Is Your Company a Camp Circled by Wagons?

Does Your Company Have a Partnering Mentality?  Or do you have a Laager Mentality? (Camp protected by a circle of wagons).  The style of your leaders is what will determine the answer to this question. 

One of the finest characteristics of spirited leaders is that they have a strong partnering mentality.  This is what makes […]

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Is Leadership Alignment Really Possible?

Could it be possible that leadership alignment is a great goal to aspire towards but one that is probably very difficult to attain?  Think about it.  Let’s say that the CEO is surrounded by a team of 7 executive leaders.  The absolute ideal would be that they all feel a great sense of […]

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New Recession-Proof Leadership Program Announced

Different Economic Realities Call for Different Leadership Skills

Leadership’s ability to renew the spirit, energy and focus of anxious, dis-spirited employees is the key to building a sustainable organization in the new global economy.  But yesterday’s leadership skills are no longer enough to achieve this.

Dr. Sandy Gluckman and Ed Rankin are combining their […]

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Building Spirited Business Teams Part 5

Make Profitable Decisions

In the first four articles of this series of seven, I put forward a proposition that there are two types of business teams.  Teams with spirit and teams without spirit.  Business teams with spirit are winners.  Teams without spirit are losers.  Athletics provide a helpful illustration of the way in which I use […]

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Building Business Teams Part 4

In the first three articles of this series of seven, I put forward a proposition that there are two types of business teams.  Teams that have spirit and teams that don’t.  Business teams with spirit are winners.  Teams without spirit are losers.   The previous three articles each addressed one of the seven characteristics of winning […]

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