Align4Profit Leadership Development Blog
Leadership development may be the most important activity in any organization. In my quest to helping men and women become more and more effective leaders, I share weekly articles that are a quick read with a promise to give your leaders actionable tips they can implement immediately.
It’s my goal to share my experience together with candid and pragmatic advice founded on deep research.
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August 18, 2014
Deception is everywhere. The most ubiquitous example—advertising. No doubt you learned at an early age that marketers use all sorts of guises and even outright lies to trick you into […]
August 11, 2014
Questions hold the key to the doors of effective communication. But they can do more than open doors. They can help you develop Leadership Intimacy. The sum of how you […]
August 4, 2014
Feedback from multiple sources is always more reliable than any one source. Especially when the feedback conflicts with what someone already believes to be true. For example, if one person […]
July 28, 2014
Everything we do for our clients at Align4Profit aims at creating cultures of High Commitment that also produce results-driven High Performance. We believe it’s the only combination that works for […]
July 21, 2014
Every major religion and essentially every philosophy, ethical system, and human culture has embraced what has come to be known as the Golden Rule. It seems that humans understood long […]
July 14, 2014
16 Team Alignment Challenges You Can Solve Unfortunately, strong and healthy team alignment is rare. But it’s not only possible to achieve, it’s absolutely within your reach. If your teams […]
July 7, 2014
Nobel laureate and psychologist Daniel Kahneman makes a distinction between what he calls the Experiencing Self and the Remembering Self. This distinction helps explain why human experiences and memories can […]
June 30, 2014
People want to do things that fulfill their need to make a difference in their lives, in their organization, and in the world. This Purpose Motive drives your employees toward […]
June 23, 2014
How much do you trust each of your team members? Do you trust each one differently? Probably. Unless you trust all of them unconditionally or none of them at all, […]
June 16, 2014
“In the beginning was the Word…” writes John in his gospel, offering perhaps one of the most thought-provoking insights of all time, even outside of its religious context. It reminds […]
June 9, 2014
Only when leaders intimately understand each of the people they lead can they personalize their feedback style according to what works best for each. People don’t like to be generalized. […]
June 2, 2014
As I consult with companies around the world, I hear over and over complaints about meetings, as if they were the bane of the workplace. They often are, but they […]
May 26, 2014
The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) interviewed leaders from seven countries in order to identify The Challenges Leaders Face Around the World. Not surprisingly they shared many of the same […]
May 19, 2014
Study after study has confirmed the connection between employee engagement and increased productivity, performance, and customer satisfaction, along with the reduction of absenteeism and turnover. Therefore any company that wants […]
May 12, 2014
If you’ve read, Call & Response Coaching, you understand that leaders can and must influence and empower High Commitment and enable High Performance in two ways—with skillful Reinforcement and Redirection. […]
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