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The Positive Effects of Good Decision-Making
How do you make decisions?
by Ron Strieker, CMI Managing Partner
May 7, 2009

Successful leaders make good decisions. They have the capacity to clearly understand the situation and what is required. Additionally, they have a clear sense of who they are and how their decisions affect others. In a highly regarded Harvard Review article on executive decision-making, Ken Brosseau and his colleagues demonstrated the link between how senior-level executives tend to make decisions differently than other staff.
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Succession Planning
Finding your successor and then letting go.
by Ron Strieker, CMI Managing Partner 
April 2, 2009

Leaders must be fully engaged in finding and developing their successor. When they are ready to leave, they must leave. Organizations are living organisms that respond favorably to growth and renewal. Leaders who struggle with this fact remain in the job too long and consequently hurt the very organization they have built.
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Personal Change Leading to Organizational Change
When the organization needs change, where do you begin?
by Ron Strieker, CMI Managing Partner 
March 9, 2009

Organizational change is always a challenge for a leader. When the organization needs change, where do you begin? The first step in this process and the best place to begin is with the individual.
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Success Breeds Success
by Ron Strieker, CMI Managing Partner 
December 23, 2008

As we move through this recession, leaders must be constantly aware of the emotional swings in the morale of those they lead. They need to constantly be engaged in the process of successful conversations. Essentially, leaders need to focus on small immediate successes that will drive employee confidence and momentum. 
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The Attributes of Cultural Leadership
by Ron Strieker , CMI Managing Partner
November 17, 2008

Cultural leaders create an authentic and engaged followership. Leaders who understand the culture in which they lead are genuinely connected to those around them. The individuals throughout the organization are the ones that make things work every day. Leaders are often focused on creating the right strategy or tactics to get to the "promised land."
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Coaching Done Right
by Ron Strieker, CMI Managing Partner  
October 20, 2008

Many organizations are realizing the benefits of hiring external executive coaches and, as a result, are developing their own internal coaching programs. It continues to be proven again and again that effective coaching done right provides extraordinary benefits for the individual as well as the overall organization.
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