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From the Horse's Mouth
From the Horse's Mouth
From the Horse's Mouth
Download at http://wp.me/p1xl3X-3hw Dowsers can locate water and tell us the depth, quantity, mineral content, and more. Those with developed psychic abiliti...
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Firewall Results - (WordPress Security Tip #6)
Firewall Results - (WordPress Security Tip #6)
Firewall Results - (WordPress Security Tip #6)
When using a WordPress Firewall to protect our sites from hackers, we must have verifiable results. In this Video excerpt, taken from the "Everything WordPress" Hangouts on Air (HOA) show, I share the captured results from unitizing a WordPress Firewall. I monitored live traffic on my site, which was targeted with a Denial of Service attack almost daily.
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Many 9/11 Questions Still Unanswered
Many 9/11 Questions Still Unanswered
Many 9/11 Questions Still Unanswered
As the nation commemorates the 10-year anniversary of 9/11, the mainstream media has completely ignored the many questions that were never answered by the go...
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What Wikipedia Vandalism is Like (Sort Of)
What Wikipedia Vandalism is Like (Sort Of)
What Wikipedia Vandalism is Like (Sort Of)
Showing you what vandalism on Wikipedia is like. http://wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:VANDALISM UPDATE APRIL 17 2012 ------------------------------------------------...
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Business Leadership: Change the Way You Look at Failure
Business Leadership: Change the Way You Look at Failure
Business Leadership: Change the Way You Look at Failure
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As a leader, how do you respond where there is a setback or a failure? How do you respond if you fall short of a goal or miss a milestone in a project?
The way that we respond as leaders really does set the tone for the organization. If we stay cool and calm and reflective, that sends a distinct message. But so does getting angry and upset and blaming others. That sends a message, though a very negative one. In either case, the reaction will have an impact on your team.
When stuff happens, I urge you to ask yourself two questions
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Mark Fenner | Leaders: 4 Easy Steps To Getting Your Team's Buy-In
Mark Fenner | Leaders: 4 Easy Steps To Getting Your Team's Buy-In
Mark Fenner | Leaders: 4 Easy Steps To Getting Your Team's Buy-In
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Have you ever had issues with getting your team to buy in to your vision? As leaders, this can be really frustrating. We have ideas that will impact the bottom line—but only if we can get our team on board.
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Mark Fenner on Leadership | What To Do When Your Team Doesn't Buy In To Your Vision
Mark Fenner on Leadership | What To Do When Your Team Doesn't Buy In To Your Vision
Mark Fenner on Leadership | What To Do When Your Team Doesn't Buy In To Your Vision
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As a leader, have you ever been concerned because you feel like your vision, or an initiative, or a change project you are rolling out is not being readily adopted by those that you would expect to take it to run with it? The problem may be that there is no "why" behind the "what."
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Mark Fenner on Leadership | 6 Steps To Winning Over a Boss Who is Just Not That into You
Mark Fenner on Leadership | 6 Steps To Winning Over a Boss Who is Just Not That into You
Mark Fenner on Leadership | 6 Steps To Winning Over a Boss Who is Just Not That into You
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Have you ever had that sick feeling in your gut that your boss is just not into you? Maybe they continually criticize your work or maybe they are indifferent. They don’t show any passion. You know in your gut that you are just not connecting. They are not bought in to what you are bringing to the table. They are not bought in to your value proposition.
I want to give you 6 surefire steps. If you follow these, you will know where you stand and you'll also have a high probability of getting that boss bought into you and your vision, helping you differentiate yourself from 99 perce
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Mark Fenner on Leadership | Three Strategies To Engage Your Meeting Attendees
Mark Fenner on Leadership | Three Strategies To Engage Your Meeting Attendees
Mark Fenner on Leadership | Three Strategies To Engage Your Meeting Attendees
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Does it ever seem like your audience is just not getting your message? This can be really frustrating. Especially if you come to realize, like I occasionally have, that your meeting or presentation may just be…boring.
Even though the constitution guarantees us free speech, it unfortunately does not guarantee us listeners.
Let me provide you with three strategies. If you implement these strategies, I can assure you that the attendant interest level and meeting engagement will increase.
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Mark Fenner on Leadership | When Your Boss Is The Problem Part 2
Mark Fenner on Leadership | When Your Boss Is The Problem Part 2
Mark Fenner on Leadership | When Your Boss Is The Problem Part 2
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Have you ever had a boss who welcomed employees – employees who report to you – that come to him or her when they have issues? Even though those employees should be bringing those issues directly to you?
I have had bosses like that, and few things are more frustrating. Not only are you often blindsided because you didn't even know about some issues, but when you then hear about these issues from your boss, it carries the implication that you are completely out of the loop.
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Mark Fenner on Leadership | Resolve to Empower Others in 2015
Mark Fenner on Leadership | Resolve to Empower Others in 2015
Mark Fenner on Leadership | Resolve to Empower Others in 2015
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I'm not nearly as cynical about New Year's resolutions as most people are. I think resolutions can be good things. It's a time of year when we feel like we're being given a fresh start, so why not look toward a bit of self-improvement?
Lose weight? Sure. Exercise more? Great. Watch less TV? Wonderful. Of course, these resolutions are better if you are the one person in 100 who actually follows through on them.
But as a leader, here's a resolution I propose for you for 2015. How about resolving to empower more people on your team next year?
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Mark Fenner on Leadership | Don’t Let An Impasse Slow Your Workplace Productivity
Mark Fenner on Leadership | Don’t Let An Impasse Slow Your Workplace Productivity
Mark Fenner on Leadership | Don’t Let An Impasse Slow Your Workplace Productivity
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Have you ever been at an impasse over an idea or concept with someone on your team—or even your boss? These kinds of conflicts can jam up workflow and slow productivity.
We were just working with a client that brought this very situation to us. He said, “Mark, we are about three months into this one-year project and I feel like I am at an impasse with this person. How do we break it open?”
We shared our two key steps to get past the impasse and get the flow going again.
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5 Steps to Creating Unstoppable Leadership Momentum
5 Steps to Creating Unstoppable Leadership Momentum
5 Steps to Creating Unstoppable Leadership Momentum
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Do you feel like you have ideas about how to make your organization better, to add more value to your internal and external customers, but you are just not getting taken seriously? Your message is not being heard. Well, I understand exactly how you feel. I have been there myself, and I have coached many clients who have been there, as well.
We have come up with a 5-step plan that has made a major impact in helping our clients create momentum. You have probably heard "success breeds success." What we are talking about is a form of that--we call it leadership momentum. There are 5
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The Most Powerful Lever for a Leader
The Most Powerful Lever for a Leader
The Most Powerful Lever for a Leader
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most out of each of them. One thing you should regularly assess is the image of leadership that you want to project.
Let's back up a bit, though, and review the three primary levers that we have to gain influence over others.
The first is money. If you are willing to pay enough, you will be able to entice people to do pretty much whatever you ask. The second is force, or intimidation. "Do this or get fired" pretty well sums up that approach.
Those two levers, you will notice, have one thing in common. They address the fact that the person in question isn't willing to do the wo
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Leading Millennials: 21st Century Business Leadership
Leading Millennials: 21st Century Business Leadership
Leading Millennials: 21st Century Business Leadership
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Where did you get your first ideas about how to motivate others, how to lead them, inspire them, and basically get them to do what you want them to do?
If you're like me, you probably learned it from your parents, grandparents, and others around you when you were growing up. And you probably learned it at the most basic level, hearing a simple rationale over and over again: "because I told you so."
It should come as no surprise then that for many of us, as we transition to corporate leadership, we simply expect people to do what we tell them to do. And most will, even if it's ju
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Mark Fenner on Leadership | Squeezing 60 Hours into a 40 Hour Work Week
Mark Fenner on Leadership | Squeezing 60 Hours into a 40 Hour Work Week
Mark Fenner on Leadership | Squeezing 60 Hours into a 40 Hour Work Week
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They still call it a 40-hour work week, but in the competitive business world today, not many people can get away with putting in just 40 hours. For most people in positions of responsibility, it's probably closer to 60 hours.
But what if you could motivate your team to generate 60 hours worth of work in only 40 hours on the clock? Wouldn't everyone be happier with that? Productivity AND free time – what a concept!
So what do you need to do as a leader to achieve those kinds of results? Warning: I'm going to use a phrase here that you've heard many times before, but bear with m
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Mark Fenner on Leadership | Putting the Law of Magnetism to Work for Your Team
Mark Fenner on Leadership | Putting the Law of Magnetism to Work for Your Team
Mark Fenner on Leadership | Putting the Law of Magnetism to Work for Your Team
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In physics, one of the laws of magnetism is that opposites attract. When it comes to leadership, the exact opposite is true.
What we find among leaders is that they tend to attract people who are like them. That can be good in some ways, not so good in others. As leaders, we want a variety of skills and strengths on our teams, so we have to be careful to foster the kind of diversity required for a successful, well-rounded team.
This is a good time, now that we have just crossed over into a new year, to take a hard look at your current team and really analyze your people. Do yo
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Mark Fenner on Leadership | 3: The Magic Number When Setting Priorities
Mark Fenner on Leadership | 3: The Magic Number When Setting Priorities
Mark Fenner on Leadership | 3: The Magic Number When Setting Priorities
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How many goals or priorities should you set for your organization? Our experience has shown that 3 is an ideal number.
First of all, 3 is simple. Everyone can remember 3. It’s easy to talk about 3. It’s easy to remember, and we can recast it over and over again.
Setting priorities is an important part of Vision Casting. Vision Casting isn’t something a leader does once and forgets about it—it’s something you do multiple times every day.
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Mark Fenner on Leadership | When Direct Reports Go Around You To Your Boss: Part 1 of 2
Mark Fenner on Leadership | When Direct Reports Go Around You To Your Boss: Part 1 of 2
Mark Fenner on Leadership | When Direct Reports Go Around You To Your Boss: Part 1 of 2
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Have you ever had a team member who went right over your head to your boss? Whether than bringing a challenge or concern to us first, they go right over our heads--it can be really frustrating! I know I have dealt with that numerous times. Nothing frustrates me more than the fact that they didn’t come to me first. So let me share what I have learned when dealing with this issue.
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What Are The Kansas City Royals Teaching Us About Leadership and Building a Great Culture?
What Are The Kansas City Royals Teaching Us About Leadership and Building a Great Culture?
What Are The Kansas City Royals Teaching Us About Leadership and Building a Great Culture?
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The Kansas City Royals blazed through the ALCS to the World Series, after sweeping the Orioles almost exactly 29 years after winning their last pennant. This polar shift can teach us a great deal about building and leading a culture that breeds success in your organization.
The Royals are coming off of a 29-YEAR losing streak (ouch). So what changed? First, they are demonstrating that it’s not always the proven talent or traditional methods that get us to the big game. They have created an unconventional and unprecedented track record of success through the playoff
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Why Did Slick Willie Rob Banks? A Leadership Lesson
Why Did Slick Willie Rob Banks? A Leadership Lesson
Why Did Slick Willie Rob Banks? A Leadership Lesson
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Willie Sutton was one of the most famous bank robbers in U.S. history, making off with some $2 million in the mid-20th Century. He is still known today for his simple, honest, and direct answer to a news reporter's question about why he robbed banks: "Because that's where the money is."
Later in life, he denied telling the reporter that, but the legend survives him.
So let me ask you, where is the money in your organization? If you're like most companies, it can be found in your first level managers, those front-line supervisors who are closest to your customers, closest to the
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Mark Fenner on Leadership | How to Deal With Conflicts on Your Team
Mark Fenner on Leadership | How to Deal With Conflicts on Your Team
Mark Fenner on Leadership | How to Deal With Conflicts on Your Team
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As a leader, one of your most important tasks is getting your team unified and working together, with everyone pulling in the same direction. When you have unity, your people look out for each other. They pick each other up, they build on each other's strengths, and they fill in gaps for each other. As a group, they make sure things get done in accordance with your organization's mission and objectives.
What you don't want is for this unity to be derailed by personal issues, back-and-forth criticism, and drama. All that does is tear down the performance of your team.
Too many t
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Mark Fenner on Leadership | Sharing Your Power with Your Team
Mark Fenner on Leadership | Sharing Your Power with Your Team
Mark Fenner on Leadership | Sharing Your Power with Your Team
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I know there are a lot of leaders out there who made new year's resolutions that they would empower more people on their team this year. Unfortunately, I can predict that the vast majority of those resolutions have gone nowhere.
But that's the nature of resolutions. If they really worked, we'd all be 20 pounds lighter and watch less TV. Still, it's worth looking at why the team-empowering resolution, which should be an easy one to follow through on, falls short.
Basically, empowering others involves taking a piece of our power and giving it to them. Why do so few of us do that