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31 Jan It’s Your Roll

Posted at 20:09h in Career, Communication, Leadership, Learning, People, Personal Accountability, Perspective, Process by Tim Cole 0 Comments

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If you won the lottery today how would you choose to spend the rest of your life? Humanitarian efforts? Start a business you always dreamed of? Maybe just relax at a vacation home and watch the world pass blissfully by? If you didn’t have to work –...

05 Jan JUST ME and Just What It Means

Posted at 19:55h in Career, Communication, Leadership, Learning, People, Personal Accountability, Perspective by Tim Cole 2 Comments

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I came up with a new word to add to my vocabulary last night. It was after watching a mind-numbing interview on television. I won’t offer specifics. We live in a polarized world – and whether it’s our government, business, or the local PTA it sometimes seems...

04 Jan Left to Wander

Posted at 20:43h in Career, Communication, Leadership, Learning, People, Personal Accountability, Perspective, Process by Tim Cole 1 Comment

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A new year is here. For many the last few days mark our return to work – and to recalibrating after a well-deserved break. These first days are precious – but their importance can be lost in the general rush to “get back to business.” There...

10 Dec A Quick Self Check on YOUR Career

Posted at 20:02h in Career, Communication, Leadership, Learning, People, Personal Accountability, Perspective, Process by Tim Cole 0 Comments

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Some 70,000 people will voluntarily leave their jobs in this country today – many without another position to replace it. The reasons are myriad but without question the degree of disengagement that carries employees down the road to burnout is predictable. Loss of purpose > loss...

20 Nov Lean on Me

Posted at 18:22h in Career, Communication, Leadership, Learning, People, Personal Accountability, Perspective, Process by Tim Cole 0 Comments

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Grandson Cooper is getting close to 16 months now. And with apologies for my very biased view of our newest family member, here’s the latest installment of Lessons My Grandson Taught Me. Everybody needs someone they can fall back on when they need a...

10 Nov REAL leaders don’t want just followers.

Posted at 17:05h in Career, Communication, Leadership, Learning, People, Personal Accountability, Perspective, Process by Tim Cole 0 Comments

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Simple time tested formula. Authentic leadership is a force multiplier....

29 Oct The Truth of Leadership Presence

Posted at 20:58h in Career, Communication, Leadership, Learning, People, Personal Accountability, Perspective, Process by Tim Cole 1 Comment

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When I was a freshly minted college graduate I was offered the chance to go into the healthcare field – accepting a job in pharmaceuticals with a small mid-western company. I had no legitimate business pedigree. Had never sold anything in my life so I...

09 Oct The Lost Art of Humility

Posted at 18:39h in Career, Communication, Learning, People, Personal Accountability, Perspective, Process by Tim Cole 0 Comments

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I’m kind of ashamed to admit this but I’m a Drew Brees fan. Not sure I want to be but I guess I can’t help myself – the Saints after all are my Carolina Panthers vaunted enemy in the NFC South and I fervently pull...

02 Oct The Footprint Left Behind

Posted at 19:48h in Career, Communication, Leadership, Learning, People, Personal Accountability, Perspective, Process by Tim Cole 0 Comments

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I had a conversation with an old friend just the other day. It’s been almost 20 years since we worked together but in the span of that 32 minute phone call it all came streaming back – the memories, the crises, the successes, and yes –...

17 Sep We All Need Answers

Posted at 18:21h in Career, Communication, Leadership, Learning, People, Personal Accountability, Perspective, Process by Tim Cole 0 Comments

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If you work for a living you need to know this. Someone’s been asking questions about you - a lot of them as a matter of fact. Oh, you may not know it but they are. They are questions that will be asked throughout the balance of your professional...

#greatleaders Tag

31 Jan It’s Your Roll

05 Jan JUST ME and Just What It Means

04 Jan Left to Wander

10 Dec A Quick Self Check on YOUR Career

20 Nov Lean on Me

10 Nov REAL leaders don’t want just followers.

29 Oct The Truth of Leadership Presence

09 Oct The Lost Art of Humility

02 Oct The Footprint Left Behind

17 Sep We All Need Answers