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Tell Him We're Not Interested! From time to time I am asked by business advisors, senior level managers, and successors in privately held or family owned companies, if I have any special insights that will magically get the owners of their company to lighten up. Finding Your Competitive Edge What are the characteristics of organizational excellence, the attributes that must be present for your company to survive and prosper in the 21st. Century? Do You Call Yourself A Leader? Do Your People Call You THEIR Leader? Leaders, in order to be effective, must inspire confidence in order to have followers. Unless leaders have followers they aren't leading anybody are they? Effective leaders are those who inspire confidence in their followers because they consistently lead them and the organization in the right direction. A Leadership Model for the Times In the 21st Century, more and more organizational leaders have come to understand that happy, respected employees, empowered by their managers to meet and exceed customer expectations, provide the best service and feel more personally fulfilled by their work. Start-up to Exit Strategy, Companies Follow a Predictable Development Path No matter which stage of development your client's company is in - there are issues requiring your services. Identify Your Ideal Clients and How To Reach Them If you expect to succeed as a professional solution provider - coach, consultant, etc., you first have to last. Just last long enough and you'll be the only person who got started when you did, who is still around. 21st Century Leadership Empowers Leaders at Every Level Historically a new-hire moved from learning the required tasks of their particular job to eventually understanding the goals, strengths, and weaknesses of the business in an orderly way - often having as much to do with their getting older as with their getting better, smarter, or more capable.