Many in my family served in the armed forces and the intelligence community. While I prefer other solutions to our greatest challenges I recognize there are times when nothing less than a military response is required. I am grateful and beholden to those who step in harm’s way, on our soil or overseas, to ensure […]
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I am always impressed when one of my CEO clients is a facilitation buff. The results they create are consistently great because they know the how of getting people to work together. I put together a primer on facilitation recently. If you would like a free copy, drop me a line and let me know:
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A short interview with Scott Wintrip, author of recently released HighVelocity Hiring: How to Hire Top Talent in an Instant, and his manifesto: The Competitive Advantage of a Talent Rich Organization – get your copy here. Reach Scott at Scott@ScottWintrip.com Reach me at Seth@VisionaryLeadership.com
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Peninsula Strategies’ Robbie Kellman Baxter teamed up with Seth Kahan, founder of Visionary Leadership, to co-write this article, one in a series intended to bring timely thought leadership to CEOs and executive directors who must take vision-driven action to impact their organization’s success in the face of turbulent market conditions. Silicon Valley innovators are leveraging
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Fear is probably the chief inhibitor of great performance. It shows up in many ways for a wide variety of reasons. There are two important things to know about fear: (1) It can be an appropriate response to a threatening environment, and (2) It narrows your options, focuses your actions and inhibits both possibilities and
What is most important to you? If you don’t know what you want, someone else will be happy to figure it out for you! My reflections have recently brought me across the work of George Lakoff, an unabashedly progressive cognitive linguist who studies “frame,” sets of inter-related ideas, values and words that literally inhabit our
Have you ever had difficulty getting new ideas to stick? Try using frames. In this short video I give an example of how.
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I grew up in the 60s. From 1960 to 1969 I was 0 to 10. During that time my dad, Bob Kahan, was a young university professor. All of the unrest that was taking place on college campuses and the hippy culture surrounded me. Psychedelic art was everywhere. I remember going to events where people
When I help CEOs lead change, there are four timelines I walk them through: Immediate Result – What will you do today? Now? Short-term Wins – What will be your early milestones that generate momentum? Medium-term Success – How will you hit the bulls eye in 18-24 months? Long-term Sustainability – How will you build
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A short interview with Scott Wintrip, author of recently released HighVelocity Hiring: How to Hire Top Talent in an Instant, and his manifesto: The Competitive Advantage of a Talent Rich Organization – get your copy here. Reach Scott at Scott@ScottWintrip.com Reach me at Seth@VisionaryLeadership.com
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