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I Hear You. I Just Wasn’t Listening!

October 22, 2012
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Are you a good listener? How do you know? Unless you have had people sincerely tell you that you are a good listener, chances are you are not. Most leaders at all levels are challenged with being good listeners, and it’s not because they think listening is an underrated talent. It’s because they already believe they’re [...]

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7 Tips for Communicating with Your Boss

May 20, 2012
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Communication is always a top challenge within the companies I serve and the leaders I coach. Why is that? It’s interesting to think we need to focus on improving something we’re constantly doing! I think one reason good communication remains a challenge is because we don’t take the time (or pay attention long enough) to learn [...]

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5 Things I Wish I Had Learned 25 Years Ago

April 12, 2012
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A few days ago I had the opportunity to return to my alma mater, Oklahoma Christian University, and speak to their business undergrads on the top five things I wish I would have known when I first started out in the business world.* No matter where you are in your leadership walk, your ability to [...]

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5 Open Door Slammers

February 12, 2012
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It’s a popular mindset for leaders to declare they have an “open door policy,” but what does that really mean? Most often it illustrates that your team has permission to walk in your office and talk to you. Sounds great, doesn’t it?  But wait. Does saying “my door is always open” really mean you are [...]

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A Coaches Balancing Act

October 23, 2011
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I married my basketball coach’s son. Yes, while this makes for a fun, juicy love story it isn’t my leadership message for today. I do, however, want you to see how close I am to the coaching world. I live in a coaching family, I was a coach, and I was a player who was [...]

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Four Ways That Leaders Boost (or Bust) Their Team’s Confidence

March 3, 2011
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Confidence. It’s not only an important leadership element to possess; it’s also an important element to instill in others. Are your followers more confident under your leadership or do you strain their confidence level? While I believe that a person should be the strength behind their own confidence, I also believe that leaders can build and [...]

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Leading to the Conditions

December 12, 2010
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I’ve enjoyed discussing and living out leadership principals with you this past year. As we head toward the new near, I think it is wise for us to think about the conditions that we’ll be doing business in next year. For example, do you expect to experience a severe decline or incline in sales, or do [...]

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Confessions of an Executive Assistant

October 10, 2010

Afew days ago I was honored to have some great conversation over lunch with three women whom I respect very much: Linda Eggers, who is the executive assistant for author and speaker John Maxwell; Cina Gailey who assists Bob Funk, co-founder of Express Employment Professionals; and Diane Brown whom I’m honored to have as my [...]

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Bring Your Big Girl Panties, and other ways to prepare for critical conversations

August 23, 2010
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I needed to call a meeting with three teammates to address a situation that was quickly going in a direction I wasn’t happy about. The meeting was to redirect the team on an enormous project that had required lots of planning and hard work. My decision was going to send a lot of people back [...]

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