One of my clients is Kiewit (large construction and mining) which is this year celebrating its 125th anniversary. Peter Kiewit, who provided legendary leadership in growing the company, used the phrase “pleased but never satisfied.” I’ve embraced a similar philosophy I call “positive discontent.” Be positive about what you’ve accomplished but don’t become content. Keep…
That’s the name of a new book by my friend Bert Decker. Bert, a former award winning television producer, is the founder of Decker Communication, one of the most respected executive speech coaching organizations in the country. This book is a classic bestseller that has been revised and updated and just released by St. Martin…
Today I spoke with a colleague who called to discuss a piece of business he seems to have lost. He was refreshingly candid in the two mistakes he had made and what he learned from them. Therein is the success of failure: taking responsibility for what one did wrong and learning from it. It is…
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