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7 Dumb Mistakes New Leaders Make That You Must Avoid

Remember when you were just a twig on the leadership tree. You ached to bear fruit. You admired how the big branches did big things while you secretly shivered. Ambition and fear cause… Continue reading

Courage When Your Knees Buckle

The opposite of weakness isn’t strength, it’s courage. Your knees will buckle someday. Strength will fail you unless you consistently aim low. Boredom defeats you when competence always sustains you. Clinging to competence… Continue reading

How to B.U.I.L.D. T.R.U.S.T.

Average leaders get things done. Exceptional leaders build environments where others get things done. Average leaders fix. Exceptional leaders build. B.U.I.L.D. Practices if you want to build environments where others get things done… B… Continue reading

How to Discern the Hidden Meaning Behind Suggestions

Complainers have suggestions for others. ‘We should’ means ‘you should’.

Discern the meaning of pronouns.

3 Rules for Being Yourself at Work

You stumble into success when you practice being yourself.

It happened to me when I stopped trying to impress people.

How to Lead Successfully in a Global Environment

It’s impossible to over-communicate when teams are far away from each other.

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