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Have You Had An Idea Today?

Ron Merk — Wed, 12 May 2010 18:24:17 +0000

Ideas Come From?

Ideas! Do they just pop out of the blue or can you deliberately enhance your ability to have them?

Would you be surprised to learn that many people never consciously consider their “thought process” and how to deliberately create ideas? On the other hand most of us have experienced and easily relate to

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Leadership SNAFUs

Ron Merk — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:10:20 +0000

Here at ACACIA Solutions I get to listen to lots of real life stories of leaders who unintentionally create gigantic SNAFUs for their teams. Often the leaders do it for good reasons, completely unaware of what their actions have done to their team and the organization. Sometimes the simplest action can cause ripples through out

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Clear Status Reporting Requires Telling the Whole Truth

Ron Merk — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:37:40 +0000

This article is so good, I’m reposting it here on my site.

By the nature of their training, most engineers and scientists focus on the problems they are solving, not ones they have solved. One of the reasons this occurs stems from the scientific method, which most engineers and scientists are taught in school. The scientific

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Rudeness in the Workplace Comes with a Hefty Price Tag

Ron Merk — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:41:43 +0000

By Anne Bergman

Newswise — Your mother was right: You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. Even in Corporate America, where just being nice can save a company millions of dollars.

USC Marshall School of Business professor Christine Porath discovered that employee rudeness hurts the bottom line while researching The Cost of Bad Behavior:

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I Swear – The Truth, So Help Me!

Ron Merk — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:09:13 +0000

This one thing will undermine your leadership quicker and more surely than any other behaviour except lying. Find out

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Leadership Influence Evolution

Ron Merk — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:46:03 +0000

Leadership Influence Evolution – Being The Leader You’re Meant To Be

There are three major spheres of influence that every leader develops. Before we explore what they are, let’s take a look at what influence is all about. Influence is the ability of winning devotion or allegiance or of persuasively gaining acceptance and belief

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Powerful Questioning – Driving Innovation & Exponential Change

Ron Merk — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:21:03 +0000

If you’ve been in a leadership role for any length of time, you know that it’s better to listen than to talk. Of course this is easier said than done. How many leaders have you seen who talk, talk and talk more? Unfortunately ego gets in the way….even for YOU! We do it with the

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10 Great Reasons to Embrace “People Centred Leadership”

Ron Merk — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:59:35 +0000

Does people centred work culture resonate with you? Help us be an agent for change. Pass this on to a colleague.

10 Great Reasons to Embrace “People Centred Leadership”

There are as many different styles of leadership as there are people. Sometime we have difficulty agreeing on how to apply leadership principles, and even greater challenges identifying

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Recognition – Down To Brass Tacks

Ron Merk — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:34:34 +0000

Just so there is absolutely no doubt in any one’s mind, I’m going to start this article by saying: Recognize, recognize, recognize and then recognize MORE!

Recognition is THE single most important behaviour, tool, or factor that, differentiates people in their interactions with other people. You’ll notice I didn’t say “Leaders” or “managers”. That’s because every

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Reward Madness – Recognition Intelligence

Ron Merk — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:10:32 +0000

You’d think rewards would motivate team members to dizzying heights of performance. A few dinners, a cash bonus twice a year, maybe a once a year “Goals and Mission seminar” with guest speakers. You might even have a reward system where you can send points or gifts to your team members – if nothing else,

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