Leadership Freak
AUGUST 25, 2011
Image source No trust – - no leadership. You can coerce without trust but positive influence thrives on the foundation of trust. Losing influence is easy because losing trust is incredibly easy. Trust and respect: It takes more than honesty to preserve trust; you must show respect. People stop trusting you when you disrespect them, [.].
Leadership Freak
AUGUST 20, 2011
Some think giving too much praise makes people lazy and indulgent. They’ll settle into the notion your organization is lucky to have them. Choose praise points carefully. Praise creates culture. You get what you praise. Saying, “great job,” celebrates a completion and allows recipients to define “great.” Praising completions makes people feel they’ve arrived.
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Leadership Freak
AUGUST 22, 2011
Office politicians make themselves look good while making others look bad. “Create environments where people believe they will be honored,” Doug Conant. I recall a meeting where an office politician made a member of the team look incompetent. They subtly pointed out a Director’s mistake – who wasn’t present – while demonstrating their own competence. [.].
Leadership Freak
AUGUST 23, 2011
Image source Leadership principles that work the best change us the most. Trouble is leadership is situational. That’s why many principles work in one context but not another. I ask Doug Conant, retired CEO of Campbell’s Soup, to share the universal leadership principle that most changed him. The genius of “and”: Doug said moving from [.].
Leadership Freak
AUGUST 26, 2011
Image source It’s not unusual for emerging leaders to seek advice on how to ask for a promotion. It’s not enough to ask for a promotion. You must build a platform. 5 techniques you should never employ: Avoid being a threat to insecure bosses. If possible, help them get what they want. Never say you [.].
Leadership Freak
AUGUST 24, 2011
You aren’t the future. The passion, potential, and skills of your team are the future of your organization. Vision cast until the cows come home but others make it happen. Organizations don’t rise above their leaders. Leaders never rise above the leveraged potential of their teams. It’s always about the people. Your future is black [.].
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