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9 by 9 Solutions Archive Posts

Leadership Nugget #21: So You Think You Know Talent

Doug WilsonApr 12, 20161 min read

Overqualified: Having more education, training, or experience than is required for a job or position. Dictionary.com Underqualified: Insufficiently qualified for a particular job. http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/underqualified Question:…

Leadership Nugget #20: The Intersection Where Direction, Commitment, Excellence and Meaning Meet

Doug WilsonApr 11, 201610 min read

Tried employee engagement and it did not work? Held company picnics, college sweatshirt and employee appreciation days and not getting a long-term impact to the…

Leadership Nugget #22: Is Competition An Effective Workplace Motivational Approach?

Doug WilsonApr 10, 20168 min read

Competition is good! Competition is bad! At some point in every leader’s careers he or she will have to decide whether or not to use…

Leadership Nugget #19: Is Consistently Bad Leadership Better Than Sporadically Great Leadership?

Doug WilsonApr 8, 20165 min read

Transparency is often defined as the responsibility of the leader to make information, data and even thinking available to employees. But there is another aspect…

Leadership Nuggets #18 : What We Have Here Is A Failure To Communicate (And It’s Getting Worse)!

Doug WilsonApr 6, 20165 min read

Have To Share Bad News? Call In Sick! A new survey conducted by Harris Poll with 2,058 U.S. adults — 1,120 of them were employed,…

Leadership Nugget #17 : A Fable About Teaching And Coaching

Doug WilsonApr 6, 20162 min read

I once heard the story of a young preacher who was given his first assignment, a small country church. The young minister was simultaneously excited…