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Contents

Part 1
Accountability

Dependability

Encourage Employee Accountability

Individual Accountability

The Accountability Ladder

Part 2
Communication

Active Listening

Aristotle’s Three Modes of Persuasion

Essential Elements of Communication

Conflict Resolution Do’s and Don’ts of Resolving Conflict

Constructive and Harmful Criticism

Seven C’s of Effective Communication

Socrates & The Filter Test

Part 3
Effectiveness

Law of Diminishing Intent

Law of Triviality

On the Edge of Effectiveness

Parkinson’s Law

Running Effective Meetings

The Principle of Least Effort: Zipf’s Law

Power of Minimization, Less is More

Part 4
Employees

Coaching Employees

Employee Burnout

Employee Engagement

Employee Recognition

Employee Satisfaction

The Engagement Process from Satisfaction to Dissatisfaction

The Value of Thanking Employees

Winners vs. Losers

Part 5
Leadership & Management

Biggest Mistakes New Managers Make & How to Avoid Them

Change Blindness

Characteristics of a Good Manager

Characteristics of a Successful Mentor

Challenging the Status Quo

Continuous Improvement

Dead Horse Theory

Deming’s 14 Points of Management

Deming’s 85% Rule

Effective Management Requires Good Metrics

Everything Comes with a Price

How You Handle Bad Decisions Defines You

Leadership Core Competencies

Lessons from Sam Walton

Lessons from Moneyball

Leadership Quotes for Performance

Marcus Aurelius 10 Rules for Being an Exceptional Leader

Mistakes Managers Make

Mistakes Managers Make Managing People

Napoleon Hill’s, 11 Leadership Lessons from The Law of Success

Organizational Corruption

Reminders for Leaders

Reasons Why Leaders Fail

Servant Leadership

Self-Leadership

Social Intelligence

The Leadership Style of Jesus Christ

Top Leadership Qualities/Skills That Make Good Leaders

Why You Should Hire Employees with Emotional Intelligence

You Can’t Manage What You Don’t Know

Part 6
Thinking and Problem Solving

13 Elements of a Great Strategy

Accurate Thinking & Problem Solving

Biblical Principles in Making Decisions

Big Picture Thinking

Differential Diagnosis

Engaging Possibility Thinking

Essence of Genius

Every Problem Has a Limited Life Span

It’s Got to be Somewhere, So Keep Looking

Let Sleeping Dogs Lie

Peter’s Law’s

Reframing Your Thoughts

Questions to Ask Before Any Changes

Sometimes Doing Nothing Is The Best Advice

Stay The Course

System Thinking

Thinking Like Sherlock Homes

When You Have More Questions

Vision and Faith

Part 7
Time Honored Virtues & Personal Development for Leaders

9 Noble Virtues

27 Principles of Taoism

Battle between Good and Evil

Choices

Make a Difference

Not My Circus Not My Monkeys

Persistence Usually Pays Off

Promises

The Aesirian Code of Nine

The Bushido Code

The Knights’ Code of Chivalry

Self-Reliance

Virtues

We Didn’t Do Anything Today, We’ll Have to Give Them Hell Tomorrow