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February 15, 2012 –“Value Based Purpose Driven Leadership”
Olsen Thielen CPAs and EBITDA Partners’ next session of their Seminar Series that will be held on Wednesday, February 15 at Olsen Thielen’s Roseville office, 2675 Long Lake Road. Doors open at 7:30...
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Doing business in the New Normal World – Do’s and Don’ts
A client recently asked me what steps dynamic sales leaders, who are committed to winning more new accounts, need to do differently in the New Normal Business environment. I’ve made a list of some...
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Sales Leadership Tips
I recently facilitated a Sales 101 for Entrepreneur discussion with a group of high-tech, software developer entrepreneurs through Project Skyway. I shared three lessons with them – three lessons that...
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Sales Leadership Tips
Lesson # 2 – Love your clients & employees During our last blog posting, I mentioned we talked about Lesson #1-Walk a Mile. We talked about the next lesson at the May 16th EBITDA Partners event,...
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Summer Musings on Leadership
Leadership is an elusive concept. Many leadership theories abound – but oftentimes these theories are more complex than they need to be. At the most fundamental level, we all know that “if there are...
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How to Best Develop Yourself for Leadership
Recently, I heard a leadership consultant address the topic of “how to make yourself indispensable to your organization”. He provided a somewhat new perspective on an old topic – what does it take to...
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Wisdom for a Wild Leadership World (1 of 2)
On May 19th, I’ll be giving a commencement speech at my alma mater, the University of Sioux Falls. I’m deeply humbled and honored. Since I only have 10 minutes, every word must count. To stimulate my...
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Through Struggle Can Come Greatness
Since I was very young, I was grounded by the core value that “nothing good in life comes easy”. I always interpreted this to mean that one simply had to work hard to achieve success and lead others...
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Change Leadership
Change is one of the hardest things to achieve in a business, but many will try without understanding that change for most employees is also extremely hard and not to mention stressful. Before you...
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Cultivating Great Business Leaders
Are great organizational leaders just born with the right stuff, or are they cultivated? The true answer is probably both. Great organizational leaders exhibit high integrity, envision the future,...
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Does Ownership = Leadership?
How do owners become leaders? When they start their company? When they buy it? When they inherit it? When they are ‘promoted’? ‘No’ is the answer. Leadership is a learned talent. Of course it...
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The Secret Sauce Behind Effective Leadership
What does it take to be an effective leader in today’s world? Is the secret sauce for great leadership any different than the fundamentals for living a fulfilling life? Bill George – the former CEO of...
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“Goodness Pays” – A Formula for Great Leadership
The list of management books that outline the characteristics of effective leadership is long and diverse. That said, I recently heard a somewhat novel approach articulated by Paul Batz, an executive...
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Who Needs Leaders?
We all need leaders to help focus our spiritual, professional and social lives. Leaders play an essential role in defining, communicating and galvanizing the collective consciousness of an organization...
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