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By Sharon Virts Mozer “I can’t be involved in 50 or 75 things. That’s a Noah’s Ark way of investing – you end up with a zoo that way. I like to put meaningful amounts of money in a few things.” – Warren Buffett Effective leadership focuses on doing a few things right.  Trying to do too much is a recipe for failure. As Warren Buffet rightfully points out, a leader who is chasing many [...]

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by Sharon Virts Mozer “I've learned that mistakes can often be as good a teacher as success.” ~ former General Electric CEO Jack Welch  Psychologist Tony Greenwald’s 1980 article in the journal American Psychologist article cited some amusing examples of what psychologists call the self-serving bias – the tendency to see ourselves as responsible for our successes, but to see other people or the circumstances as responsible for our failures.   The San Francisco Sunday [...]

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by Sharon Virts Mozer Two sons worked for their father on the family farm.  For years, the younger brother Tommy had been given more responsibility and more reward than his older brother Terry.  One day the frustrated older brother confronted his father, demanding that he explain the unequal treatment. The father said, "First, son, go next door to the Kelly's farm and see if they have any geese for sale – we need to add [...]

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by Sharon Virts Mozer "Companies that create the future do more than satisfy customers; they constantly amaze them." — Gary Hamel and C.K. Prahalad, Competing for the Future Every day, our team at FCi Federal works hard to bring new levels of value and service to our customers.  When we do so, we aren’t just creating value and service; we are actually creating a new future for our customers and for our company. Creating the [...]

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by Sharon Virts Mozer At FCi Federal, we put a premium on teamwork.   Everything we accomplish for our federal agency customers is done in the context of tight teams focused on both efficiency and effectiveness.  Obviously, teams are critical to every organization’s success; they set strategies, generate ideas for new products and solve problems. Given their importance, why do so many people complain about their teams? If you ask Patrick Lencioni, it is because [...]

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By Sharon Virts Mozer During times of challenge, what sets successful organizations apart is the quality of its leadership. Over the past several months, our company has experience explosive growth that has challenged almost every corner of our organization, from our payroll department and our HR team to our operations units both at Corporate and in the field.  Our success in responding to these challenges comes down to the ability of our executives, managers and [...]

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