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Catching Great Performances

Catching Great Performances

It is every leader's dream to have an entire team of high performers who have no place to go but up.  However before that is even plausible, you have to determine who possesses the necessary criteria to be great. One or two might stand out, but what about the unsung...

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Do Your Team Members Not Trust You-20 Ways to Tell

Do Your Team Members Not Trust You-20 Ways to Tell

Trust is one of three things—along with credibility and respect—that need to be established by leaders for teams to be successful. How can you (as the leader) tell if your team members are losing faith in you? People have defined trust in many ways. The Oxford English...

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Become A Better Leader-Coach With These Questions

Become A Better Leader-Coach With These Questions

This post was originally published in March of 2012. The content has been updated so I have republished the article. Many leaders have the belief that they should be the solver of all problems because that is why they are a leader. Yet solving all your team's problems...

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How Can You Tell If Employees Are Telling the Truth?

How Can You Tell If Employees Are Telling the Truth?

Creating a work environment where leaders and employees feel comfortable and safe telling the truth is a critical component to organizational success. But, in reality, many employees don't tell the truth to their leaders—out of fear, out of politeness—and leaders need...

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Behavioral Interviewing: It’s Not For The Untrained

Behavioral Interviewing: It’s Not For The Untrained

In a recent post on behavioral interviewing, I discussed how to purposefully create and develop a system of questions when using behavioral interviewing to choose a candidate for a position. But handing over a set of questions to an untrained manager is like handing...

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Beth Armknecht Miller’s passion for learning and dedication to bringing out the best in others are strands woven throughout her career and are found in her work with Executive Velocity, a top talent and leadership development advisory firm.