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By J. William DeMarco So true...think about it and then ponder...who are you serving? Yourself? Your office or organization? Your family? Your wallet? God? Bob Dylan took five months off at the beginning of 1979 to attend Bible school. His subsequent album Slow Train Coming reached No.3 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart and included …
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Most people think they are good listeners; most people are wrong. I have been spending time reviewing some of my favorite leadership books and came across The Contrarian’s Guide to Leadership by Steven B. Sample...and I know listening is something I need to get much better at. According to Sample...A contrarian leader is an artful …
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Great conversation with Karla Nelson at People Catalysts—who believe it is not just the people. It’s their chemistry—of course we at The Mastermind Century Group could not agree more. Karla and her team have a great assessment (Movers, Shakers, Provers and Makers) to help assist in getting a deeper understanding of your leadership vehemently—check it …
I recently started a journey towards a doctorates degree. I have longed believed most of all the required reading for leaders has already been written--so what in the heck am I going to do? Well--attempt to uncover it and make it accessible to today's leaders. Ancient philosophy is ripe with leadership lessons for all …
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The AFJAG School is doing some amazing things in terms of educating and innovating around how to teach current and future judge advocate generals. Â Wonderful to be a part of the adventure--checkout their show on iTunes--they are talking to tons of interesting leaders. PODCAST LINK is here. From the show notes: Â This is part 1, …
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Something I have been passionate about for some time now is empowering the 2nd string...or checking your bench. Your 1st string players will really (for the most part) take care of themselves--they have risen to the occasion and are on a strong path and a positive trajectory. But what about the second string... who …
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Wish I knew what you were looking for. Might have known what you would find. - Church, Under The Milky Way by J. William DeMarco Can't recall where I came across the phrase, "Heads Down/Pencils Up Leadership," but I believe it was in a podcast… probably Andy Traub. This is something I have continually gone …
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Personality has a lot to do with how we understand Niccolo Machiavelli. Â We have talked about how misunderstood the man may have been here on the blog many times. Â Recently I picked up a somewhat newer translation of The Prince with an introduction by Tom Butler-Bowdon and reading through Butler-Bowdon's intro it only confirms my …
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What are you doing to grow as a leader? That is a question I ask myself close to every day... sometimes I have great answers, other times I have terrible or fake answers...and the truth is, at times, my growth has paused or in some cases actually atrophied....but it is a journey, and I …
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With Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) we find ourselves in interesting times—one might even say unprecedented; but I work with academics, and this was mentioned on a text the other day to which the response was, "These are actually precedented times." What does that even mean? Unprecedented: never done or known before. Precedented: Provided with or having …
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