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July 2008

LEADERSHIP ITCH
by RON CROSSLAND

Economic performance is down or worse it is flat with no promise of ever rising. Labor relation tensions mount. Competitors bring new products online at a faster clip than your company. Turnover increases. Wall Street snubs you. The C-suite team becomes querulous and factions appear. Employee surveys are at all time lows....more

LEADING YOU: WHERE IS YOUR ATTENTION?
by SUSANNE BIRO

Do you have the ability to focus your mind on what you want, when you want?

It is often said that our most precious commodity is time. I disagree. Because the experience of time is relative, I do not find it an adequate measurement tool....more

THE LANGUAGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY
by GREGG THOMPSON

The next time you are listening to a leader speak, listen carefully to the speaker's use of the word "I." The manner in which a leader uses this one little word reveals much about his or her inclination towards accountability. Most leaders learn early in their careers to speak in terms of "we." What should we do?... more