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Two Words You Should Never Say to Your Team

Before I get to those two words, let’s review how Frederick Herzberg enlightened us with his two-factor theory about motivation way back in 1968. There are things in the workplace...
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What We Learned About Leadership in Ireland

  For the fifth time, my graduate business students came back from working with start-up companies in Ireland with the same three take-aways: It starts with people and it’s always...
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The Leadership Podcast has Launched!

Very exciting stuff - Jim Vaselopulos and I just launched The Leadership Podcast, and our first three guests are listed below (with links to the new website)!  Please join us each week as we interview...
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The Leadership Podcast – coming June 21st!

My co-host, Jim Vaselopulos and I created The Leadership Podcast, and our first three interviews are in the can! We're preparing them for launch on June 21st.  In the meantime, we're...
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Ireland – Last Day!

We had a great last day thanks to our gracious hosts: Carl Dempsey at SalesForce.com, Blaise O'Donnell at LinkedIn, and Ann Marie Duffin at NDRC! (more…)
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Ireland – Day 9 – Travel

We drove from Belfast to Dublin today, and the students had a great facilitated conversation on the bus.  Once we arrived in Dublin, the students checked in at Trinity College, and...
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Ireland – Day 8 – Amazing

We had an amazing day in Northern Ireland today.  A Black Cab tour of Belfast, and then the same cabs took us to Giants Causeway, Dunluce Castle, Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge, and some great...
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Ireland – Day 7 – Grace

The three student teams presented their deliverable to the start-up companies in Belfast and Derry today.  The teams presented their projects today with presentations to the CEO's and their team at the following companies: (more…)
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Ireland – Day 6 – Teams

The three student teams spent the day working with the start-up companies in Belfast and Derry.  I took the train to Derry today, and visited with the team at Modern Democracy.  At...
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Ireland – Day 5 – Do vs. Be

At the Northern Ireland Science Park with Norman Apsley today, and received the grand tour of the Titanic dock with accompanying physics-challenge questions! (more…)
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