Three Ways You Display a “Can Do” Attitude
This is not the over-caffeinated cheerleader attitude some people turn on depending on who is watching. Some people always make things...
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Dave Anderson
Dec 13, 20223 min read
A CYA Culture versus A Learning Culture
“Gotcha!” That is the way it feels to work for some people. Culture is a direct reflection of leadership. If you want to understand why...
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Dave Anderson
Dec 6, 20222 min read
Procrastination Makes Us Selfish, Unreliable and Hypocritical
“Running out of time” is often a lie wrapped up in an excuse. Procrastination. What do you put off doing? It is usually the stuff you...
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Dave Anderson
Nov 29, 20223 min read
You Got Promoted - So Quit Doing Your Old Job
When a leader does someone else’s job for them, neither person is growing. Micromanaging can make a new leader very comfortable. New...
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Dave Anderson
Nov 22, 20223 min read
How Your Excuses Damage Your Growth, Career, and Reputation
Adopt the mindset of an 18 year old West Point cadet. I dare you – in fact, I double dog dare you - to count the number of excuses you...
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Dave Anderson
Nov 15, 20222 min read
One Way a Leader Avoids the Us versus Them Mentality
My boss cared enough about staying connected that he set up a system to do it. Many of us have a hard time remembering names and details...
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Dave Anderson
Nov 8, 20223 min read
Three Priorities for Middle Managers
When you retire, nobody will ever talk about what a huge impact your perfect admin record or a stellar Project had on their career....
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Dave Anderson
Nov 1, 20223 min read
How to Avoid being a Selfish New Leader
Morale was low and the boss was blaming them. Martin (name changed) was never wrong. He’d won a bunch of awards working in one of the...
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Dave Anderson
Oct 18, 20223 min read
The Difference Between Selfish and Selfless Teammates
Selfish teammates ensure mediocrity for the team. She never did anything for anyone – unless there was a payoff. I am not talking about a...
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Dave Anderson
Oct 11, 20223 min read
Executive Case Study: A Brilliant Lack of Character
Elizabeth Holmes went from billionaire to a net worth of zero in 12 months. She dropped out of Stanford. Raised millions of dollars from...
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Dave Anderson
Oct 4, 20223 min read
Four Integrity Tests Middle Managers Face
Middle managers have more impact on the culture than the executives do. Integrity tests are part of leadership. How a middle manager...
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Dave Anderson
Sep 27, 20223 min read
New Leaders: Your Standards will Test Your Integrity
Each time a new leader claims to have standards, an Integrity test is coming. The standards. Sometimes new leaders are too heavy handed...
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Dave Anderson
Sep 20, 20223 min read
Three Ways Workers Sacrifice Their Integrity During Online Training
Integrity gets hard when it’s going to cost you something. Mandatory online training. Those three words produce groans across every work...
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Dave Anderson
Sep 13, 20223 min read
Five Things Humble Executives Do Well
Humble Executive should not be a misnomer. The highest ranked people in an organization achieved those lofty heights because at each...
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Dave Anderson
Sep 6, 20222 min read
Middle-Management and Getting the Bigger Picture
Have the people above me reached a rank where common sense no longer functions? It’s easy to critique the performance of the leaders...
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Dave Anderson
Aug 30, 20223 min read
Ego and Three Lessons New Leaders Need to Know
Many new leaders have to learn these lessons the hard way - like I did. “I was good where I was before. Why am I failing where I am now?”...
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Dave Anderson
Aug 23, 20224 min read
3 Lessons Firefighters Taught Me About Humility
Sometimes I need to learn old lessons the hard way - again! Recently, I was wearing sixty pounds of firefighting gear and questioning my...
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Dave Anderson
Aug 16, 20222 min read
Why Do Some Executives Do Courage Well and Others Don’t
You have to DO what you want to BE. In history, we can look back at executive level leaders who exercised Courage in the face of...
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Dave Anderson
Aug 9, 20222 min read
The Courage it Takes to be a Middle Manager
The common denominator was Courage…or the lack of Courage. Middle Manager literally means you are caught in the middle. You need an...
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Dave Anderson
Aug 2, 20223 min read
Every New Leader Faces this Courage Test
The first time I faced this test, I failed miserably. How do you lead people who used to be your peers? New leaders in large...
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