Lately I have found myself seeing many problems through my leadership lens. Has this ever happened to you? It is kind of like when you buy a new car and suddenly all you notice when you drive is the model you bought.
This is a real danger for a leader. When we allow this process to […]

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Yves Hanoulle
The next participant in our discussion on how leaders develop themselves is Yves Hanoulle. Yves is actually a leadership coach based in Belgium.
How does Yves develop himself as a leader? Well his advice is very straight forward. He recommends reading from good leadership books every day and taking training courses from reputable sources. In […]

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Alignment
One of the most difficult things to do as a leader is to ensure that your whole team is moving in the same direction at the same pace at the same time. This is not much of an issue when the team is small and if you are leading just yourself the point is moot. […]

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One of the cool things about southern California is all the wonderful outdoor places to meet. One of these is Starbucks. I love meeting people on Starbucks patios, not a week goes by where I do not meet someone there. I love their coffee too but I gave that up 10 weeks ago.

A couple […]

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As I look around in our community I often stop to ask myself, where have all the leaders gone?
 
We have become a cynical people. Politicians cannot be trusted; they simply want to get into power. The media behaves like a pack of rabid dogs looking to find skeletons in the closets of anyone who steps […]

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Hey everyone did you read yesterdays post?
The author was a good friend and colleague Logan Cashwell. Logan and I attended school together a few years back where we studied leadership. I asked Logan if he would like to join our team here at Developing Leaders and he graciously agreed. So you can expect to see […]

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Sales=Leadership - My2Cents
The topic ‘Sales=Leadership’ is absolutely fascinating to me, both as a student of Leadership & Management, and someone who had never really stepped fully into a sales role - until one year ago last month, when that is exactly where I found myself.
Through the passage of a five-year accidental journey (isn’t most of […]

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Christopher Sorge
Our next guest to the Linked In sales question is Christopher Sorge. Christopher is a banking professional from Pennsylvania. Christopher’s answer focused more on where leadership and sales diverge. He expanded on the differences between the roles rather than the similarities.
In my opinion, the two roles are very dynamic but their end goals maybe […]

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Today’s commenter on our question, are sales and leadership really the same thing is Flyn Penoyer. Flyn is a trainer and coach and inside sales expert from the California Bay area. Flyn took a similar perspective to our other commentors in that he clearly states that leadership and sales are not the same thing. […]

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Tonight I watched as my (second) home team lifted Lord Stanley’s cup. Tonight the Detroit Red Wings defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 to win the cup in 6 games. This matters to me as a Canadian-American. This matters to me as a life long fan of the game and hockey player. This matters to me […]

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