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What is Leadership?

January 4, 2010 by Steven M. Smith 82 Comments

How do I define leadership? Leadership is the ability to adapt the setting so everyone feels empowered to contribute creatively to solving the problems. Leadership is an ability, meaning a leader has a capacity to do something through talent and skill. Talent is natural ability and skill is proficiency gained through training and experience. Talent … [Read more...]

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Zeroing In on the Right Problem

December 6, 2009 by Steven M. Smith Leave a Comment

Workshop If a project team is working on the wrong problem, the best solution in the world won't help them satisfy their customer. How can you help a project team zero in on the right problem? You cannot do it by yourself. You will need help. You will need to gather the right people. In addition, you will need to help them work together … [Read more...]

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Types of Meetings

May 3, 2007 by Steven M. Smith 62 Comments

There are different types of meetings. Each type requires a different structures and supports a different number of participants. For instance, a status (feedforward) meeting has no limit to the number of participants while a decision-making meeting produces results faster with a small number of participants. If you want to help your teams have … [Read more...]

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