The Compass Alliance

02 Aug Making Things Simple Isn’t Always EASY

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"Want to know something that it took me 10 years to figure out?" He was graying - and by my standards then - ancient. But he was one of the most decorated leaders in my company - and when he talked - people, even the highest ranking...

29 Jul Mirror Mirror On The Wall

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It was my first national meeting. I was young and about as sophisticated as a bale of hay. The company I worked for had convened a big gathering in Kansas City and I joined hundreds from across the country in a large ballroom for the beginning of...

22 Jul Character, Culture – And The Ties That Bind

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Somewhere in my long and winding journey through the corporate world I stumbled on insights that traveled with me. Like a couple of raw diamonds plucked from a rocky trail, they were rough, covered in mud - and almost invisible to my untrained eye. I carried...

14 Jul The MOST Important Ingredient is OFTEN the First to Go

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These are tough times. Quarterly reports validate it. Companies are suffering - industries are suffering. Meanwhile the financial markets are screaming - and your company has obligations it has to meet. Pandemic be damned. Which is why we now hear the distant drumbeats - layoffs, restructures, and downsizings are being...

07 Jul Paying it Forward?

Posted at 15:16h in Career, Communication, Leadership, Learning, People, Personal Accountability, Perspective, Process by Tim Cole 0 Comments

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The lessons of 2020 will be golden for some companies; misery for others. The very best are pausing to reflect on just what they've learned as regards their market(s), their customer(s); their competition; and perhaps most important their company. After Action Reviews are built to generate one...

06 Jul And Those Who Don’t Know The Difference Won’t MAKE A Difference

Posted at 23:15h in Career, Communication, Leadership, Learning, People, Personal Accountability, Perspective, Process by Tim Cole 0 Comments

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A great many "would be" leaders are about to go extinct. Like a forest fire, the flames of COVID will prune and eliminate the underbrush of pretenders - leaving only the substantive behind. But the collateral damage inflicted on followers who believed - until it was too...

16 Mar Why This Virus WON’T Win

Posted at 17:11h in Career, Communication, Leadership, Learning, People, Personal Accountability, Perspective, podcasts by Tim Cole 0 Comments

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We have decisions to make today. While a seeping fear roils our world with the spread of the corona virus – our media outlets bombard with the latest numbers – and the financial markets continue to slide – there is a tendency for all of us...

09 Mar Transformative Leaders and The Power of WHO

Posted at 16:25h in Career, Communication, Leadership, Learning, People, Personal Accountability, Perspective, Process by Tim Cole 0 Comments

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Theodore Geisel was ready to give up on his dream. Twenty-seven publishers couldn’t be wrong. “Your fanciful little books have no commercial value.” But it was a dream that would not die easily. Perhaps that’s why when he ran into an old college buddy that day on the street...

31 Jan Miles To Go

Posted at 03:55h in Career, Communication, Leadership, Learning, People, Personal Accountability, Perspective, Uncategorized by Tim Cole 0 Comments

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“We do not learn from experience. We learn from reflecting on experience.” -John Dewey 2020 is underway. Deadlines – meetings – reports – emails – the latest crisis. That holiday break back in December – does it seem like a distant memory yet? For many of us – YES! The...

08 Aug Leadership Lessons That Transcend the Ballpark

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It’s been 31 years since the movie Bull Durham premiered. Arguably one of the best sports/romantic comedies of all time I would argue – but then again I am a sucker for a “feel good” flick – and the story of Crash Davis, the perennial...