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If You Liked “Lean In,” This is a Must-Read

May 7, 2018/in Ideas to help you build a solid team/by Tom Doescher

If you’ve been reading my blogs for a while, you know I have recommended Lean In — and I still do. I thought the author, Sheryl Sandberg, was very transparent about being a woman executive, and she offered some great tips. That being said, I would also highly recommend reading The Confidence Code: The Science and […]

New Scientific Discoveries About Talent

April 23, 2018/in Nuggets and Encouragement Regarding Strategy and Focus/by Tom Doescher

I have commented on the importance of “deliberate practice” in other posts, including on July 21, 2014. Many of us want to say, “Well, I could never do that because I’m not as talented as he or she is.” According to a number of authors and studies, however, that’s just not true. The fact is […]

Are Your Clients/Customers Raving Fans?

April 9, 2018/in Extraordinary Customer/Client Service/by Tom Doescher

I am a fanatic about client/customer service, and I’ve written on the subject many times. Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles, in their book Raving Fans! A Revolutionary Approach to Customer Service, have provided a new label that I love: RAVING FANS. Like a few other business authors, they’ve styled the book as a novel, in […]

Finally, a Positive Story About Corporate America

March 19, 2018/in Nuggets and Encouragement Regarding Strategy and Focus/by Tom Doescher

If you are like me, you’re probably getting sick of reading and listening to negative stories about corporate America. Even hearing those two words together can be a turnoff. Well, the other day I was with a client who shared a very positive story. In his industry, there’s a growing shortage of independent installers for […]

Do You Want to Turn Followers into Leaders?

March 5, 2018/in Sharpening Your Personal Leadership Skills/by Tom Doescher

In Turn the Ship Around!, L. David Marquet, a retired Navy nuclear submarine captain, proposes using a leader-leader model rather than a leader-follower model in the workplace. If you know anything about the military, the power of his contrarian point of view is revolutionary. Based on firsthand experience, having survived U.S. Army basic training at […]