Strategic Thinking or the Lack of It - Hurricane Katrina and the ...(Submited by: Matt Fankhauser)
New Orleans is surrounded by waterLake Pontchartrain, the Mississippi River, and the Gulf of Mexico. The city rests an average of six feet below sea level and the city's safety has long depended on one of the world's most extensive levee systems ... Read article
Why Your Instincts Matter(Submited by: Ken Lizotte)
The late great Beat poet Allen Ginsburg advocated a decision-making process he labeled, First thought, best thought. Believing his optimal poetry efforts invariably came about when he stuck to his initial thought about how to express them, he ... Read article
Crazy is for Leaders(Submited by: Ken Lizotte)
Recently I was reading an account of a discussion of this years presidential campaign involving eight civic leaders in a prominent Western state. There was the usual blather about why this candidates position on that issue was more important than ... Read article
Influence(Submited by: Hal Warfield)
How and Why People Agree to Things This is a brief summary of some of the reasons we agree. Perhaps you want to become more persuasive or perhaps you want to discover why you are so easily persuaded. Lets examine some reasons ... Read article
Leadership and Change in a Holographic Universe(Submited by: Soni Pitts)
Have you ever noticed that since the early part of the 20th century, nearly every new scientific theory manages to sound more and more like the same sort of metaphysical philosophies science once dismissed? Well, it's happening again and this ... Read article
3 Steps You Can Use Developing Leaders In Your Industry(Submited by: Stephen Fairley)
With the economy bordering on a recession, every company is looking for ways to increase revenues while decreasing costs. Some companies believe one of the easiest ways to do this is to cut their employee training budget. However, businesses ... Read article
Trusting Your Gut: How to Lead Using Your Instincts(Submited by: Mark A. Paul)
We were all born with natural instinct. We cried when we were hungry - not because we were taught to, but because it was our instinctive response to our physical need. Emotion calls on instinct too. The flight or fight response to fear is one ... Read article
To be, or Not to be (Average)?(Submited by: Clyde Dennis)
When is hate OK? When it's the feeling you have toward average. Let me make this point clearly and without reservation. I hate average!What is average? My dictionary describes it as being about midway between extremes. Being not out of the ... Read article
Harnessing the Power of Teams(Submited by: Jim Clemmer)
"Teams help ordinary people achieve extraordinary results."A certain man had several sons who were always quarreling with one another, and, try as he might, he could not get them to live together in harmony. So he determined to convince ... Read article
Team Chemistry in Highly-Effective Teams(Submited by: Russ Pratt)
Most of us have witnessed first hand that not all well-intentioned teams work well together. The most important characteristic of a highly-effective team is that the members all strive to accomplish the team goals. The goals should be clear, ... Read article
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