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Pete Rooks

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Revolutionizing mindsets, skillsets, and strategy in the relentless pursuit of excellence. Husband-Dad-Brother-Friend-Soldier-Optimist

 Vancouver, WA
Joined June 2011
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How do you make problems visible? #problemsolving #leadership smartbrief.com/original/make…
Make problems visible

Make problems visible

When you make problems visible, it's difficult for leaders to ignore them, writes Paul Thornton.

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4 leadership approaches that consistently drive positive change #leadership smartbrief.com/original/4-le…
4 leadership approaches that create positive change

4 leadership approaches that create positive change

Leadership comes in all shapes and sizes, writes Paul Thornton, who breaks down four typical styles and how to develop them.

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Are you deliberately building teams around these six essential elements? #communication #systems #trust #feedback #reflection #leadership chiefexecutive.net/the-power…
The Power Of The Pull: How Great Teams Share The Load

The Power Of The Pull: How Great Teams Share The Load

Great teams aren’t powered by solo heroes—they win when people over-communicate under pressure, drop the ego and rotate in and out of the lead so the whole system can move faster together.

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5 traits that set the best leaders apart #questions #connection #learn #adapt #do #credit #leadership insight.kellogg.northwestern…
5 Traits That Set the Best Leaders Apart

5 Traits That Set the Best Leaders Apart

A former CEO and current executive coach discusses the tendencies of these high performers, including sharing credit and ignoring shiny objects.

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What does professionalism mean to you? #professionalism #leadership sloanreview.mit.edu/article/…
Redefine What ‘Professionalism’ Means | MIT Sloan Management Review

Redefine What ‘Professionalism’ Means | MIT Sloan Management Review

Professional norms aren’t universal. Take steps to identify those driving — or hindering — your organization’s success.

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3 focus areas to trun high performers into high performing teams #support #accountability #excellence #leadership chiefexecutive.net/turning-h…
Turning High Performers Into High-Performing Teams

Turning High Performers Into High-Performing Teams

By nurturing collaboration and its subfactors, you unlock the full potential of people, creating not just a culture of performance but one of shared success.

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5 conversations your new leaders need to have #leadership #coaching chiefexecutive.net/5-coachin…
5 Coaching Conversations Every New Manager Needs

5 Coaching Conversations Every New Manager Needs

In the first 90 days, the right conversations matter more than most new managers realize—and CEOs play a critical role in making sure they happen.

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Do you have the discipline to keep the main thing the main thing? #essential #leadership smartbrief.com/original/why-…
Why leaders abandon what works

Why leaders abandon what works

As business landscapes shift it takes a lot of discipline for leaders to keep the main the main thing, writes Katy Myers Allis.

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7 ways to build #leadership #adaptability and #adaptability smartbrief.com/original/7-wa…
7 ways to build leadership awareness and adaptability

7 ways to build leadership awareness and adaptability

Cultivating awareness and adaptability can help you become a better leader, write Suzie Bishop and Sam Shriver, who offer 7 strategies.

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Trust is a product of delegation and built through 3 things #clarity #expectation #consistency #leadership #delegation smartbrief.com/original/lear…
Learn to trust your team

Learn to trust your team

When you take time to build team trust, your people develop the skills they need to free you up to do your job better, writes Naphtali Hoff.

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5 practical ways to create clarity #leadership #clarity smartbrief.com/original/5-wa…
5 ways confident leaders create clarity

5 ways confident leaders create clarity

Create the clarity your teams need by using direct language and defining expectations, writes Joel Garfinkle.

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3 ways to build effective leadership resilience that creates success #reality #optimism #meaning #leadership #success smartbrief.com/original/how-…
How to build effective leadership resilience that creates success

How to build effective leadership resilience that creates success

Leaders can build resilience by facing reality honestly and maintaining realistic optimism grounded in action, writes LaRae Quy.

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"We are all equally responsible for the future’s success. That is why optimism really matters" ~ Karl Popper #leadership #optimism #future #success mckinsey.com/featured-insigh…
The case for optimism in uncertain times

The case for optimism in uncertain times

Optimism and long-term optimism can illuminate how abundance, progress, and economic growth continue to emerge amid uncertainty.

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Be yourself, only better every day #improvement #leadership blog.gembaacademy.com/2026/0…
Everyone Improving Every Day

Everyone Improving Every Day

Improvement Learning, Improved.

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10 reflective questions to get out of your own way #success #coaching #leadership smartbrief.com/original/the-…
The 10 mental traps that sabotage your success

The 10 mental traps that sabotage your success 

Self-sabotage can keep you stuck in defeating patterns, but Amber Johnson offers self-reflection questions to break through the patterns.

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Thoughts on embracing AI-augmented employee growth and performance #Ai #leadership chiefexecutive.net/to-surviv…
To Survive AI, Your Employees Must Evolve ASAP

To Survive AI, Your Employees Must Evolve ASAP

Helping your people become value creators and growth drivers using AI‑augmented insight is the only way for your company to win from here. Some thoughts on how to do it.

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7 core capabilities of crisis management #contingency #clarity #coordination #compassion #confrontation #control #continuity #leadership
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Leaders create the environment for success and develop people and teams #leadership entrepreneur.com/leadership/…
This Navy SEAL Commander Says Leaders Aren't Born or Made — They're Chosen Based on One Thing

This Navy SEAL Commander Says Leaders Aren't Born or Made — They're Chosen Based on One Thing

We asked a retired special operations leader about what makes effective leadership. His answer challenges everything you think you know about who gets to lead.

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Effective change involves three specific roles #sponsor #leader #change #champion #leadership smartbrief.com/original/impl…
Implementing change successfully: What leaders must get right

Implementing change successfully: What leaders must get right

Effective change depends on clear roles, an understanding of the target group and a strong project team, writes Paul Thornton.

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Performance does not speak for itself. People do. #performance #visibility #leadership smartbrief.com/original/perf…
Performance doesn’t speak for itself. Visibility does.

Performance doesn’t speak for itself. Visibility does.

If your job performance is great, but your boss doesn't see it, that could hamper your career, writes Joel Garfinkle, who offers advice on being more visible.

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