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03 Sep Why Many Leaders Fail in Their Roles

Posted at 16:54h in Career, Communication, Leadership, Learning, People, Personal Accountability, Perspective, Process by Tim Cole 1 Comment

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In my early days as a first line leader/manager my boss offered me some perspective I’ve carried with me the better part of 3 decades. I was young and committed – advancing from sales to sales management - and I truly believed my gift to my...

19 Aug A Kid’s Game

Posted at 20:41h in Career, Communication, Leadership, Learning, Personal Accountability, Perspective, Process by Tim Cole 0 Comments

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A 10 old boy named Travis Blackwell reminded me this week of a vital lesson I sometimes seem to forget. Travis was in the stands at a Detroit Tigers baseball game when his dad snagged a foul ball and tossed it to him. The big screen...

17 Aug Sitting On The Side of the Road In The Middle of Nowhere

Posted at 17:32h in Career, Communication, Leadership, Learning, People, Perspective, Process by Tim Cole 0 Comments

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I’ve invested a lot of years in the business world – through mergers, acquisitions, and downsizings I saw careers that flourished – and a great many more that went off the rails. Discovering what distinguished the former – and using those lessons gave me guidance on...

16 Aug Bureaucracy and Taping Down Our Common Sense

Posted at 16:09h in Career, Communication, Leadership, Learning, People, Personal Accountability, Perspective, Process by Tim Cole 0 Comments

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In 2008 the island of Haiti was devastated by storms. The death toll was staggering – and the human suffering that followed even more so. As various agencies around the world joined to provide aid and comfort to this poor nation so too did the...

08 Aug Lessons My Grandson Taught Me

Posted at 15:37h in Career, Communication, Leadership, Learning, People, Personal Accountability, Perspective, podcasts, Process by Tim Cole 1 Comment

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It’s been a bit of a whirlwind around our house over the last week or two – a few home renovations, normal business activities, client meetings, and then the really big news – the celebration of our new grandson’s first birthday. I don’t normally write about...

31 Jul Saying Goodbye

Posted at 16:39h in Career, Communication, Leadership, Learning, People, Personal Accountability, Perspective, Process by Tim Cole 0 Comments

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Some 75,000 Americans will quit their jobs today. Some of them - highly resourced “professionals” – some, barely educated menial laborers. A small percentage will be scarcely noticed by their employer as they walk away but a great many will cost their company dearly…lost investments in...

25 Jul While Profits Slip Away

Posted at 19:40h in Uncategorized by Tim Cole 0 Comments

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I want part of my life back. Seriously. By my count – and if I’m close to the national average – I likely spent up to 20 hours per week of my life in meetings (it became more when I became an executive) and over the course...

24 Jul In Demand. A Company Thesaurus.

Posted at 16:27h in Career, Communication, Leadership, Learning, People, Personal Accountability, Perspective, Process by Tim Cole 0 Comments

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I pulled up notes from one of my old day planners the other day – searching for content on a current project but also a nice way to reminisce and to reflect. Something else leapt off the pages. I needed a Rosetta Stone to decipher the sometimes...

17 Jul After the Whistle Blows

Posted at 00:37h in Career, Communication, Leadership, Learning, People, Personal Accountability, Perspective, Process by Tim Cole 0 Comments

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I sat down with a senior executive a number of years back to brainstorm opportunities for his division – and to compare notes on the gaps between strategy and true execution. Keep in mind we were talking here about a sales division – but the transferability...

16 Jul Taking the First Step

Posted at 17:30h in Career, Communication, Leadership, Learning, People, Personal Accountability, Perspective, Process by Tim Cole 0 Comments

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Whether or not iconic musician Jerry Garcia ever really made the above statement about saving the rain forests of South America is subject to debate – he denied it but it’s clear the sentiment lived on. And Dead Heads believe it to be so. It’s one of my...

#managementdevelopment Tag

03 Sep Why Many Leaders Fail in Their Roles

19 Aug A Kid’s Game

17 Aug Sitting On The Side of the Road In The Middle of Nowhere

16 Aug Bureaucracy and Taping Down Our Common Sense

08 Aug Lessons My Grandson Taught Me

31 Jul Saying Goodbye

25 Jul While Profits Slip Away

24 Jul In Demand. A Company Thesaurus.

17 Jul After the Whistle Blows

16 Jul Taking the First Step