know it’s essential.

Structured self-reflection enables you to grow and give.