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Making Your Team Decision Defendable

Making Your Team Decision Defendable

Technology leaders can easily become the bottleneck when making decisions when they don’t trust their team to make good decisions. I was that technical leader who didn’t trust the team and as a result, was overwhelmed with team decisions. A

Christopher February 17, 2021October 22, 2021 Accountability, Leadership, Management, Podcast No Comments Read more

The 7 Disciplines of Authentic Leaders

The 7 Disciplines of Authentic Leaders

One of the most painful and expensive issues leaders in the technology industry experience is losing key talent on their team. Not only is it terribly expensive and time-consuming to replace key talent, but it’s also a massive disruption to

Christopher February 3, 2021October 22, 2021 Accountability, Effectiveness, Leadership, Management, Podcast No Comments Read more

Recovering From The Unintended Consequences of Bad Decisions

Recovering From The Unintended Consequences of Bad Decisions

In this episode, you are going to learn from Author, Executive Forums Facilitator, and Speaker, Ric Franzi. Ric and I were recently introduced to each other by our friend Alison Conners. Ric has a rich career history in top executive roles

Christopher June 26, 2019June 16, 2019 Leadership, Management, Podcast No Comments Read more

Overcoming Haters Who Don’t Think You Are Qualified To Lead

Overcoming Haters Who Don’t Think You Are Qualified To Lead

Today’s episode is called, “Overcoming Haters Who Don’t Think You Are Qualified To Lead“. Today’s interview is with the owner of Ball Office Products, Melissa Ball. And, in this interview she shares how other people’s assumptions is something women-owned businesses

Christopher March 20, 2019May 2, 2019 Leadership, Management, Podcast No Comments Read more

A NONPOLITICAL Interview; An Authentic Interview™ with Congressman DAVE BRAT

A NONPOLITICAL Interview; An Authentic Interview™ with Congressman DAVE BRAT

Congressman Dave Brat from the 7th District of Virginia I had always wondered how successful I could be at having a “nonpolitical” interview with a politician. Well, I had my chance on March 26, 2018 when I had an opportunity

Christopher September 20, 2018September 23, 2018 Accountability, Effectiveness, Leadership No Comments Read more

Five Things That Make People Want to Follow You

Five Things That Make People Want to Follow You

Effective leaders do not use their position or title to lead. They lead because they are focused on helping their followers to succeed. Followers seek leaders who influence them. So how do leaders create this influence? Here are five ways

Christopher August 10, 2016August 9, 2016 Leadership No Comments Read more

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