[iframe style=”border:none” src=”http://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/4181938/height/90/width/480/thumbnail/no/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/custom-color/1e73be” height=”90″ width=”480″ scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Recently I was discussing with a friend one of my favorite topics…the consigliere. That is the person behind the scenes who gets things done, the leader behind the leader. I was pondering the idea that behind every prominent-out in the spotlight leader there is

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[iframe style=”border:none” src=”http://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/3919875/height/100/width/480/thumbnail/yes/theme/standard” height=”50″ width=”480″ scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] When we think about successful people it’s easy for us to imagine a confident, assertive, in-control individual. But how natural is it for us to equate success with humility? Isn’t humility the opposite of assertive and in-control? Isn’t the humble person the person who

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This morning I was listening to a Seth Godin audio book called Leap First, and I came across an interesting nugget about change. The gist of it is this…any type of growth requires change. You can’t grow wiser, smarter, stronger, more intellectually aware or compassionate…bottom line – you can’t grow if you won’t change. Now,

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