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Is Your Firm Stuck Here?

At a recent meeting of CEO's, one theme emerged as the single biggest challenge, and how to fix it. I'll paraphrase: "In order to grow, we need to put the...
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One Simple (Missing) Word

The most common expectation I hear from CEO's these days is "accountability."   They want more of it, which infers they don't think they're seeing enough of it.  The owners and...
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Leadership & Entrepreneurship in Ireland – Day Fifteen

We toured The Dail today, and met with Deputy Bernard Durkan, a TD For Kildare North.  He has quite the gift for a good historical story that relates to current...
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Building the Foundation for a Self-Reliant Team

I recently led a discussion for a group of executives on "The Ethical Leader."  We discussed six dimensions of leadership decision making as strategic, financial, moral, ethical, cultural, and legal. ...
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Cultural Values

I met a pleasant shopkeeper in Nice, France, and she asked a lot of questions about Americans. She expressed a desire to see the "real" America someday, but then said...
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