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Leadership and Management

A Note to the Owner, Part II

By focusing on a handful of fundamentals—not only when you launch your b...
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Chuck Violand

Leadership and Management

Fired Up

If you follow the logic of a business colleague and friend of mine, Mark...
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Chuck Violand

Leadership and Management

Keeping it Real

Most of us listen to podcasts or read blogs sent to us by people whose o...
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Chuck Violand

Leadership and Management

$400 Decision

At a recent program, one of my colleagues, Chris McQueen, and I were try...
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Chuck Violand

Teams and Culture

Cardboard Boxes

Shortly after our oldest child’s first Christmas, my wife and I decided ...
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Chuck Violand

Teams and Culture

Gratitude, Part II

In addition to the obvious benefits that expressing gratitude brings not...
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Chuck Violand

Teams and Culture

Gratitude, Part I

Most of us learn at an early age that it’s polite to thank others for th...
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Chuck Violand

Teams and Culture

Kens Advice

A short while ago, I was listening to the podcast of an interview Tim Fe...
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Chuck Violand

Teams and Culture

Kids In The Back Seat

Anybody who’s owned a business for any length of time has experienced pe...
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Chuck Violand

Teams and Culture

Bellyaching

The subject of company culture has gotten lots of attention in recent ye...
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Chuck Violand