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Communicate What You Believe and Value - What to Ask the Person in the Mirror

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Jul 22, 2024

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Topics: Core Values, leadership, Effective Leadership, Leadership Decisions, Mission, Vision, Values, What to Ask the Person in the Mirror, Robert Steven Kaplan

Evaluation and Alignment - What to Ask the Person in the Mirror

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Jul 15, 2024

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We are diving into Harvard Professor Robert Steven Kaplan’s What to Ask the Person in the Mirror: Critical Questions for Becoming a More Effective Leader and Reaching Your Potential.

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Topics: leadership, questions, Alignment, Scaling Leadership, What to Ask the Person in the Mirror, Robert Steven Kaplan, Vision and Alignment

Own Succession Planning & Delegation - What to Ask the Person in the Mirror

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Jul 8, 2024

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You face a myriad of responsibilities as CEO. That’s why I feel if you’re a struggling CEO, Harvard Professor Robert Steven Kaplan’s What to Ask the Person in the Mirror: Critical Questions for Becoming a More Effective Leader and Reaching Your Potential is a great read for YOU!

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Topics: effective delegation, Talent Review, Succession Planning, What to Ask the Person in the Mirror, Robert Steven Kaplan

Giving and Getting Feedback - What to Ask the Person in the Mirror

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Jul 1, 2024

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After my first promotion to sales manager, my General Manager (previously my sales manager), adamantly told me one of my jobs as sales manager was to make sure I trained my replacement.

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Topics: Employee Feedback, leadership, What to Ask the Person in the Mirror, Robert Steven Kaplan, Giving and Getting Feedback

Vision & Priorities - What to Ask the Person in the Mirror

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Jun 17, 2024

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There’s are any number of quotes about vision that most CEO and leadership teams would nod their heads and agree with. My two favorites are “Vision is the future that produces passion.” Bill Hybels, and George Washington Carver, “Where there is no vision, there is no hope.”

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Topics: Business Vision, Vision & Purpose, What to Ask the Person in the Mirror, Robert Steven Kaplan, Vision and Alignment

Questions - What to Ask the Person in the Mirror

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Jun 10, 2024

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Successful business leaders seldom have all the answers. That’s the lesson from What to Ask the Person in the Mirror: Critical Questions for Becoming a More Effective Leader and Reaching Your Potential, by Harvard Professor Robert Steven Kaplan.

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One More Day – Warren Buffet on Charlie Munger

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, May 27, 2024

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Verne Harnish’s newsletter of May 9^th provided a 7-minute video of a young man asking Warren Buffet a curious question, “If you had one more day with Charlie, what would you do with him?”

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Topics: Chet Holmes, Leaders Are Learners, Charlie Munger, Leaders are Readers, Warren Buffet

Team of Rivals – Lincoln’s Leadership Genius

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, May 20, 2024

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History has long been one of my favorite subjects, and between my business reading, I interject historical books including biographies of great leaders.

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Topics: leadership, Effective Leadership, Mastering Leadership, Great Leadership, Team of Rivals, Leadership Character Traits, Abraham Lincoln Leadership Genius

Purpose-Driven Businesses Outperform Competitors

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, May 13, 2024

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In last week’s blog Two Questions Every Business Needs to Answer we shared the importance of developing a Core Purpose or Mission statement.

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Topics: Core Purpose, Grow: How Ideals Power Growth and Profit at the Wo, Core Purpose, Clarity of Purpose,, Jim Stengel, Great Leadership, Purpose Driven Business

Two Questions Every Business Needs to Answer

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, May 6, 2024

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Topics: Core Purpose, competitive advantage, customer loyalty, Core Purpose, Clarity of Purpose, Purpose, Core Purpose, Clarity of Purpose,, Competitive Strategy, Know Your Customer, Know What You’re FOR

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