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Phil Cole

Jul 21
2 min

How to Fix the "Say Something Nice" Icebreaker

Here's how to fix the standard icebreaker question, "Say something nice about another person."

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Phil Cole

Feb 13
5 min

The Tub - a Metaphor of Concept Development

As I mentioned before, when I asked people to define leadership, many of the definitions included what I came to call “the three Ts”. Whe...

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Phil Cole

Oct 14, 2019
3 min

The Moment of Learning

The moment of learning is not when we read the idea or when we try it out for the first time, or even the moment when we think about it i...

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Phil Cole

Oct 10, 2019
2 min

This is how your boss got to be a leader. And it sucks. Do better.

This sounds crazy, but we aren’t born knowing anything about leadership. Go ahead and argue with me about nature vs. nurture and all of t...

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Phil Cole

Sep 25, 2019
3 min

Natural Leaders vs. Actual Leaders

Natural leader probably isn't right term. It made you think of someone who's just plain good at something. And some people seem to be nat...

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Phil Cole

Sep 23, 2019
2 min

The Fourth "T" - TASKS

There is one additional thing that leadership is not. It’s a “T” word as well, but it’s a bit different that the other three. This is bec...

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Phil Cole

Sep 5, 2019
5 min

Learning as an Adult - the Adult Experiential Learning Cycle

Learning occurs only when a person changes his or her behavior. That's the end goal, the only measurement that matters. So what does that...

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Phil Cole

Aug 30, 2019
1 min

Applying the Definition: Scheduling

I love to talk about leadership as this abstract thing. But I also know that getting to the real world is critical - the only thing that ...

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Phil Cole

Aug 29, 2019
2 min

What we already know - musings on authoritarianism

The Washington Post reviewed "The Harpers Perennial Resistance Library", a collection of famous writings about humanity swinging between ...

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Phil Cole

Aug 28, 2019
2 min

Organizational change is the intersection between vision and relationships.

HBR had a great article about organizational change strategies. You can read it here. The reason these strategies are effective is becaus...

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Phil Cole

Aug 28, 2019
3 min

Somebody made a mistake. Should you get mad?

Mistakes happen, and we’re often told that the most important thing is how we respond when they do. However, there’s something we need to...

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Phil Cole

Apr 16, 2019
5 min

Visualize leadership in the real world. What do you see?

What do you actually see in the real world when someone is “doing” leadership? It looks a group of people performing tasks together. That...

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Phil Cole

Apr 11, 2019
2 min

Stop feeling bad about your mistakes — turn them into learning.

Yesterday’s HBR daily management tip was about how to avoid ruminating about your mistakes — thinking about them over and over, and then ...

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Phil Cole

Mar 25, 2019
3 min

REVIEWED: Known (Mark W. Schaefer)

Yup, this one is going on The List. “Known: The Handbook for Building and Unleashing Your Personal Brand in the Digital Age” by Mark W. S...

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Phil Cole

Mar 20, 2019
3 min

TACTICS (The Three Ts Series)

(TACTICS is the fourth article in our series about the three Ts. If you haven’t read the series introduction or about TITLE or TRAITS, th...

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Phil Cole

Mar 18, 2019
3 min

TRAITS (The Three Ts Series)

(TRAITS is the third article in our series about the three Ts. If you haven’t read the introduction or about TITLE, the first T, you migh...

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Phil Cole

Mar 11, 2019
4 min

TITLES (The Three Ts Series)

(This is the second article in a series on “the three Ts”, the things that are not leadership. If you missed the intro article, check it ...

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Phil Cole

Mar 6, 2019
3 min

Do you know what leadership is not? (The Three Ts Series)

ReDefine is all about starting at the basics – the definition of leadership – and building from that to the actions, the actual visible t...

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Phil Cole

Nov 27, 2018
4 min

START HERE

New to Re:Define and our unique approach to leadership? This is the place to start. First, let me tell you a few things that leadership i...

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Phil Cole

Nov 17, 2018
3 min

Leadership Theories Are Dangerous

There are thousands of books on leadership. There are even more videos on YouTube, articles in journals, and experts offering training cl...

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Ready to redefine leadership?

Ready to redefine leadership?

How to Fix the "Say Something Nice" Icebreaker

The Tub - a Metaphor of Concept Development

The Moment of Learning

This is how your boss got to be a leader. And it sucks. Do better.

Natural Leaders vs. Actual Leaders

The Fourth "T" - TASKS

Learning as an Adult - the Adult Experiential Learning Cycle

Applying the Definition: Scheduling

What we already know - musings on authoritarianism

Organizational change is the intersection between vision and relationships.

Somebody made a mistake. Should you get mad?

Visualize leadership in the real world. What do you see?

Stop feeling bad about your mistakes — turn them into learning.

REVIEWED: Known (Mark W. Schaefer)

TACTICS (The Three Ts Series)

TRAITS (The Three Ts Series)

TITLES (The Three Ts Series)

Do you know what leadership is not? (The Three Ts Series)

START HERE

Leadership Theories Are Dangerous