Leadership Articles by Don Blohowiak

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At This Time Communicating (Personally & Publicly)   Sticking to a course that is no longer relevant in today's world for the sake of consistency, or the appearance of commitment, is no virtue. Expect to experience -- and make -- shifts in direction, changes of heart, and even dramatic 180-degree turns. Full Text

Learning v. Advocating Communicating (Personally & Publicly)   Many conversations and meetings turn counterproductive, even ugly, because they are not-so-subtle contests of power and will. The focus is on winning instead of learning. And that is a choice you make. Full Text

Gaining Perspective Maximizing Own Effectiveness   Your view of the world -- and your perception of your place within it -- inevitably colors your entire experience. To maximize your experience, choose your perspective. Full Text

Confronting Postponements Managing Processes & Work Flow   Sometimes we try to ignore a deteriorating situation. Or tell ourselves that we'll get around to dealing with a quietly nagging problem "someday." But most things don't improve through neglect. Full Text

Budgets Communicate Deciding Purpose, Priorities & Outcomes   No matter when your organization goes through its budgeting cycle, bear this vital principle in mind: Budgets communicate. Full Text

Review: The Art of the Strategist Leader's Library   While there is already a bountiful harvest of materials covering the strategy landscape, retired Air Force Major General William A. Cohen, Ph.D., has made a valuable, highly readable, and practical addition to the strategist's arsenal. Full Text

Review: Shaping the Future Leader's Library   Involved in a major change effort? This book, that challenges the change cliches, might help. Full Text

Strategic Marketing Myths: Unmasking Ten Dangerous “False Truths” Deciding Purpose, Priorities & Outcomes   In place of accounting’s precision, or manufacturing’s consistency, strategy and its operational counterpart marketing are awash in a sea of widely held but misguided truisms that may hold the seeds of a company's destruction. Full Text

Work with Your Rythyms Maximizing Own Effectiveness   Some days in the office I all but shut down into a catatonic state, barely going through the motions of work. Other days, I attack the pile with joyous fury, expediting more work in a couple of hours than what I accomplish in an average week. Why is that? Full Text

Strengths and . . . Maximizing Own Effectiveness   When describing our capabilities, we almost always follow "strengths" with "weaknesses."  But those descriptors don't have to track that way. And shouldn't. Full Text

In Conflict Communicating (Personally & Publicly)   To live is to be in conflict. Here's how to deal directly with conflict for better results. Full Text

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