performance review

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An Often-Neglected Duty Leaders Owe Others

When a leader dodges the tough conversations, when they lack the courage to hold people accountable or the internal fortitude and strength

Accountability

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A Vital Key to Success That You’ve Been Taught Not To Do

From birth most of us have been taught to avoid confrontation, whether to be nice or to be liked or get along

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The Hardest Thing to Do

As a leader, as a coach, one of the hardest things to do is let people fail. It is so easy to

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Identity as Destiny

Who are you? How do you define yourself? What do you think you are capable of? What can you do, what do

second score

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Acing the Second Score

Your “First Score” is what happened the first time; the “Second Score” is how you handle it, how you respond when your

fear

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FIVE FEARS AND HOW THEY SILENCE

We often fail to have the difficult conversations we need to have, leaving unspoken important truths. Why? – Fear of Confrontation/Conflict: From

pondering

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Even Great Quotes Sometimes Need Asterisks

Opening Quotes: “I can make a decision with 30% of the information; anything more than 80% is too much.” – Colin Powell,

difficult conversations

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Difficult Conversations Don’t Have to Be So Difficult

Ah, difficult conversations. Those conversations we want to avoid, be it our neighbors’ noisy parties or the Team Members who seem to

invincible summer

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An Invincible Summer

“In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.” – Albert Camus, 1913-1960 Nobel Prize in Literature

learn from others

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Good Judgment

Good judgment is the ability to combine knowledge and wisdom to make good decisions. Good judgment requires that we accumulate enough knowledge

pick a mountain

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Pick A Mountain

Humans need purpose, meaning, direction for their life, some challenge to overcome, some mountain to climb. Such is the simple secret of

five steps

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Five Steps to Your Best Self

You have GREATNESS within you, waiting for you to fully activate it. You want more, know you are capable of more, interested