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A Leader You Can’t Trust

A Leader You Can’t Trust

Let’s start with the obvious: if you don’t have the trust of the people you’re leading, you will fail as a leader. Without trust, people can’t put stock in your vision, won’t commit themselves to your directives, and will lose confidence in you. If people can’t trust...

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F.E.A.R. — Failure is to be Expected, Be Ready for It

F.E.A.R. — Failure is to be Expected, Be Ready for It

This month, we welcome guest blogger, Mark Divine. Mark is a retired Navy SEAL Commander, founder of SEALFIT and Unbeatable Mind, and New York Times bestselling author of The Way of the SEAL, Unbeatable Mind, and his newly released Staring Down the Wolf. On TV, you...

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Put Yourself Out There With Courage!

Put Yourself Out There With Courage!

Happy New Year...? I know we’re almost a full two months into 2020, but since I didn’t write a blog last month, I figured I’d get a pass for waiting this long to pass on my salutations!  Anyone who knows me will tell you that I can be initially tough to approach and...

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You Don’t Need to be a Hero to Have Everyday Courage

You Don’t Need to be a Hero to Have Everyday Courage

From every vantage point, be it political courage, military courage, moral courage, or physical courage, courage is most often defined as an extraordinary feat, an action taken while enduring exceptional hardship or challenge. To be thought of as “courageous,” we...

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Look Someone In the Eye If You Want The Job Done Right

Look Someone In the Eye If You Want The Job Done Right

Edited for 2020 Greetings GLC readers! I hope 2020 is going well as you work on all those resolutions, with being a better “communicator” as your #1. If not, it should be, because as leaders, your ability to effectively communicate via any available means (social...

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Do You Know Why You Need a Strategic Plan?

Do You Know Why You Need a Strategic Plan?

To communicate company goals internally and externally, your business must have a strategic plan. But why?  Say your 2020 objective is to increase revenue by 20%, but you don’t tell anyone. How can you reasonably expect to achieve that goal? Don’t carry the burden of...

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