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- Creative Leadership
Are You Having a Conversation or Giving a Lecture?
After a business meeting a few weeks ago, I stayed around chatting with the group and noticed two people having…
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Don’t Confuse Making Your Point With Venting Your Frustration
Have you ever been in a “discussion” (or argument) with someone who just wouldn’t let it die? They make their…
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How Easily Tweaked Are You?
I had an interesting social media exchange recently with a snowflake. I had actually written a positive post about an interview…
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Have We Started Demanding Christian Leaders Sign a Loyalty Oath?
For hundreds of years as missionaries took the gospel to the ends of the earth, depending on the culture they…
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It’s Time to Point With the Sword of Truth Instead of Chopping
One of my favorite quotes is from writer Anne Lamott: “You don’t always have to chop with the sword of…
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The Destructive Power of Being Sincerely Wrong
Being wrong is one thing. Being over-confident in your wrongness is something else entirely. On my blog, on film sets,…
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How Should We Treat Heretics?
I’ve had plenty of criticism from readers of my blog over the years, but years ago, after writing my post…
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How to Deal With Someone Who’s Sincere, but Sincerely Wrong
One of the greatest challenges you’ll ever face in the workplace is confronting someone who is sincere, but sincerely wrong.…
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Advocacy Versus Inquiry and the Key to Successful Meetings
How many of your meetings involve advocacy versus inquiry? In other words, are the discussions in your organization all about…
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The Benefit of Controversy
Bruce Orwall’s column in The Wall Street Journal reveals the sophistication that studios have when it comes to potentially controversial…
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