What fun we’ve been having in the great Northeast this winter… cold, cold, and more cold mixed with record-falling snow. Good news this week in an email from Clint Hurtle, the Pittsburg Pirates’ manager; pitchers and catchers reported this past week. Forget the groundhog, the skipper has spoken — spring is coming! Quick family update…
Author: John Rodgers
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I recently joined the board of a new startup nonprofit called Leadership Academy located in Chambersburg, PA. So far, a group of about nine men who have had a lifetime passion for leadership and I have all arrived at the same conclusion that Servant Leadership — or what some refer to as Level 5 Leadership…
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Embracing Level 5 / Servant Leadership: That’s my passion for 2015! My intent is to help everyone I encounter to see and then begin to move towards becoming a true servant leader. What I am discovering is that most people have an understanding of what they think a servant leader is but most struggle in…
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Busyness of life…. What does your 2015 look like? What happened to the “empty nest,” care-free, life? Funny, it really does not matter what stage of life you are in we all feel the pressure to do more. For instance, look at my wife, Colleen, and my schedule of events for the first seven months…
Time out! Where is the time going?
Bring it on…. Imagine who and what you might become! This month my phone… ops… cell/email/LinkedIn has been lit up with executives that are looking for leadership alignment. What they are really asking for is some type of organizational shakeup, change management, or change readiness that will not adversely impact employee engagement. They want to…
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I had some fun this week. In preparation for a sales presentation on negotiation skills I did an unannounced mystery shopper on my customer. Sure was fun to use this small sample as a form of evidence in the sales meeting with their senior executive team…smile! After they gave me their thinking of their sales…
Time Out! Why not now?
Leaders are always improving, innovating, inspiring and changing. I just ran some financials – five years ago, what was once 89% of my gross income, is now 37%. My challenge is that my business structure is not matching my new offerings. What about your business? In my executive coaching we are constantly dealing with 5…
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When you have to make a tough business decision – you know, the decision that wakes you up in the middle of the night; the one that you are wrestling with and it seems no one but you can ultimately make. In this moment it is hard to gain perspective because you are too close…
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I received a text from my son Sam who is attending Syracuse University this past Thursday night… “giving a marketing talk tomorrow in food class…need to close talk asking investors to give money…any thoughts” I think for a moment…Hmm! That’s a loaded question; I wonder what I could possibly text back that would be remotely…
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How are you managing your stress? Pressure is increasing everywhere we look in life. How about this week, two NFL coaches admitted to the hospitals for stroke and heart conditions in which everyone is attributing to stress. Another executive coach and I were talking two weeks ago and he told me in a week’s time,…