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John W Bailie, PhD
- Jan 24, 2022
- 4 min
How to Be A Good Egg
“A good egg is an egg that hatches.” – Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, Life is Worth Living. Many years ago, a few days after the...
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John W Bailie, PhD
- Dec 2, 2021
- 2 min
Unequivocal Responsibility-taking
I take full responsibility for my behavior. This is what I did and my part in what happened. How has what I’ve done affected you? I am...
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John W Bailie, PhD
- Nov 19, 2021
- 2 min
Liabilities Have Numbers. Assets Have Names.
An aging facility in need of environmental remediation, an overfunded unit producing a product past its prime, or a culture that prizes...
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John W Bailie, PhD
- Oct 7, 2021
- 2 min
The Golden 5%
The Golden 5% is that last bit of maximum contribution that is inside all of us. It’s the full expression of our ability, multiplied by...
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John W Bailie, PhD
- Sep 16, 2021
- 4 min
Generosity as Strategy
What if being generous was a better business strategy than clinging to control? Many years ago, one of my first entrepreneurial...
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John W Bailie, PhD
- Jul 16, 2021
- 4 min
Great to Good
Not all organizations that are great are good. But all organizations that are good, achieve a form of greatness. For further proof of the...
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John W Bailie, PhD
- Jan 8, 2021
- 3 min
Kobayashi Maru
How do you win when you’re in a position that is strategically unwinnable? A “Kobayashi Maru” is any situation in which all available...
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John W Bailie, PhD
- Jun 25, 2020
- 5 min
Anti-Social Media
In the wake of the 2016 US election season, I did a lot of reflecting about online behavior – for myself and leaders in general. As I...
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John W Bailie, PhD
- May 21, 2020
- 3 min
Your Bathrobe and the Post-Quarantine Business Environment
In times of great upheaval, it’s important to remember that some things never really change. Human hardwiring, our basic needs, drives,...
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John W Bailie, PhD
- Feb 25, 2020
- 4 min
Cancel the Apocalypse
Nothing is inevitable. Success and failure have little to do with fate. They have everything to do with the ability to dream big, while...
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John W Bailie, PhD
- Feb 12, 2020
- 4 min
You Are Not the Horse: Rules for Entrepreneurs
Doing something new isn’t only hard. It’s risky. Sure, there’s the risk of failure. However, the fear of failure itself isn’t actually...
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John W Bailie, PhD
- Jan 23, 2020
- 3 min
The Survivor Bottleneck
Is your organization led by the best, or by the “survivors”? There are many reasons certain people find themselves in positions of...
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John W Bailie, PhD
- Jan 7, 2020
- 4 min
Laugh Off Your Resolutions
New Year’s resolutions are boring. Most years, I simply pick something I should already be doing (or not doing) anyway. Eat more kale....
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John W Bailie, PhD
- Dec 19, 2019
- 3 min
Nobody Roots for Goliath: How to Lead with Storytelling
Having a great idea is not enough. A great idea only comes to life when there’s an equally great story to go with it. In fact, your...
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John W Bailie, PhD
- Jun 6, 2019
- 4 min
The Art of Following
A subscriber recently asked me, “How do you follow a bad boss?” The answer is, “The same way you follow a good one.” Great leaders are...
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John W Bailie, PhD
- May 22, 2019
- 5 min
How to Get Fired for All the Right Reasons
A subscriber recently asked me during an event, “How do you know when it’s time to quit a job?” They faced some serious challenges with...
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John W Bailie, PhD
- May 7, 2019
- 4 min
Grow or Go
Sometimes a colleague needs to decide: it’s time to grow, or time to go. In the previous article, Seek Problems, Not Solutions: Leading...
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John W Bailie, PhD
- Apr 9, 2019
- 6 min
Lie To Me
Every month, the small alternative school for at-risk youth where I worked as a young man ran a “recovery” group. This group was for...
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John W Bailie, PhD
- Apr 3, 2019
- 3 min
Compromise Kills Excellence
Compromise is rarely the best resolution to an argument. Here’s an example. King Solomon was renown for his wisdom among the Hebrew...
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