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5 Actions To Take After a Huge Failure

Page Cole — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:05:19 +0000

Posted in Leadership Development Self Leadership

It’s out there… the headlines are printed, the paper is printed and the world is reading the news over morning coffee. Information once hidden is now fairly public. Someone has messed up and the consequences are splashed across the information landscape. The conversation might be as broad as the news media, or as narrow as [...]

Mistakes and Progress – Coach Wooden

Mike Henry — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:01:00 +0000

Posted in Self Leadership

If you're not making mistakes, you're not doing anything. ~ Coach John Wooden

Famous Failures Video

Mike Henry — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 23:05:00 +0000

Posted in Self Leadership

Don’t let your circumstances, experiences and history intrude on the future. Take note of the people in this video and how they overcame failure.

Why Large Complex Projects Often Fail

John Ikeda — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:09:21 +0000

Posted in Best of Blogs Series Leadership Development

You don’t have to go very far to find a failed multi-million dollar project. To be clear, let’s define failure as a multi-million dollar project that ran consistently over budget and behind schedule; some came in years late. If you’ve been around for any length of time, I’m sure you’ve involved with a few. I [...]

Redemption

Jennifer V. Miller — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 11:45:22 +0000

Posted in Best of Blogs Series

This post originally appeared on The People Equation and is reprinted here as part of the Lead Change Best of Blogs series. Have you ever led a high-visibility project that has crashed and burned? I have and it taught me a powerful leadership lesson. Read on . . . The Back Story Many years ago, shortly [...]

Creating a Creative Crisis

Dan Rockwell — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 12:15:31 +0000

Posted in Change Management Leadership Development

Organizations sputter and stall quickly. Insider focus seems to be our default mode. We naturally work to create personal comfort rather than value for customers. How can stalled organizations re-energize their zeal and reinvigorate their vision? One strategy to get a stalled organization moving is creating a crisis. Webster says a crisis is, “The point of time [...]

Serving Up Those Leadership Lessons from Fishing

Jane Perdue — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 11:34:36 +0000

Posted in Leadership Development Self Leadership

Last week in A Real Keeper: Leadership Lessons from Fishing, I pondered three elements that would infuse the workplace with positive engagement: appreciating failure, building a spirit of community and giving and accepting meaningful feedback. These items work individually (expanding our own skills sets) and collectively (to improve a work environment, a volunteering opportunity, etc.), [...]

The War on Apathy Continues …

Mike Henry — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:30:24 +0000

Posted in Leadership Development

We have seen the enemy… Do you ever get tired of going through the motions? You know what I mean. In a bit of passive aggression, we give less than our best because our heart is just not in the activity. We do what we have to and no more. Can you think of times [...]