October, 2012

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The 12 Toughest Challenges of Leadership

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The challenges of leadership are inside leaders. Stop blaming organizations and others for your shortfalls and failures. Take the bull by the horns. You are the bull. The 12 Toughest Challenges of Leadership: Humility during success. Confidence during setbacks. Stepping back so others can step up. Putting plans into action – Follow through. Experience shows [.].

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10 Reasons Leaders Fail, Plus One

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“The arrogance of success is to think that what you did yesterday will be sufficient for tomorrow.” William Pollard Organizations fail because leaders fail and leaders fail because they: Stop learning. Don’t build the team. Can’t collaborate. Won’t adapt. Won’t delegate. Assume. Blame. Lack focus. Don’t communicate. Don’t plan. Adapted from contributions on Facebook (10/16/12).

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Overcoming the Reason People Resist Change

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“In a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.” Warren Buffett Talking about change is easy, acceptable, even exciting. Talking and executing are two different things. Change becomes real when we have to change our own attitudes and behaviors, not until. The wrong picture: Change movements [.].

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8 Powerful Ways to Inspire Courage in Others

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The past is the future, apart from courage and perseverance. Success is persistently taking the next step. Taking the next step takes courage. “You will never do anything in this world without courage” Aristotle “In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm… in the real world all rests on perseverance.” Goethe The [.].

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The Seven Powers of Powerful Questions

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Questions are the most powerful statements you make. Questions expose. Your questions tell me who you are. Questions invite thought. Answers end thought. Questions enlighten. “It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question,” Decouvertes. Questions overcome resistance. People naturally question statements. On the other hand, ask an honest question and people lean in. [.].

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How to Quickly End Useless Meetings

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More lying happens in meetings than any other place in your organization. Most lies are lies of silence. In meetings, silence isn’t consent, its cowardice, self-interest, manipulation, or political expediency. Honesty, more than anything else, transforms meetings. Truth-telling ends useless meetings. When there’s more honesty in the “meeting after the meeting,” excellence is a myth.

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Letting Go of the 12 Behaviors Holding You Back

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12 Behaviors that always hold leaders back: Avoiding. Avoiding is the path to mediocrity. Copying others and loosing you. Copying others is useful when it aligns with your strengths. When it doesn’t align, it creates stress, pressure, frustration, and failure. Over thinking and under acting; stressing preparation over execution. Most organizations plan well and execute poorly. [.].

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