Leadership And Team Development

admin on April 14th, 2009

Scott Kress is an accomplished mountaineer, keynote speaker and President of both Summit Training and Frontier Team Building.

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admin on January 8th, 2013

Most organizations have a Vision and Purpose, but few use them to their full potential.

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admin on January 4th, 2013

Building an effective team is, once again, largely the job of the leader in the sense that he or she initiates, drives and monitors the process.

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admin on December 17th, 2012

The world is changing at an alarming pace. You need to respond thoughtfully and creatively in step with or, ideally, ahead of the changes.

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admin on December 13th, 2012

Great leaders are very conscious in their approach and use what we at Summit Training call the “Deliberate Success” approach.

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admin on December 12th, 2012

People who are good at planning can uncover what needs to be done, who needs to do it, how long it will take and what resources will be required.

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scottkress on November 27th, 2012

“Motivating others is complex and challenging. Some of us are more naturally gifted at it than others, but it is a deliberate skill and we can all learn to be better at it.”

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admin on November 26th, 2012

“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”

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admin on November 16th, 2012

… as the Western business world loses its hold on manufacturing and such commodity skills as computer programming and accounting, we need to move back to our creative and developmental mind sets.

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admin on November 13th, 2012

90% of all decisions made by middle managers and above are ambiguous.

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