10 tactics for drawing out winners

To me, one of leadership’s greatest rewards is drawing the winner out in someone, when she seemed like such a loser that no one, not even Lucy Loser, believed she had it in her. How to do it? Here are 10 common tactics…along with commentary about likely results for each.

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Quote of the Week: On leaders, losers & winners

I say, phooey on that. The leader could have done his job of leading…which includes getting out from behind the process and out from under the paper and digging deep to find the real problem that’s causing the loser to show up instead of the winner.

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Happy Chocolate Chip Cookie Day

Enjoy chocolate chip cookies AND a boost to morale and productivity.

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Time to Dance Like a Chicken

You may feel like a fool. Your teammates may roll their eyes. But they will laugh too. And that will lighten the load, break the tension and maybe even bring people closer together. Not just today – but down the road as they think about or talk about the day that they pushed to goal and boss did the chicken dance in front of everyone!

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10 ways to handle losers

If you are in pursuit of important growth objectives, you need every team member to be galloping to goal. If a few are just limping along – or even worse laying around on the job – you must be so frustrated! What are you going to do?

Here are 10 possibilities.

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Quote of the Week: Every horse is good for something

In celebration of the Kentucky Derby, our quote of the week is about horses, lost causes and leadership tests.

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