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Category: Self-Managed Employee

What if You Don’t Notice?

August 25, 2016 by Steve Laswell

I was stunned.

It was early morning when I stepped outside to fill our Japanese Koi pond. The hot days and wind evaporate the water level. While busy doing my chores and feeding the fish —  it happened.

Unexpectedly, at first, just out of the corner of my eye. Then, I stopped and just looked. The sun was up, but still rising. The clouds were patches of gray, white, and…

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Seven Realities of People and Business

May 26, 2016 by Steve Laswell

What happens when a team — with various behavior styles, personalities, and preferences — show up at work?

What happens when a diverse group of people with a family of origin imprint, gender, generation, education, and talent are mixed together on a project?

What happens when a bunch of people, equipped with limiting behavior are recruited to grow a business, deliver a great customer experience, and get results?

What…

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Have You Demoralized Your Top Talent?  (Part 2)

February 18, 2016 by Steve Laswell

In 1836, William Cornwallis Harris led an expedition to hunt wildlife in their natural habitat. However, an African safari can also be an opportunity to observe wildlife and the landscape by the expedition’s members.

The Swahili word safari means journey.  How appropriate for leadership development and business success.

In last week’s blog, I mentioned Peter Aceto, CEO of Tangerine. He serves as an example of…

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Why Your Team Might Fail

December 9, 2015 by Steve Laswell

“Your assignment,” Peter Cohan said, “is to explore General Electric’s people strategies. Particularly under Jack Welch’s leadership.”

“Through his 20 years as CEO, GE produced so much management talent that its castoffs ended up running many of the world’s biggest companies.”

The MBA students were in Cohan’s “Strategy and the CEO” class at Babson College.

“Identity key lessons and how they apply to startups?”

Four talent management lessons

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When Will You?

October 14, 2015 by Steve Laswell

By the time you receive this, I’ll be returning from a trip to the mountains. That’s right, I’m creating space.

For Rita and I, it’s borderline “past due.”

But, it’s happening. Flights are booked and a rental car reserved.

The mountain house sits at an elevation of 10,000 feet on 4 acres, 4 miles outside the small town of Fair Play, Colorado, west of Colorado Springs.

It’s a spacious place…

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When Your Inattention is Required

October 7, 2015 by Steve Laswell

It was Saturday afternoon when a small team gathered in Independence, Kansas. I had never been in that room, only heard about it. Frankly, it was unusual that I was even allowed to be, in that room. I asked to attend.

The leader, clearly in charge, told me, “Sit at the other end of the table and don’t get up until it’s over.”

The…

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Taking Your Team From Sickly Child to Performance Specimen

August 13, 2015 by Steve Laswell

In 1883, Joe started life as a sickly child. Born in Germany, his father became a prize-winning gymnast, and his mother worked as a naturopath.  But Joe suffered from asthma, rickets, and rheumatic fever.  As a child he obsessed about the “perfect body,” and decided to do something about it. By age 14, his physique was so good he was posing for anatomical charts.

“I must be…

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