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How to Create a Strategic Plan

Introduction: Walking into my first all-day Strategic Planning session as the coach of a vital county non-profit, I admit I was a little nervous. Soon, learning that one of the participants had marked this day in her calendar as “Strategic Planning Misery” instead of “Strategic Planning Meeting” did not calm my nerves. I had a

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When to Address a Weakness 

  Where should we focus our attention – on shoring up our weaknesses or on improving in areas where we are already strong?  One of my favorite stories about the tension between focusing on strengths versus addressing weaknesses comes from the world of professional basketball.  Shaquille O’Neal was a dominant big man in the NBA

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When Deeply Learned Skills Get in the Way

  I learned to ride a bicycle when I was four or five years old.  Like most people, rode a bike a lot as a kid, and then I occasionally rode through my early teenage years until learning to drive a car.  Until last month, I don’t think I’d ridden a bicycle for maybe 30+

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Three Important Lessons from a Sales Call

  Early one morning, I pulled up to Rick’s tire sales shop, shut off my truck, and began to gather myself. Rick had agreed to meet me early at his shop for a one-on-one referral meeting. I had met Rick at a networking event, so this concept of a one-on-one meeting was something he was

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Give Yourself Permission 

  When I was in grade school, it seemed a permission slip was required for just about anything outside the norm.  Leave early?  You needed permission.  Walk to the principal’s office?  You’d better have a permission slip.  Missed class to go to the doctor?  The permission slip better be signed by the doc!  It all

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When the Smoothie Hits the Floor, You Know Your Level of Anxiety

  A while back my 20-year-old son was in our kitchen making a smoothie.  Lots of frozen fruit was involved.  He poured in some fancy oat milk or goat milk or something of that nature.  Some protein powder and ice found their way into the mix.  After a high-decibel moment of blending, he poured the

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