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Red Team Must Evaluate Each Person

The third installment of the role of the Red team is one of my personal favorites because we’re dealing with the impact each person can have on the outcome. I know the team goes in together and wins together, but I also know that one person can be a difference maker....

Red Team as Presentation Evaluators and Coaches

Last blog I introduced part one of a three part series on the role of a Red Team. If you missed it, here’s Wikipedia’s definition for a Red Team - “an independent group that challenges an organization to improve its effectiveness”.   In this blog I will further...

The do-not’s of selling

As in several previous blogs, I have taken the position of outlining what not to do. It’s interesting that when we take a common issue or challenge and turn it around and assess it from a “what not to do” perspective, we often gain new insight and perspective. What...

How Not To Lead

I have chosen to take a very tongue-in-cheek approach to a topic that is very important to me. We generally look for “how to” lists of best practices and principles by which we can operate. Sometimes taking a contrarian view makes what we should do or aspire to be...

Innovation + Leadership

Remember the connect-the-dot painting books kids used to have; there was no color on the page, just a series of dots that when connected by a wet paint brush revealed a picture defined by different colors? When I was five I thought it was magic, yet I realize that...

A Few of my Leadership “Secrets”

 “The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.” - Harvey S. Firestone 2013 was a great year for me to blog regularly and share thoughts on topics that are important for personal and professional development and to provide resources to...

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