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Doesn’t Everyone Want to Be Successful?

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Over the last little while I have watched a lot of what has been going on in the republican primary elections. Each candidate has their own set of strengths and weaknesses. With this election, as is common with every other election, each candidate focuses on reasons why he/she is the best candidate for the position.Doesn’t Everyone Want to Be Successful?

One thing most candidates agree on is that America has always been known as a country where people come because they want to be successful. With that in mind, why are Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum saying that Mitt Romney is less qualified to be President of the United States because he was successful?

Successful Leadership

Great leadership is carried out when the leader brings out the best in people. All other things equal, the leader helps the entire group, company, or organization to be successful.

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Maintaining Humility Through Success

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Recently, I had the opportunity to eat lunch with an influential person I know.  She has had a lot of success throughout her career, but she has managed to keep her humility.  She is very approachable and maintains a down-to-earth persona.  That got me thinking about what it takes to maintain humility as you see success in your career.

Maintaining Humility Through Success

Maintaining Humility

In order to maintain your humility, remind yourself regularly about where you came from and the progress you made as to get where you are now.  Although you may currently be very successful, you may not have always been.  There were probably leaders that helped you on your path to success.  [Read more…] about Maintaining Humility Through Success

Leaders, Beware Of The Me Monster

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I love the explanation Brian Regan gives of what the “me monster” is.  I am sure everyone has had contact with a me monster before.  Me monsters take the form of coworkers, bosses, subordinates, etc.  Me monsters can be very destructive in an organization.  The following are three reasons why me monsters are destructive:

1. Me monsters are in it for themselves. 

When you have a me monster in your organization, they are only in it for themselves. They focus on themselves all the time. They only do things if it directly benefits them.

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The Least Appreciated Key To Success

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Ever since I was young, I have asked many people, “What is the key to success?” Some of the responses have been hard work, ethics, integrity, persistence, etc. When I was in college, I realized another key to success that seemed to be hidden in the many responses I received.  That key was feedback.The Least Appreciated Key To Success

Feedback

How do you know you are doing a good job?  Feedback.  How do you know when you are doing a bad job?  Feedback.  How do you know if you are in danger?  Feedback.  You get the picture.  Feedback is the key to growth in life.  Although feedback can be hard to receive at times, it is essential to bettering ourselves and improving as leaders. [Read more…] about The Least Appreciated Key To Success

Col. Joe Dowdy

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In the article about Col. Joe Dowdy, it showed that he was a strong leader of principle. Although he was pressed to change his principles, he was unwavering. His leaders pressed him to go faster than he was comfortable with to invade Baghdad which would put his soldiers’ lives at risk.

Col Joe Dowdy

Col. Joe Dowdy

He felt the lives of his soldiers were just as important as his mission. Because of this belief, he was forced to take a slower pace when invading Baghdad. His leaders were very against this approach. He was, however, not willing to lower his standards in order to meet their demands because he knew his soldiers would die. [Read more…] about Col. Joe Dowdy

Diamonds in the Data Mine

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The approach that Gary Loveman used as the COO as explained in the case study, “Diamonds in the Data Mine” was very interesting. Rather than go off of feelings and emotions as many people tend to do, he was very analytical in every aspect of his decision making. As he ran Harrah’s, he constantly was using the data that they were receiving from slot players. He constantly mined the data to see trends that were occurring and how they could use that knowledge to better the company.

Diamonds in the Data Mine

Diamonds in the Data Mine

Performing data mines is one aspect that he used constantly which is overlooked by many companies. It seems like there are many companies out there that are looking for some special secret sauce from researchers that will solve all of their problems. When they take this approach they are completely discounting all of the data that the company is or could be gathering. By recording data on the customers on a regular basis, they could be seeing trends within their own company.

One of the most successful methods for progress within a company is to find out what you are doing wrong and fix it. Although that may seem very obvious, the only way to find out if a practice is correct in the sense that it draws in more customers is to review the data that you can receive about the customers.

Once a company or organization records data they mine the data to identify which methods work and which methods do not work. As a company looks closely at their processes, they will be able to see what they can do better or what they are doing wrong and they can then fix it. Progress is all about finding out and recognizing what you are doing wrong and then fixing it.

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