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What do you meme?® Shocking reactions from "Triangle Factory" workers ... which one are you?

Introducing our new series on memes that are going viral with employees--and have something to say about their engagement and your leadership.
How informed are your workers? If they are not proactive about getting informed ... are you the reason? 
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LISTENER UPDATE: Never assume people want to win as much as you do, part 2

Are you too arrogant to delegate?
"One of our two listeners" had a great follow-up to Mike's story about the managers who weren't interested in winning. And Mike has a follow-up to what happened with that client.  
(FYI, Dow leads an amazing dojo called The Way Karate ... so clearly he gets our "Dow-ist"/Taoist joke.) 
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Roleplay works: Mark coaches his kids to cold-call for the Country Ham Auction

Sales training: It's never too early! Mark shares how his kids prepared for the 4-H Country Ham Project. Roleplaying cold calls helped them earn big money. But there is a bigger agenda at play ... are you making use of it in your training? 
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Author Chris Hunsicker: How to gain a non-duplicatable competitive advantage

Do you suffer from Mood-Dependent Excellence? Do you know why your back-to-basics meeting won't solve your problems? Do you understand the difference between training and coaching? 
Chris Hunsicker joins Mike again to unpack a chapter of his book, "Unstoppable Culture: A Step-by-Step Guide to Create a Relentless, Results-Driven, High-Performing Team." 
Grab a pen--lots of practical tips in this episode! 
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How to write a book (or accomplish pretty much anything)

Our friend and mentor, Chris Hunsicker, travels the globe helping clients transform organizational culture and leadership. And he just published a book that captures many of the principles and tools he shares: "Unstoppable Culture: A Step-by-Step Guide to Create a Relentless, Results-Driven, High-Performing Team"
Chris shares how he wrote it--and how you can use the process (structure, tiny habits and more) to accomplish anything. 
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Leading in crisis--and a plot twist

The CDK shutdown: A crisis so big it impacted the GDP. Mike and Mark watched a firm not just survive but thrive, thanks to five key behaviors. 
And it turns out there is a plot twist involved. 
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The fall of BeReal and the rise of Dave & Buster's gambling: Four ways to engage an online, overly stimulated workforce

We are always online, always stimulated. Apps that attempt authentic experience fail ... but your phone can alert you to gamble on Dave & Buster's games. (You read that correctly.) 
How can your employee experience engage such online, overly stimulated workers? There are four keys. ... 
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Never assume that people want to win as much as you do

"You know, we're just not reaching that guy." -Gary Larson's The Far Side
Mike shares the story of a client who had a huge opportunity to take sales and performance to the next level. He did all the right things ... why weren't his people doing the right things?
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It's a dog-eat-dog world--right?

A classic American novel spells out the philosophy that many have in the workplace. If your workplace struggles with politics, retaliations and victimhood, Mike and Mark have a reset. 
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"We're always talking" is not good enough: The five conversations that drive performance

Mike and Mark have heard it before: "We're always coaching around here." What if we told you that talking isn't necessarily coaching? And that there are five different types of talks you must have in order to drive performance?
Your hosts reveal Gallup's clear findings in this episode. 
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