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A New Meaning of Leadership: Listening

In last week’s blog post, I stated that there’s a distinction between being smart and being enlightened. Being smart will get you so far in life and in business. Being enlightened is necessary to get you the rest of the … Continue reading

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Executive Leadership: Beyond Being Smart

One of the things I’m noticing in the many organizations I work with is that I run into a lot of really smart people. While I guess there’s no harm in being smart, in fact, it may be a good … Continue reading

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Turning Complaints into Action

For any reader of this who manages people, I’m sure you deal with people coming to you with complaints. What I know from the thousands of people I have discussed this with, your knee jerk reaction, when you see a … Continue reading

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Listening for possibility

In my last few blog posts, I said that the phenomenon of listening consists of only two components: 1. Who do you have your attention on? 2. What’s your internal conversation? I further said that if you want to be … Continue reading

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Listening for the Gold

In my last few blog posts, I said that the phenomenon of listening consists of only two components: 1. Who do you have your attention on? 2. What’s your internal conversation? I further said that if you want to be … Continue reading

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Listening with Compassion

In my last two blog posts, I said that the phenomenon of listening consists of only two components: 1. Who do you have your attention on? 2. What’s your internal conversation? I further said that if you want to be … Continue reading

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Listening for the Commitment

In my last blog post, I said that the phenomenon of listening consists of only two components: 1. Who do you have your attention on? 2. What’s your internal conversation? I further said that if you want to be a … Continue reading

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The Art of Being an Effective Listener

I gave a presentation to a group of eight CEO’s yesterday and one to a similar group of ten today. In both cases, I asked the attendees if it ever happened that they had a conversation with another and walked … Continue reading

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