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Why Corporate Cultures Fight Change

LeaderPerfect Blog and Commentary Posted on February 28, 2022 by Mike ArmourJune 27, 2025

Trying to change an entrenched corporate culture presents a daunting challenge. Corporate culture is notoriously slow to change. And it often fights back at every step of the way. Here’s why. A primary function of culture is to maintain stability … Continue reading →

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Is Trust Endangered in Your Organization?

LeaderPerfect Blog and Commentary Posted on November 15, 2019 by Mike ArmourJune 27, 2025

To determine the strength of trust within an organization, simply assess the degree to which fear and anxiety are part of the culture. Neurologically, trust cannot flourish in the face of pronounced fear or extreme anxiety.

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What Was Truly Revolutionary about the American Revolution

LeaderPerfect Blog and Commentary Posted on July 4, 2019 by Mike ArmourJune 27, 2025

I’m writing this blog on July 4, the day on which our nation celebrates the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the revolution which followed. But none of these follow-on revolutions had the staying power of the American Revolution. … Continue reading →

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Change Management: What’s the Most Vital Element?

LeaderPerfect Blog and Commentary Posted on August 30, 2018 by Mike ArmourJune 27, 2025

For management, few challenges are more daunting than implementing wholesale change. Yet, in today’s fast-changing world, few management teams can evade such challenges. What compounds the difficulty of effective change management is that it involves so many variables. And the … Continue reading →

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Collaboration: Can You Have Too Much?

LeaderPerfect Blog and Commentary Posted on August 20, 2018 by Mike ArmourAugust 23, 2021

For decades now we’ve been told that collaboration is critical to enhanced performance, creativity, and productivity. Managers have been encouraged to shift from authoritarian styles of management toward more collaborative approaches. Creating Collaborative Space A similar shift has been underway … Continue reading →

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Achieving Excellence: A Four-Pronged Approach

LeaderPerfect Blog and Commentary Posted on April 7, 2017 by Mike ArmourJanuary 26, 2025

Have you ever known an organization which listed “mediocrity” as one of its core values? Probably not. On the other hand, you can easily find hundreds of organizations who include “excellence” in their core values. That being the case, why … Continue reading →

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Delegation and Dysfunction

LeaderPerfect Blog and Commentary Posted on August 21, 2013 by Mike ArmourAugust 22, 2018

Failure to delegate properly is a fundamental cause of organizational dysfunction. Most commonly this type of dysfunction rears its ugly head in one of four ways. First is insufficient (or even non-existent) delegation. In this case delegation is so limited … Continue reading →

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How Leaders Use the Past to Shape the Future

LeaderPerfect Blog and Commentary Posted on July 14, 2013 by Mike ArmourJune 27, 2025

Recently I asked an audience, “How well do you manage your past?” It’s a strange question on the surface. After all, the past is past. There’s not much we can do to manage it. Viewed from another perspective, however, the … Continue reading →

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Leadership and Millennials

LeaderPerfect Blog and Commentary Posted on November 6, 2012 by Mike ArmourJune 27, 2025

  In the November 2012 issue of Inc Magazine Jeremy Quittner offers an intriguing summary of strategies that companies are using successfully to engage and motivate Millennials. This generation of workers prefers electronic communication — email, instant messaging, and video … Continue reading →

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Maximize Your Influence as a Leader

LeaderPerfect Blog and Commentary Posted on November 4, 2012 by Mike ArmourSeptember 18, 2019

Leadership has little to do with holding a particular title or position. Leadership is about wielding influence. The function of leadership is to rally people around a common purpose, then motivate them and mobilize them to achieve it. Leaders succeed … Continue reading →

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