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An Inside Look: Why Leaders Fail

August 26, 2016 by ron kitchens 4 Comments

I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions. —Stephen Covey I just finished a book that completely rocked my world. It is one of the most important books I have ever read and it allowed me to better understand the difficulty of leadership. We all hear the cliches: "leadership is lonely”, “leadership is hard”, leadership is far from glamorous but what I have discovered is that it is never the act of leading that is the problem. The problem is how we do … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business, Leadership, Uncategorized Tagged With: Dr. Henry Cloud, leadership, Ron Kitchens

Weigh, Don’t Measure

April 21, 2015 by ron kitchens Leave a Comment

You do not count your critics, you weigh them. - Dr. Henry Cloud Feedback is critical. Only companies that are foolish aren’t getting continuous feedback. But – as leaders, we have to remember that we weigh feedback, we don’t measure it – especially in today’s world of anonymous surveys and nameless comments. The weight of feedback from a group of people is not equal. The relationship they have to you or your company is not equal. And there will always be at least one person who dislikes … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Leadership Tagged With: Always Forward, continuous improvement, Dr. Henry Cloud, feedback, Kalamazoo, leadership, Ron Kitchens, Scott Berkun, Southwest Michigan First, survey, WordPress

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