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Who Wrote the Screenplay for Your Life?

Posted on February 21, 2012 by paulheagen

Most of us live scripted lives, whether we know it or not. What makes us tick — or ticked? Why do we do what we do? Why do some things just roll off our back, while other things crank us … Continue reading →

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Turning Mirrors Into Windows – Getting a Clue About Why People Like You

Posted on February 13, 2012 by paulheagen

I like my brain. It works pretty well. I’ve had it all my life. Sometimes I and my brain get into arguments, but by and large, we get along really well. That’s the problem. What we think is our strongest … Continue reading →

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Getting Into the Habit of Disruption – how small breaks in the routine can lead to big change

Posted on February 2, 2012 by paulheagen

Well, it has been a little more than a month since the day when many people commit themselves to some kind of New Year’s resolution. How’s it going? If you are like most, not particularly well. I don’t make New … Continue reading →

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Honesty, clarity and … well, dog poops

Posted on December 19, 2011 by paulheagen

My wife and I had to put down our 14-year-old dog Sally last week. Some kind of neurological “event” where she clearly lost motor function and—likely—cognitive function. Maybe a stroke. Don’t know, but what we did know was that it … Continue reading →

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JoePa and the lost moral compass

Posted on November 9, 2011 by paulheagen

The Moral Compass. I was going to address this aspect of leadership in a couple of weeks as the third in my series on the essential areas of focus for the CEO, but perhaps … now is the right time. … Continue reading →

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The “simple” job of being a CEO

Posted on November 8, 2011 by paulheagen

I was having breakfast with a board chairman recently and we were tossing around our respective philosophies about the essential qualities of a CEO. While we each had our own list, what we kept coming back to was this notion … Continue reading →

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Stress testing the heart of leadership

Posted on October 31, 2011 by paulheagen

One of my best friends and longest-standing clients had a heart attack a month ago. Fortunately, he survived, thanks to a great team of doctors and a one-inch arterial stint standing by only a half mile away at a hospital. … Continue reading →

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The heart of leadership starts with your story

Posted on October 4, 2011 by paulheagen

I love “ah-ha” moments. We all do. We love the clarity, the sense of accomplishment, the burst of focus and energy that comes with them. Many of the “ah-ha” moments with my clients arrive when they realize the power of … Continue reading →

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What weighs more – the heart or the brain?

Posted on September 16, 2011 by paulheagen

My wife and I always enjoyed the early years of the TV show CSI – partly because they sometimes filmed scenes near our house in the Red Rock area of Las Vegas when we lived there back in 2000. Watching that … Continue reading →

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Vision Unplugged — How Steve Jobs Transformed Leadership

Posted on August 25, 2011 by paulheagen

I worked with Steve Wozniak back in the early ’80s to help produce a rock concert in San Bernardino, CA. He was a rumpled, disheveled, distracted genius who had lost sight of what to do with himself and his brainiac … Continue reading →

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