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Tag Archives: Leadership

Reading is fundamental, but comprehension is important too

October 2, 2019XONITEKPress RoomCulture Change, Leadership, Lean

The art of debate has devolved.  No longer is it used as a tool of discovery, understanding, reconciliation, and progress.  Today, it is a tool used to beat one another into submission – with the wholesale surrender of the beliefs and values held by one party over the other being the goal. What’s worse, the

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The Outliers Inn – Episode 41 – Leftovers, obvious problems and frustrations

August 16, 2019XONITEKPodcastsContinuous Improvement, Leadership

Topic: Business Owners get the leftovers and – unrelated – how it sucks to get old and looking for a job. The issue has been settled.  The Outliers Inn will no longer take reservations, but rely solely on walk-ins.  From this day forth, we will rely on the eccentricity of our audience and their eclectic interests,

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“Stealth” Mentorship

July 25, 2019XONITEKPress RoomCulture Change, Leadership, Mentor

I would find it hard to believe that any successful person achieved that success without having at least one mentor along their journey – someone who was instrumental and influential in the life journey of the person being mentored (the mentee).  But what is mentorship? Mentorship is a semi-formal relationship between someone who has wisdom

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Meetings: As certain and as joyous as death and taxes

June 27, 2019XONITEKPress RoomChange Management, Leadership, Process Improvement

There are very few people that actually enjoy meetings.  I have never heard anyone say, “I can’t wait for the meeting this afternoon” unless it’s followed by “I won’t have to eat at my desk.” Certainly, the people who are called to attend a meeting largely lack enthusiasm are energetic unless they, or their project,

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State of Readiness – Carl Kirpes – From Gridiron to Pipelines

June 11, 2019XONITEKUncategorizedChange Management, Leadership

In this episode of State of Readiness, we interview Carl Kirpes, responsible for Crude Oil Strategy & Analysis atMarathon Petroleum Corporation. Carl and I met some years ago at an annual conference of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers when he was just graduating from Iowa State University – and we have stayed in touch

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