5 things you should do to prepare yourself to lead a strategic planning session
By Jack Dunigan / September 23, 2015
Every company and organization has them…or at least they should if they want to remain relevant and viable. Some conduct...
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Two little words that infallibly predict an employee’s departure
By Jack Dunigan / September 17, 2015
I noticed the shift in vocabulary during a general meeting of department heads. The substitution of just two words signaled...
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How one company destroyed its employee incentive plan with one act of generosity
By Jack Dunigan / September 9, 2015
It seemed like a good idea at the time and an incredibly generous act on the part of the company....
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4 Lessons in leadership from a 2400 mile road trip
By Jack Dunigan / August 28, 2015
I’ve been absent from this website for the past couple of weeks (but then you knew that already from the...
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5 lessons in motivation from my tailor
By Jack Dunigan / August 4, 2015
His name is Danny (that's him in the middle) and he owns “Danny’s Fashion Shoppe, bespoke tailors Hong Kong”. His...
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The most important lesson in leadership from the Undercover Boss
By Jack Dunigan / July 29, 2015
As skeptical as I am of the reality of so-called Reality Shows, there is one that I find a little...
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Overwhelming leadership success and management failure
By Jack Dunigan / July 23, 2015
One of the best examples of overwhelming and comprehensive leadership success and overwhelming and comprehensive management failure can be seen...
Read MoreStarting a nonprofit – an introduction to the basics
By Jack Dunigan / July 17, 2015
I recorded this podcast a few weeks ago for the "Been There Done That" program. It's about 30 minutes long...
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One size fits one – the one motivational secret known and used by all effective leaders
By Jack Dunigan / July 15, 2015
I have a 66 year old Ford pickup. It’s in great condition both mechanically and cosmetically. I keep it in...
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6 Essential Lessons About Motivation From a Job Offer…and the person turned it down
By Jack Dunigan / July 9, 2015
Jason is a principal officer in one of a consulting firm’s city offices. The Regional VP recently met with Jason...
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10 Reasons why motivation is not optional for leaders
By Jack Dunigan / June 30, 2015
It may be easier to do it yourself, but it is not better and certainly not more effective. 10 Reasons...
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Internal Combustion – How to Keep Employees and Associates Motivated
By Jack Dunigan / June 22, 2015
Today begins a new series, one prompted by two things. First, how to keep employees and associates motivated is a...
Read MoreExcuses won’t help you, reasons will.
By Jack Dunigan / June 16, 2015
"Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses." George Washington Carver Excuses won’t help...
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What you see is what you get – measuring your response to others
By Jack Dunigan / June 12, 2015
What good is it? Often the mantra of the obsessively practical or the hopelessly cynical, a “what good is it?”...
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The Might as Wells – Letting one thing lead to too many others.
By Jack Dunigan / June 5, 2015
I call it sequences, that annoying way of letting a simple task become far more complex. Even Murphy and his...
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The Most Powerful Question a Leader Can Ask…and it’s only one word
By Jack Dunigan / May 19, 2015
Businesses and organizations tend to generate lots of paper and digital directives. Over time (usually a very short amount of...
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Why leadership training programs fall short
By Jack Dunigan / May 7, 2015
The American Society for Training and Development reports that U.S. businesses spend a whopping $170 billion on leadership training programs. ...
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Life in the ditches – finding balance in the five equities of life
By Jack Dunigan / May 4, 2015
They were a decent and colorful pair. He a retired farmer. She his wife of many decades. We became friends...
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Stuck in 1st gear – is the impediment to progress you?
By Jack Dunigan / April 30, 2015
It happens easily enough and usually innocently enough. You start a business or organization then endure what is often a...
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4 things to consider before dismissing that suggestion or idea
By Jack Dunigan / April 27, 2015
If it didn’t work then, will it work now? Elephant syndrome is what I call it, the tendency to never...
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