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The Power of Contagion Goes Both Ways

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Leading Coach Jeremy Robinson launched a new blog in October that I just have to share with you!
He had me from his opening post:  The Financial Crisis and a pathology of the Leadership Contagion where he shares his equation explaining emotional contagion:

Emotions are contagious.
Emotions are highly contagious amongst groups.
The workplace is a group.
The workplace [...]

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Success Factors: Leadership, People, Strategy and Differentiation

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Leading Coach Andrew Boddice and his partner conducted research across the top 500 businesses in Scotland.  This article is the second in a three-part series.  Leaders of organizations must be able to create the right environment for
employees and articulate the direction of the business.
You can download the PDF of the article to read it in [...]

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Your Diagnosis: PDD

I’m delighted to have permission to share with you this engaging piece by one of my mentors on the malady he has dubbed Possibility Deficit Disorder.  It’s a pandemic!  I’d love your thoughts and reactions.  Read on and login to be able to comment below.
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by Charles E. Smith and Donald Duprey
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The Key to Innovation is Community Conversation

“Social media has reached a tipping point as a way of connecting with others, but it has also transformed the way businesses are run, and even the top-down ethos from which many organizations operate. Marketers no longer “own” brand messages, but are rather building their brand equity through relationship building; they are becoming experts in [...]

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How to Overcome Overwhelm

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Distraction creates OVERWHELM.
It’s a pandemic these days how many of us feel continual overwhelm.
I see it in the executives I coach, I see it in leaders everywhere, and I see it in school children.
But I’m getting ahead of myself.
Focused, Engaged, Present
I recently spent time coaching a team of scientists leading a large scale project for [...]

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Over 50 BIG Questions! Part 2: ROI and Business Benefit

In this second installment of the BIG questions we received, there were a number of questions grouped in the category of ROI or business benefit.  Please be sure to add your comments and reactions in the comment section below!
Part 2: ROI and Business Benefit
1.  Do I need a coach to improve my business? Will a [...]

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Twitter Rocks!

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If you are not using Twitter to expand your business, you are leaving money on the table!  The power of Twitter is not self-evident, nor is it an intuitive vehicle.  For example, when you first go there, it looks like a superficial and stupid waste of time. For instance, who cares what I ate for [...]

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