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The KEY: Are You Confusing Your Team?
Have you noticed how a group of highly capable individuals working together as a team often produce suboptimal results? We probably all have been in these situations. They include business meetings where the conversation wanders in circles, goes off topic and fails to find practical resolutions. If you are a team leader, you need to ask: Am I confusing my team? Framing conversations is one...
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The KEY: 2011 – Get Rid of The Old Shoes
The writing on the wall in the briefing room reads: “The one you don’t see will shoot you down.” This mindset was drilled into me through fighter pilot training. You must always be on the lookout and stretch to see the totality of the theater and any moving targets. 2010 was just such a year. It revealed that in business, in politics and in life,...
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The KEY – The Regeneration of America
Hope about the future was always the central character of the American story. America was shaped by the “aspiration business” and the “future business.” But many in the US and around the world question now the future of America. In this KEY I propose the three propulsions that will regenerate America and shape the powers that will gain ascendency and leadership in the coming decades....
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The KEY: Blind Spot in The White House
Unlike with conspiracy theories that you can do nothing about, this KEY exposes a dangerous blind spot in the White House and how it derailed a presidency. You will also discover how it relates to you and what you can do about it. But first: Have you discovered your data processing preferences? Seven out of ten managers cannot answer this question positively. Brains are wired...
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The KEY: Should The CEO Apologize?
The CEO behaves in a demeaning way towards his team. He realizes there is a problem and he wants to make a change. What’s the place of apology in such situations? In this KEY, you will discover why only a few apologies work and most don’t, and the kind of apology that can help transform your engagement. Apologies do not work because most people are...
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The KEY – Seven Summer Springboards
Too many people grind through life, vacillating from procrastination to recalcitrance. Too many people surrender to the corrupting belief that they are powerless and choose to live in resignation of the opportunity and the charge of being co-creators of their world. In this KEY, I’d like to share with you Seven Springboards that can help you reboot and find your next opportunities. Read the KEY...
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The KEY: The Leadership Challenge – The Accountability Heart
Why do some ideas and intentions get realized while others do not? Why do specific communications deliver results and other communications get stalled half way? As a leader, you are in the business of getting results. Leadership is about facing the world as it is and opening a way forward to create and realize what is yet to be. This KEY explores the heart of...
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The KEY: Four Things A Leader Must Do
You are a leader not because of your title. You are a leader because you help the people you work with. To thrive as a leader you have to do and be four things. You have to be: Informational, Motivational, Inspirational and Transformational. Read the KEY here. Listen to the podcast here: © Aviv Shahar
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The KEY: Thrive in the New Normal – Part II
In a recent KEY we shared with you the first five commandments to Thriving in times of uncertainty. This month we bring you the second set of five commandments to help you turn the New Normal into a radical opportunity for growth and development. The financial recovery is uneven and uncertain. Encouraging signs are mixed with nervous doubts and fear. Will the DOW test the...
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The KEY: Flying Over Volcanic Iceland
I am writing this Key flying at 36,000 feet, just north of Iceland. After trying for five days to escape Europe with numerous flight cancellations, I am finally heading home to Seattle. What an adventurous journey! The Air Force brief is, “It’s the one you don’t see that will shoot you down.” The Black Swan message is, “Beware of the trap of preparing for the...
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