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To Lead is to Transform
The KEY: Dear Ms. CEO – A CEO Coach Letter
Apologies: I messed up. Our last KEY was titled Mr. CEO and I failed to say Ms. CEO. Here it is reproduced with Ms. CEO Dear Mr./Ms. CEO: Coaching CEOs is like getting a front seat to a good thriller. As a CEO coach, I facilitate and help realize an exciting vision. What I see from this front seat today is that you are called...
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The KEY: It’s Not Coming Back – It’s Going Forward
There is a shift taking place in the semi-conscious of society, the market and the global system. The fulcrum of the change is invisible and hard to grasp. To sense it, see it and decipher it, you need a certain detachment. Here are a few starters about the question: What is the meaning of this crisis and how to begin looking beyond it? Read the...
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The KEY: To Lead Is To Transform
When Nelson Mandela walked into the presidential palace for his first meeting with F.W. de Clerk he was still officially a prisoner. In fact he had been a prisoner for 26 years at that point. In his mind though, Mandela was freer than the person he was negotiating with. He was a free man because he had made a decision to transform his past animosities...
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The KEY: The Solutions Gym – Your NOOOA Practice
Discover a five-step practice used by the best solution generators in The KEY: The Solutions Gym – Your NOOOA Practice. Help the people around you become world-class problem solvers. You will be creating a network of confident can-do solution generators who will bring energy, opportunities and inspiration back to you. © Aviv Shahar
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The KEY: A Leadership Moment
This KEY unlocks the pivotal task of leaders and 15 practices that effective leaders carry out. Reflect on this Key and use it. Put the key to practice today. When you look at an issue, what “frame” do you use? The reality you perceive is shaped by your beliefs and assumptions. When you interact with another – a peer, an employee, the boss, your client,...
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The KEY: Your Spiderman
The Key is about your uncelebrated Spiderman and Spiderwoman-the person that came to your rescue just when you needed. We wish you all good things for 2009! You and I would not be where we are without our Spiderman or Spiderwoman. We all need help. We all needed someone to stretch out an arm. To give us opportunity. To show us it can be done....
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The KEY: Extraordinary Encounters At 32,000+
This KEY is about two extraordinary encounters. It’s my way of encouraging you to spend quality time, have meaningful conversations and give thanks this Thanksgiving. Being raised in Israel, Thanksgiving was not part of my upbringing. We discovered and made this giving of thanks a family tradition when we came to the US. Whether you live in the US and celebrate Thanksgiving or not, you...
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The KEY: Your 2009 Strategy
This KEY gets you started on your strategic planning for 2009. Although we are in the midst of the greatest financial crisis in a century, we can confidently say that a brighter future is ahead of us. Why? Because on the other side of what may be a difficult and challenging phase are new and amazing developments, brilliant innovations and extraordinary opportunities. The seeds of...
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The KEY: The Lethal Jackpot
This KEY can save your life. It saved mine. As a young fighter pilot I read with keen interest the investigation reports of accidents. I figured it was going to help me stay alive. Pilots who were better than I, with more experience and whom I admired crashed. I was scared. It made me ask: “What is the anatomy of accidents? Can I learn something...
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The KEY: Mindsets For Tough Times
What’s the most important mindset you need to have when facing tough times? There is plenty of doom talk all around. The economy, oil, war, financial meltdown, GM, Fannie and Freddy – you name it. The good news is the world is not coming to an end tomorrow. But abrupt changes are underway. These changes bring with them challenges filled with opportunities. How do you...
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