Leadership Freak
SEPTEMBER 23, 2011
Timid people achieve less than bold people. Boldness builds the future. Fear stalls progress and congeals the past. Fear is survival mode. Boldness is opportunity mode. 4 Ways to Build Boldness: Prepare people for future challenges with training. Provide mentors. Celebrate mistakes caused by boldness. Most importantly instill people with hope. Don’t press timid people [.].
Leadership Freak
SEPTEMBER 20, 2011
Yesterday, I led a seminar that began with a discussion of leaders the group admired and why. The conversation was worthwhile and predictable. Everyone admires leaders who possess passion, courage, insight, integrity, vision, and the list goes on. No one ever says: There’s an essential leadership quality that never makes the list. Great leaders need, [.].
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Leadership Freak
SEPTEMBER 18, 2011
Vision creates emotional passion. Passion, on the other hand, doesn’t create vision. Expressing emotional passion with those who don’t share your vision creates skeptics not followers. Emotional passion won’t get people on board: I just landed in Philadelphia Airport from Williamsport, PA. The commuter flight takes about fifty minutes. I watched the pilot walk through the [.].
Leadership Freak
SEPTEMBER 22, 2011
There are limits; it’s dangerous to believe otherwise. Benefit: Accepting limits enables peak performance. For example, cars are designed for peak efficiency while running within a limited rpm range. Dangers: Surpassing limits lowers performance. The more frequently you exceed limits the sooner you fail. The further from boundaries the more devastating the failure – think [.].
Leadership Freak
SEPTEMBER 19, 2011
Repost of a favorite: How do you want others to feel when they are around you? Like you are smart or like they are smart? Like they have great ideas or like you have great ideas? Like they are stars or like you are a star? One of the best things One of the best [.].
Leadership Freak
SEPTEMBER 21, 2011
The pursuit of excellence turns ugly when it makes you negative and critical. There’s a thin line between reaching high and negativity. Furthermore, turning the critical light inward is dangerous. During a recent seminar a leader asked, “What do you do when you remember all the things you’ve done wrong and forget the good.” I [.].
Leadership Freak
SEPTEMBER 17, 2011
I know one of our region’s most gifted relationship builders, everyone knows him. I remember the day he taught me a valuable lesson. Build connections by letting people do things for you. I regularly have coffee with “Joe” – not his real name. One morning I offered to buy Joe a cup of coffee. I [.].
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