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Use Your Talent in Business as Your Greatest Competitive Edge

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Hi, I'm Bill Gluth. This lens is all about uncovering and unleashing your unique talent in business. It's been a long and often winding road for me, personally. But thought it all, I've found that discovering your talent in business and telling that "story" to a group of people who have reason to care is the shortest path to becoming unique in a commodity driven world.

 

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Share stories

Use them to build bonds and strengthen ties between tribe members.35 points

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Be the Example

Walk the walk and talk the talk...people only follow those who take their own advice and show they mean what they say.32 points

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Create a goal

Define something people want to rally around achieving31 points

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Celebrate Accomplishment

Reward tribal milestones or goals reached, whether collective or that of a tribal individual, with shared praise and/or a small physical gift of appreciation30 points

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Build the Story of the Tribe. Set the Vision

Define the tribe's journey, goals, interactions, future, and how teamwork will get them where they want to go in a story that epitomizes what the tribe is about. Weave every person, skill, and resource into the story.30 points

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Lead with Passion

Show them you are there because you want to be not because you have to.28 points

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Listen Carefully

As well as speaking have a strong ear for what the group is saying. Trust that the tribe knows what it needs to grow.26 points

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Be Authentic

Phoney is as phoney does.
Show how genuine you really are.25 points

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Introduce Tribe Members to Each Other

Listen, Learn & Introduce people to each other. Make connecting people a priority. One of the biggest fears in life is rejection. If you can help eliminate that fear you are helping somebody.23 points

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Create exclusivity

Don't invite everyone to the tribe. Just leaders or influential people, or those with something tangible to add.23 points

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Invent rituals

Summer camps do it. So does organized religion. Great corporations have their own lingo, their own culture. How you speak and the totems and daily rituals build connection.22 points

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Empower Members....

Suggest types of activities/projects that would 'advance the tribe' thereby giving the tribe members a method to feel empowered and responsible. And, then hold them responsible.20 points

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Educate

Educate your tribe to help them see things in ways they never imagined. Use simple concepts to help them understand complicated ones. Break things down and explain what is under the hood. They'll be forever grateful someone took the time to do this for them.18 points

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Identify the shared values that unite the tribe

When people share a common set of values it can galvanise a tribe to achieve its goals. The process of identifying the tribe's values can involve people, reinforce the role of the leader and also helps build the tribe's identity.16 points

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Give Peoples' Lives Meaning

Have tribal goals that enrich peoples' lives and give them more meaning15 points

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