Contribution Is King

An essential responsibility of leadership is seeing potential in others that they may not yet see in themselves—and then helping bring it forward. That’s the difference between observation and contribution. It’s one thing to recognize talent. It’s another to activate it. Recently, I was coaching a high-potential Vice President and posed a simple question: “What’s […]

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10.05.10 Sales Training: Overcoming Fear

Harvard  Business Review columnist JD Schramm posted an interesting…
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11.07.10 Hard Won Skills

Most likely in your business, there are skills that are intuitive…
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05.18.10 Even in Paradise

Even in paradise, consistency of message matters...I just spent…
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11.14.09 My View from Singapore

My view from the Mandarin Oriental in Singapore.
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11.14.09 Is Today the Day I Worried About Yesterday?

Greetings from China: Just picked up my luggage in Singapore...I…
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11.13.09 Off to Singapore!

Today I'm taking off for Singapore! I'll be working with American…
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02.22.10 Listen to Grow

…for there is no growth without changing, correcting and questioning…
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02.08.10 What E-mail Mistakes Are YOU Making?

My 2009 year-end newsletter stressed meeting face-to-face with…
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02.02.10 Renewed Perspective

I’ve just returned from a little New Year’s respite quite…