If a business leader wants to remain relevant in today’s dynamic marketplace they must always be learning.  One of the best ways to learn and increase your knowledge is by reading. Active reading, where you highlight important information and take notes on what is being read, is even one step better! Putting the highlighted passages […]

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“Leaders have forfeited their right to make excuses.” – Horst Schulze   How many times in the last year have you heard high profile leaders making excuses for something that happened in their organization rather than taking responsibility for it? Statements like: “The price of oil fell more than expected and because of the previous […]

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“Without solitude, no serious work is possible.” Picasso Our world today is incredibly busy (see Do You Suffer From Continue Partial Attention Deficit Syndrom) and interruptions are almost constant. In 1789, Benjamin Franklin said “. . . nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” I think in 2015’s world, we can […]

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