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engaging Positive Intelligence… Here Come the Judge!!
engaging Positive Intelligence...Like everyone, I have had a bit more time at home lately, and...
managing Hyper-Achiever with Positive Intelligence…
Like Eric's use of an overdrive pedal ... When constructing the stories each week, I try to keep...
Is Pleasing your partner in Positive Intelligence?
The Pleaser is a partner that... I am told often that I have a very pleasant demeanor. Normally...
Sticking with Vigilant observation of Positive Intelligence?
Sticking to what I am observing is... I can't tell you how many people have tried to get me to...
wondering if Positive Intelligence is Rational?
Rational, particularly Hyper, makes you wonder... All rock music is Blues - at high volume. Full...
Avoiding executing with Positive Intelligence?
The Avoider can execute on auto-pilot... Being caught between Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce, Eric...
Restless renewal of Positive Intelligence…
Both Restless and renew start with "r"...As often happens, today's post was penciled in first. ...
Does Positive Intelligence engage your Victim?
When The Victim engages... When I put the "setlist" together for these two weeks, can you believe...
The Controller Positively mis-manages Intelligence
The Controller gives the illusion of managingStratocasters are amazing instruments, particularly...
partner with Sage Empathize for Positive Intelligence
The partners you need are 5 Sage voices... That is probably the longest I have written about...
Explore while observing Positive Intelligence
observing you will find Sage Explore..."Slow Down." "What are you not seeing here?" These were...
wonder about Innovating Positive Intelligence
Innovate is a wonder to behold...One of the great gifts my Father gave me was an ability to turn...
Activate and execute Positive Intelligence!
Activate helps you execute..So long as we are taking a brief tour of my Father's gifts to me,...
Navigate and renew your Positive Intelligence…
Like Activate, Navigate moves you forward...I finished a different class last week with over 60...
How do you engage Delegation?
As things are stabilizing this fall, more and more people are offering on-line workshops. The...
Managing Delegation….
"Delegation is a math problem. If you can figure out how to have 5 others do the work you could...
Your partners in Delegation…
In the process of looking for a new Senior VP of our business, I was on the interview team. While...
What do you observe in Delegation?
My love of jazz was cultivated over years, noticing that I studied better with songs that didn't...
The wonder of Delegation…
Watching my grandkids, you watch as they slowly begin to control the world around them. Their...
Delegation execution…
"Every time I give them something to do, I have to redo it. Spelling errors, grammar, all of it!" ...
The renewal of Delegation…
If you feel bad about how effective you are with Delegation, look at God. As we like to say these...
What Virtue engages?
It will not surprise you that I was a big fan of the early Woody Allen movies. His wry ability to...
Do you manage with Virtue?
As a part of my interview process for my last "real" corporate gig, I was to the round where I was...
Virtue partners…
A great mentor of mine said that you don't miss the work, you miss the people when you move on. ...
How are Virtues observed?
As I leaped out of IBM just before they laid off 40,000 people, I was fortunate to land a job at...
Virtue wonders….
One of the Virtues instilled in me since I can remember is the power of Relationships. Watching...
executing Virtue…
We had gotten the critical part of the meeting, where we had laid out most of the issues and...