ReImagine Work Blog Posts

3 Things Great Leaders Know About Managing Change

January 11, 2012

Great leaders know that human beings are complex, and that change will come with time.
Learn 3 key points about leading people through change in my latest post at the Lead Change Group site.

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Featured Post on Lead Change Leadership Blog: Don’t Let Your To-Do List Override Your Good Sense

December 8, 2011

By this time you’ve heard story after story of Black Friday gone wrong.  Shoppers with a laser focus on “making the season bright” allowed themselves to be willing to hurt another to achieve their prized purchase.  What a way to start off the holiday season wrong on so many levels… read remainder of post at [...]

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Are You Believing in Your Own Vast Potential?

December 6, 2011

Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. This is the interrelated structure of reality.
- Martin Luther King Jr
What is your belief about the potential of human beings?  Believing in the vast potential of your employes is a [...]

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Communication is a Two-Way Street. Which Way Are You Going?

November 29, 2011
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“Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them. -John Maxwell
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I’ve heard one too many stories here lately of ineffective or oblivious communication on the part of people who can’t afford to be bad communicators, i.e. leaders.  It shows up by them delivering a message and thinking that [...]

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The Trap of “Not Enough”

November 23, 2011
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I read a great article yesterday about how we define “enough,” and how it colors so many aspects of our life.
Though the article was not Thanksgiving-related it helped remind me that being caught up in what I lack distracts me from being grateful for what I have. And there is so much to be grateful [...]

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Are You Doing Too Much Heavy Lifting?

November 18, 2011
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I’ve been struggling a lot lately with feeling like I’m not doing enough.  I’ve been busy doing work and traveling, but I also have my eye on writing and creating some new stuff.
Last night I showed up at my coaching call with no agenda.  I was a little too burnt.  All I knew was that [...]

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5 Things to Remember Now That You’re the Boss

November 8, 2011
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You probably know at least one manager who doesn’t want it to ever be said that their title has gone to their head.  This can show up particularly if they have been promoted to supervise former peers.
This behavior also shows up in new managers, but even well-meaning veteran managers can experience the pitfalls of being [...]

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Managers: Now that Halloween is Over, Loosen up That Mask

November 1, 2011
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Halloween is always an interesting season for me.  Young and old get into the spirit of having fun, dressing up maybe, pretending to be someone else.
I wonder if when adults dress in costume, whatever the occasion, we aren’t actually revealing more about ourselves than we realize.  And that’s not necessarily a bad thing.   I [...]

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Don’t Be a Victim of Perpetual Inbox Obsession

October 11, 2011
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You probably know people who believe that there is an expectation in your organization that you have to be “on” 24/7.  You might even think that yourself.
It’s hard not to.  And at the same time, we know that it is impossible and not even a good idea to be available and ready for input all—the—time.
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In [...]

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Leaders: Have You Found Your Tribe?

September 28, 2011
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This week my colleague, Mike Henry Sr., Chief Instigator of the Lead Change Group, interviewed me.
The Lead Change Group is a global, virtual community dedicated to instigating and mobilizing a revolution of character-based leaders.  Mike wants to allow readers to get to know contributing members like me by sharing their thoughts on the Lead Change [...]

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Leaders: Are You Showing Up for Your Employees?

September 19, 2011
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Recently a colleague told me about a national sales meeting she attended.  They brought in a well-known speaker for a few hours for the entire group of 200.  Later in the day he was scheduled to speak to just the leadership team —about 20.
During the day the leadership team decided there was no reason to [...]

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Humans: Are You Getting More Respect Than You Need?

September 13, 2011
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Many years ago a colleague leading a training class asked us this as we started, “Who here can say they are getting more respect than they need?”  Can you imagine a world where that was the case – getting more respect than you need?  Is that possible?
And in my singularly focused way, can you imagine [...]

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