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The Uplifting Wisdom of Fred Smith

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“Yale taught me to think, and the Marines taught me to do,” notes Smith in shaping his vision and leadership of FedEx, which he founded in 1971. Fred Smith understands leadership by example. Marine Corps commencing in 1966 where he received officer training and served in Vietnam. Photos: Pexels and FedEx.com

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Leading Teams Toward Success Using People, Products and Profits

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When your team identifies a product concept that is worth pursuing, leadership becomes the championing of execution over the touting of an idea. Likewise, leadership is a choice. You have to decide if leadership is really something you’re ready to shoulder. This article originally appeared on Leadership Now.

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On a Mission or Just Staying Awake

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Again I agree, if a mission is just a string of words — Buzzword Bingo without a juicy prize — it will not motivate, but let’s consider a few potential examples of applying a personal leadership mission in attempting to inspire a team. Still it is important to remember than the personal leadership mission can endure.

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Be In The Room

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One of the things I noticed when Covid first grounded us was how quickly and well our leadership team adapted to remote meetings. When anything becomes a mandate, it often does so with a nagging amount of reservation. In many respects, I think it is the reason our company succeeded and curiously accelerated during Covid.

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Three Arguments Against Performance Reviews

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It’s not leadership. This article originally appeared on SmartBlog on Leadership. Photo: SmartBlog on Leadership. You tell yourself if the individual doing wrong doesn’t figure it out by the next performance review cycle, you will deal with it then. It’s cowardice.

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The 70% – Part 2

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It is jaw-dropping how many employees reflect on the lack of leadership and vision they receive from those who manage them, how starved they are for inspiration, and how little it takes to turn a bad day into a good day. It does not happen accidentally, but by commitment, and constant reminder of core values that can be shared.

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Is Facebook the Next AOL?

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The sound of that alarm is the crying out of customers reminding the leadership of Facebook that they are not users as the descriptor goes, but human beings who have chosen to enter into a relationship with a brand. As I have mentioned here many times before, a brand is not a logo, a brand is a promise.

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