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The Adult Happy Meal Planning Meeting

Now is the time to proactively plan for tougher economic conditions. The Adult Happy Meal Planning meeting is a symbolic way to prompt your leadership team to exercise fiscal responsiblity.

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The Patiently Intense Leader

A characteristic of some of the best leaders is the ability to be patiently intense. On the surface being patient and intense might seem opposed to one and other, but in fact the two compliment each other and make for a critical leadership success factor.

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Collaborating for the Good of Others

Groove Management’s Charity Bike Build Challenge is a great team building workshop with a special give back component. Teams foster collaboration while assembling bicycles that they then gift to children in need.

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Office Monsters or Culture Crusaders?

If you want employees to return to the office are you framing the ask properly? CNBC has been calling Wall Street CEOs Office Monsters. What if they referred to them as Culture Crusaders instead and focused on the positives? Would that change the dialogue?

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The Riptide Effect: A Sales Shift from Geographic Alignment to Vertical Alignment

A riptide is a dangerous condition that can suck a swimmer or a surfer out to sea. Rather than fighting the current, one must swim or paddle with it. This approach that we refer to as the riptide effect is an effective metaphor for driving organizational change. In this post, we discuss how technology and the pandemic have created a riptide in the way organizations needs to approach sales.

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