alignment Archives - Jeff Nischwitz

Culture Killers

May 10, 2018 Leave a Comment

Everyone’s talking about it, but few are building it. Everyone says they want it, but few are willing to commit to it. Everyone thinks they have it, but few actually do. Yes, I’m talking about culture – more specifically, a culture by design. One truth about culture is that unless […]

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Mime Your Leadership

June 16, 2017 Leave a Comment

What if you could not speak? What if you could not communicate with words? What if you chose not to use words to communicate and, instead, limited your communication to actions and gestures? What if you chose to mime your leadership? It may sound crazy, but miming your leadership would […]

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The Leadership Gap

August 2, 2016 Leave a Comment

As I look around the world (in businesses, in teams, in communities, in families, and in relationships), I see an urgent need for leadership—or at least for a new type of leadership. With all the challenges we’re facing in our world, I’m firmly committed to leadership as the solution. When […]

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What’s Your Single Standard of Conduct?

April 6, 2016 Leave a Comment

Today’s reality is that people want to believe that they can maintain and even promote two different personas – most often, one for personal life and one for professional. I’ve always maintained that there is no such thing – that there’s one you and that the core of you shows […]

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Be Impeccable!

March 24, 2016 Leave a Comment

Believe it or not, I’m a simple guy – at least in my thinking. I like to keep things simple in how I think and how I live. Part of that simplicity involves how I look at my own behavior and the behavior of others. Another part applies to how […]

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Unmasking Integrity

January 7, 2016 Leave a Comment

Integrity is a big word and certainly a bigger concept. It’s one that’s often talked about and aspired to, but I’m not sure it’s often understood (at least not with any kind of common language or understanding). I rarely (if ever) meet someone that wants to be outside of integrity […]

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What Would You Tell Your Children?©

May 14, 2015 Leave a Comment

A reality of life and business is that we must make decisions – every day, big and small decisions determine our outcomes. With this reality in mind, we are constantly seeking methods, strategies and tactics for making better decisions to improve our outcomes. For all of this wisdom, there’s one […]

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