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Leaders without vision are caretakers.  Leaders with vision are movers and shakers. 1.  Yea, and ... vs.  Yes, but... Using and in your response creates a how-and-why dialogue.  It opens the door to ideas.  But means no and blocks the conversation from becoming all it could be. 2.  Break the pattern. Everyone has a daily routine that engages autopilot thinking .  Changing that routine will make you uncomfortable , but it can also help you see and react to things differently .  As you become comfortable with the new routine, change it , you need to stay uncomfortable . 3.  Powerful questions. There are pointed questions and leading questions.  Pointed ones get people thinking; leading ones generate the responses you expect . 4.  Appreciative inquiry. By discovering what's going well and the why behind it, you can share the information with others who may be able to use it to produce better outcomes and minimize problems.   Ditto when something goes awr

New details on Equifax hack

Email addresses and tax ID, phone numbers also exposed, firm says The Equifax data breach exposed more of consumers' personal information than the company first disclosed last year, according to documents given to lawmakers. The credit reporting company announced in September that the personal information of 145.5 million consumers had been compromised in a data breach.  It originally said that the information accessed included names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and - in some cases - driver's license and credit card numbers.  It also said the personal information from thousands of dispute documents was exposed. However, Atlanta-based Equifax Inc. recently disclosed in a document submitted to the Senate Banking Committee, which was shared with The Associated Press, that a forensic investigation found criminals accessed other information from company records.  That included tax identification numbers, email addresses and phone numbers. Finer detail