Inflection Points
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Digging in to the Doorway Effect
by: Amy Simmons Picture this: You’re sitting in the living room of your home when you remember a task that needs tending to in the kitchen. But when you cross the threshold from one room to the next, you can no longer remember what you needed to do. It’s a common phenomenon, one that a […]
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An Invitation for the New Year
by: Rick Simmons As an organization, we’ve planted our philosophical flag in several key areas, including: – periods of discontinuity create an openness to change – new levels of greatness lie latent within us all, both individually and collectively It seems these beliefs are converging amidst our current reality. We’re living in a global period […]
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Support During Times of Need
by: Rick Simmons The story of the man in need has taken many forms over time. Thirty years ago, it was popularized in an episode of the television series, “The West Wing”. The story goes something like this: ‘This guy’s walking down the street when he falls in a hole. The walls are so steep […]
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Stuck in an Unproductive Leadership Habit? Here’s How to Change It
by: Rick Simmons “We are what we repeatedly do.” In 1926, Will Durant, an American writer, historian, and philosopher, summed up many of Aristotle’s thoughts on morality in this one clear, concise, and elegant sentence—one that is often attributed to Aristotle himself. With that in mind, when we want to make a particular behavior stick, […]
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An Out-of-the-Box Approach to Leadership Development
by: Amy Simmons Not long ago, I had the opportunity to learn from a new and unique teacher—one that made me reconsider everything I thought I knew about leadership and change my approach for the better. But it wasn’t an executive coach, nor an industry expert. That teacher happened to be a horse. In early […]
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