Making big decision is not easy; in fact it might be one of the most difficult things we ever have to do. The tendency is to postpone decisions as long as we can and put of the pain. At its root the word of decision means to cut off. When you make a decision you [...]
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What does it take to make the right decision? According to a recent post by Seth Godin, the key to making decisions is not time: First rule of decision making: More time does not create better decisions. In fact, it usually decreases the quality of the decision. So if taking more time decreases the quality [...]
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Can you remember a time in your life where you when you faced adversity? Perhaps you lost a loved one, you didn’t get accepted to your preferred university, or maybe you lost your job. How did you handle it? What did you do to pick yourself up and move forward? Looking back you probably see [...]
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It’s no secret that difficult situations happen to everyone. Nothing you do will remove every obstacle on your path to success. At time, the difficulties — such as emergencies — happen quickly. In those cases most people act quickly and do everything they can to mitigate their problems. However, difficulties often creep up slowly and [...]
Filed under: Knowledge, Leadership, Learning, Product Management / Marketing, Purpose | Tagged: decisions, faith, Jason Jennings, paralysis of inaction, product quality, success, Think Big Act Small | 3 Comments »
Dan McCarthy published his latest Leadership Development Carnival today with links to more than 40 posts about leadership, decision making and accountability. I am honored to announce that a recent post from Lead on Purpose was featured in Dan’s FOGL (friends of Great Leadership) section. Dan’s monthly leadership carnivals bring many thought leaders together in [...]
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An important factor in the success of an individual or company is the ability to make decisions and stand behind them. One of the most important things you can do — especially in a recessionary economy — is look for opportunities to do a better job at whatever it is you do with your time, [...]
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The word vision has several meanings and is used in many different contexts. Even within the context of leadership you will find varying meanings; things like goals, objectives, mission statements and motivation to name a few. While they are all important and have meaning in their particular contexts, the foresight of leaders might be among the most [...]
Filed under: Leadership, Product Management / Marketing, Team Building | Tagged: Communication, decisions, direction, Extreme Leadership, foresight, goals, motivation, vision | 3 Comments »
Idea-poor companies, as defined in The Innovation Value Chain, struggle to cultivate new ideas. Their cultures do not promote developing sound ideas internally and they do not bring in enough good ideas from external sources. The results usually lead to sub-par products and financial returns. Companies that lack sound idea development most often do not [...]
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A few days back I found myself running up the street to a neighbor’s house during the middle of the day. When I arrived I was a bit winded, hot and sweaty. I asked myself how I could be winded after such a short jog; I’m training for a marathon and it’s not uncommon for [...]
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I recently wrote a post about the great new book Tuned In: Uncover the Extraordinary Opportunities That Lead to Business Breakthroughs. This book has wide application to different types of organizations, markets and individuals. Anyone looking for ways to improve their success will be well-served by reading and applying the principles in Tuned In. I [...]
Filed under: Knowledge, Leadership, Learning, Market-driven, Product Management / Marketing, Team Building, Trust | Tagged: confidence, customers, decisions, motivation, potential customers, principles, product direction, resonator, roadmap, success, tuned in | 1 Comment »
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