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Turning Business Owners Into CEOs - Click To Read Article
Changing from someone who is the business to someone who is in charge of the business is a decision to consider carefully and intentionally. This article gives basic guidelines for working through the entrepreneur's decision.

Future Scenario Planning - Click To Read Article
Future scenario planning is a useful tool for personal and organization improvement. This article gives an introductory overview of the scenario planning process.

Resolving Conflict - Click To Read Article
The value of conflict is a controversial topic in many circles. Some organizations thrive on conflict for its own sake while others avoid conflict at any cost. Either extreme is dysfunctional as conflict can play a vital role in a healthy organization. The challenge is to focus, use and defuse conflict.

Leadership Acumen - Click To Read Article
What is leadership acumen? Leadership always yields tangible business results in the long-term. Since acumen is about insight and wise action, let’s consider it in context of great leadership and excellent business.

Five Leadership Secrets of an Aviator - Click To Read Article
A former fighter pilots suggests five lessons from aviation that link directly to leadership.

Character and Competence - Click To Read Article
When hiring for and growing employees within an organization, it is essential to consider both character and competence traits. The single best strategy for helping a company improve results starts with hiring the right people for the right business needs. It is far better to leave a vacancy unfilled rather than fill just because “any warm body in the chair will help.” The pain and cost of making poor hiring decisions is unnecessary. Sprinkle the hiring process with a bit more deliberation and patience and watch the long-term results take an upward course.

Disagreement and Disrespect - Click To Read Article
An important concept for successful leaders is to recognize disagreement and disrespect are two completely different concepts. Confusing or combining the two concepts guarantees a dysfunctional organization.

Four Essential Strategies for Effective Communication - Click To Read Article
In this article, Mike Friesen describes describes effective communication as an engaged, useful exchange of information. With this in mind, great communication must engage compassionately, logically, with presence, and systematically and Mike explores each strategy in turn.

Characteristics of Personal Mastery (Part 2 of 2) - Click To Read Article
Personal mastery means excelling in the areas of heart, legacy, mind, action, and treating others well. In this second of a two-part series, Mike Friesen explores the last three characteristics in detail.

Personal Leadership Development Plan - Four Keys to Standing Out - Click To Read Article
Creating and executing a personal leadership development plan is a great way to stand out in any environment – especially in our current economy. The benefits of having such a plan can apply to anyone from the person in a traditional job to the small business owner.

Characteristics of Personal Mastery (Part 1 of 2) - Click To Read Article
Personal mastery is a tall order. To the one who thinks of personal mastery as a one-time destination, this goal is all but impossible. To the one who values the ongoing process of lifetime improvement, personal mastery is possible each day. Why? It’s a question of perfection versus excellence.





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