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view original / business.time.com / Geoffrey James DeM Banter: Imagine if we had a few more bosses that led in the manner below? Great, easy to remember, perhaps not so easy to follow steps. Anything to add? For the past two decades, I’ve been interviewing and observing successful C-level executives to discover the secrets of their success. In …
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DeM Banter regarding How Washington Makes Love for War by Justin Logan. Reading the article below from CATO really hit home in an ah-ha moment. It is something I believe many have known for quite sometime but Justin Logan articulates it so simply. It's not so much about General Petraeus or even Paula Broadwell...it is systemic of a much …
Empowerment and trust is something that seems lacking in certain organizations. Trust has to be built and as such takes time and without trust it is difficult to empower. First evaluate your people...can they handle the authority, empowerment, and trust? If you give too much authority too soon...you can literally be setting your folks up …
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view original / inc.com DeM Banter: Something to ponder this week... Walter Isaacson's book is a great read, highly recommend, if nothing else...check the abstract.... and remember to be thankful for all those great people you have the privilege to work with... Think you're a great leader? Make sure you aren't guilty of one of these three …
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DeM Banter: Great points and things we probably see and/or hear often from our leadership... no time to read, I have been a (fill in the blank) so I know this, etc. Always have to be getting better... or we are just getting worse... View Original / Brian Evje / inc.com These nine myths can hamstring you, …
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view original / nytimes.com / Thomas E. Ricks DeM Banter: More from Mr Ricks and his new book...interesting points to ponder...wonder if the book has any "legs." Anyone hearing anything out there? November 11th, 2012 OVER the last 11 years, as we fought an unnecessary war in Iraq and an unnecessarily long one in Afghanistan, the civilian American leadership …
View Original / Travis Bradberry / Forbs DeM Banter: great points...now to incorporate in a comprehensive curriculum. One of the most popular Dilbert comic strips in the cartoon’s history begins with Dilbert’s boss relaying senior leadership’s explanation for the company’s low profits. In response to his boss, Dilbert asks incredulously, “So they’re saying that profits …
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View Original / Fast Company DeM Banter: a shorter version of the original article Exercises to build the foundation Write out your mission and vision Your leadership starts with showing people “where you are going, what you dream is, where you are going to be,” according to Welch. Define your values Values describe “the behaviors …
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inc.com / view original DeM Banter: MUST DO! An organization must have a vision at a minimum and hopefully a flexible strategy...if not you will frustrate the snot out of your folks.... November 30th Winning strategies are not set in concrete, but your long-term vision should remain rooted. Strategy. Perhaps there's no other word in …
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DeM Banter: With leadership, vision, and strategy we can really solve it all...is the list below getting longer or is it just me? Yahoo.com November 8, 2012 Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates--Phrases to describe some of the looming foreign policy challenges for President Barack Obama didn't even exist when he took the oath of …
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