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PonderThis: Tiger is Returning to Golf… and EVERYONE Has an Opinion

March 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Great Questions, Leadership Lessons from the Links, PonderThis

Almost all leadership models place importance on clear values.  But there is nothing like a controversy to show us how varied our values can be.
Since Tiger announced his return to competitive golf at the Masters, I have heard the following responses:

The guy is a scumbag and he will be humiliated.
Who cares?  It is a [...]

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PonderThis: I Was Not Going to Write About Tiger

December 17th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Leadership Lessons from the Links, PonderThis

I was going to be the one person in the blogosphere not to weigh in.  But I have had about 5 people in the last 24 hours ask “What do you think about Tiger?”  It is not personal or a desire to know what I think.  These are casual meetings ranging from at a local [...]

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It’s What You Do Next That Counts

December 6th, 2009 · No Comments · Leadership Lessons from the Links, Sliding Down the Razor Blade of Life

In big surgical procedures, doctors will often get donations of blood from a patient before surgery so that it can be used to for transfusions during and after the procedure.
I saw this billboard in St. Pancras Int’l train station in London this morning and found myself wondering, “How often would we all find learning for [...]

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Lessons on Attitude from the US Open

June 24th, 2009 · No Comments · Leadership Lessons from the Links, PonderThis

If you read here often you know that I look at nature and the game of golf as parallels to leadership.  Next week will be nature, but with the US Open just completed, there are too many lessons to pass up.
Luckily my colleague and fellow blogger Scott Eblin also blogged about the US Open, and [...]

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Success- Even When the World Says “No!”

April 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Follow the Leaders, Great Questions, Leadership Lessons from the Links, Playing a Bigger Game, Sliding Down the Razor Blade of Life

I have often thought that there are lessons to be learned from the media we watch, but I have eschewed writing about them here for fear of sounding frivolous.  However, if my colleague Scott Eblin can use observations from American Idol as he did last week in a posting entitled Feedback Do’s and Don’ts from [...]

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