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Embracing Bad News: The Path to Courage and Teamwork

If you ever watched the classic movieΒ The Godfather, you might remember this quote: β€œIf your car could take me to the airport, Mr. Corleone is a man who insists on hearing bad news immediately.” The speaker, Tom Hagenβ€”the Godfather’s lawyer and confidantβ€”learned that holding back rough information wasn’t the best idea. β€œBad news” is bad […]

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Overcoming Adversity: FDR’s Lessons in Leadership

Franklin Roosevelt was stricken with polio when he was in his late 30s. He lost the use of his legs overnight, never to regain it. Many people might have resigned themselves to a life of disability. But Roosevelt would not. He spent the following years working to strengthen his upper body and figuring out how […]

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High-Character Leadership: What You Do Counts

I listened to a discussion on the importance of high-character leadership to a company’s success and learned some interesting insights. One, companies with high-character leadership earn more and persist longer. Two, almost all leaders claim to conduct themselves with high characterβ€”but saying you are high character and acting with high character are different things. The […]

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Building a Lean Culture: Mindset and Action

β€œLean” thinking creates a willingness to try new things. We have taught 6S, which focuses on safely reorganizing and establishing ways to maintain our spaces. We have conducted Kaizen events, which are intensive efforts to quickly transform a place or process. As you engage in these practices, we hope it changes your way of looking […]

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