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Leadership Mistakes

Leadership Tips — Shine a Light on Your People

Tom O\’Dea asked: Introduction  Recently I was reading (re-reading, actually) John Maxwell’s book “The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader”.  It’s a great collection of easy to read, short chapters that I highly recommend.  One of the qualities that got me to thinking was generosity.  Maxwell makes his point by saying that “your candle loses […]

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Leadership Styles

Leadership Tips — Situational Leadership

Tom O\’Dea asked: Introduction   What’s your leadership style?  In his 1994 book, renowned leadership guru Jimmy Johnson (ok, he was renowned as a football coach — but that’s a leadership role too!) spoke of his leadership style.    What he said was “I’m totally consistent; I treat everybody differently.”  He went on to explain […]

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Leadership Mistakes

Leadership Tips — Teach Customer Service

Tom O\’Dea asked: If you believe that one of the primary roles of a leader is to teach those that you lead; and if you believe that your reputation for customer service can be the difference in your success or lack thereof; then it stands to reason that as a leader, you should be teaching […]