Monthly Archives: July 2011

Are You Playing Fair? You better be, because your people are keeping score

Posted on July 31, 2011 by

Coaching a bunch of energetic 5-6 year old kids in tee-ball is really just controlled chaos. Tee-ball is normally the introduction to baseball that children experience at age 5-6, and generally speaking, most leagues don’t keep an official score for … Continue reading →

Posted in Beliveability, Ethics, Fairness, Honesty, Integrity, Leadership, Trust | 2 Comments

Five Steps to Repair Broken Trust

Posted on July 24, 2011 by

I believe that most leaders strive to be trustworthy. There aren’t too many leaders who wake up in the morning, roll out of bed and say to themselves, “Hmmm…I think I’ll try to break someone’s trust today!” Yet even in … Continue reading →

Posted in ABCD Trust Model, Apology, Integrity, Leadership, Relationships, Repairing Trust, Trust, TrustWorks! | 10 Comments

We vs. Me – Lessons from USA Women’s World Cup Soccer

Posted on July 17, 2011 by

The USA Women’s World Cup soccer team had an amazing and entertaining run through the 2011 FIFA World Cup tournament. Despite their heartbreaking loss today to Japan, their tournament run was filled with dominating performances, miraculous comebacks, and several nail-biting contests. … Continue reading →

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Derek Jeter – Five Lessons for Leadership Success

Posted on July 10, 2011 by

Yesterday Derek Jeter became the 28th player in the history of Major League Baseball to reach the 3,000 hit milestone in his career, the hit coming on a home run in the third inning against David Price of the Tampa Bay … Continue reading →

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Four Leadership Practices to Build a Culture of Trust and Openness

Posted on July 5, 2011 by

In today’s fast-paced, globally-connected business world in which we live, an organization’s successes and failures can be tweeted across the internet in a matter of seconds. A knee jerk reaction of many organizational leaders is to clamp down on the … Continue reading →

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