W. Brent Barron, CEO of NGAGE, pens this guest post. N-Gage is NGAGE is a professional sales organization with vast experience in sales, alternate channels, marketing and business intelligence. Change is hard. Especially when you’re leading it. It’s no secret that uncertainty and ambiguity comprise the new normal for today’s leaders. Although it’s tempting to simply…
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Keep readingAlthough motivation is a perennial leadership topic, actually making it happen can be a challenge for leaders. For instance, I learned early on in my leadership walk that my attempts at motivation were short-lived (at best). The better idea was to seek to understand what it was that motivated my people then work to establish an environment for those…
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