“If you could change one thing about working here, what would it be?” Have you ever been asked that question? If you’ve worked for a large organization, I bet you’ve seen that question on a formal Employee Satisfaction Survey. In smaller companies, the question may come from a manager who has Googled “Good questions to…
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T minus 7 days. One of the biggest events of the year for data professionals is just one week away. The PASS Summit in Seattle, Washington, kicks off on November 6, 2018. Each year the event draws thousands of attendees from around the globe for three days of intensive learning, engaging networking, and embracing camaraderie.…
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Not long ago, I saw something that I’ll never forget, something that truly underscored the importance of corporate culture in any organization. I was camping with 36 teenage boys and 3 other adults leaders at the 2013 BSA National Jamboree. Prior to our 14-day trip to West Virginia, most of us had only met a…
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“I truly believe that if you take care of your employees, they will take care of your business.” – Sir Richard Branson If Branson is to be believed, and his track record at The Virgin Group suggests that he knows what he’s doing, we’re left with the question: how do you take care of your…
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I scaled the four-foot dirt bank and followed the trail as it turned sharply left and paralleled the meandering stream that I had just crossed. It was almost noon and I was hungry. I considered every small clearing as a potential spot for lunch, hoping to find a site near the water. The sound of water…
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Photo Credit: lumaxart via Compfight cc “We need to pull out of the stops for this one. These changes have got to be put in place before the end of the year. Otherwise we’re out of compliance and our customers cannot do business. I know it won’t be easy and there will be a lot…
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Leaders get a combination of what they create and what they allow. That’s one of the themes that runs throughout Dr. Henry Cloud’s Boundaries for Leaders: Results, Relationships, and Being Ridiculously in Charge published in April of 2013. Ok, but what does that mean? What Leaders Create As leaders, we have influence over the…
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