Top Leadership Digital Leadership Marketing Content for October, 2016

7 Do’s and Don’ts for Getting the Most From the Smartest People in the Building

Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Isolated leaders are the dumbest people in the building. A nameplate on the door and a title after your name doesn’t make you smarter than people with dirt under their fingernails.

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Tippy-Toe Leaders and Other Dysfunctional Problem-Solvers

Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 3, 2016

We might be able to fake leadership in breezy weather, but dark seas are bright lights. The way you deal with problems is more important than the problems themselves. 3 dysfunctional problem-solvers: #1. Tippy-toe leaders.

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One Essential Key To Becoming a Better Leader

Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 5, 2016

You don’t become a better leader by thinking about becoming a better leader. You become a better leader by test driving untested behaviors. Lead a meeting in a new way.

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10 Simple Strategies to Improve Performance Conversations and Change Trajectory

Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Many teams are afraid to discuss the source of success – performance. 10 reasons performance conversations suck: The dynamic is from superior to inferior, rather than partnership.

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How to Break Free From ‘Establishment-Thinking’ and Win Like a Startup

Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 4, 2016

‘Establishment-thinking’ slows leaders and organizations to a safe crawl. What would you do if you were just starting your business? Love your customers like you just won them.

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Solution Saturday: Crying, Anger, and Gossip

Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 8, 2016

Dear Dan, How do you give feedback and not be offensive? There are some people I work with who would gladly take on feedback.

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How Curiosity is the Answer for Arrogance

Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 31, 2016

The risk of self-development is getting sucked into your self when leadership is actually about serving others. Above all, humility is a practice that centers on serving others. The risk of self-development is best seen in the context of humility. Once you attain humility, you lose it.

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Succeeding with the Biggest Challenge of Leadership

Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Decisiveness becomes judgmentalism when you make decisions based on assumptions. The danger of being decisive is the tendency to make quick decisions about others that limit their potential and hinder relationships.

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How to Make Good Judgements and Not be Judgmental

Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Good judgement expands the future, but being judgmental: Wrecks relationships. Diminishes talent. De-motivates teammates. Disengages employees. The difference between good judgement and being judgmental is assumption. #1.

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A Single Transformational Question

Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 25, 2016

One of the great gifts you give team members is opportunity to reflect on their journey. “Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.” Peter Drucker Leaders energize teams when they help team members bring their best selves to work.

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Solution Saturday: Witness to Sniping and B*tching

Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 22, 2016

Dear Dan, I work in a place where I witness sniping and b*tching all the time about how the boss is hidden away, or has no leadership skills, or how others aren’t doing… Continue reading →

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6 Secrets Wise Leaders Know About the Power of Delegating

Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 21, 2016

The ability to delegate is the power to build a future bigger than yourself. 6 secrets wise leaders know about delegating: Wise leaders know that delegating includes people development and relationship building.

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How to Dance with Tough Issues Long Enough to Do Some Real Good

Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 18, 2016

The deadly sin of tough conversations is going halfway. Discomfort causes some leaders to cut them short. Work up enough courage to dance with tough issues long enough to do some real good. Halfway makes matters worse: Pointing out a problem is helpful, but doesn’t solve it. Bringing up an issue doesn’t mean others understand it.

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3 Guaranteed Ways to Lower a Leader’s Frustration

Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 16, 2016

If you’re like many leaders, you’re frustrated with something right now. If you aren’t frustrated, all I need to do is bring up common trigger issues. Results fell short. Unexpected problems blocked progress.

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How to Go Further by Identifying Future High Performers

Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 13, 2016

#1. Look for people who respect wisdom in others. Contemptuous know-it-alls: Can’t connect. An over-confident phony keeps everyone, except other phonies, at arm’s length. Ignore suggestions. Belittle the experience of others.

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How to be Authentic Even When You’re Crazy Busy

Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Unfocused busyness leads to meaningless contribution. You get so busy that you forget who you are and what you’re really trying to accomplish. The secret to meaningful busyness is direction and reflection.

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5 Lessons from a Lifetime of Mistake-Making

Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 11, 2016

The real value of mistake-making is turning toward the future with less baggage. The future is built by both endings and beginnings. Wisdom gained from mistakes is about endings. It’s useful only as it makes space to try new things. The danger of mistake-making is giving up. 5 lessons from a lifetime of mistake-making: #1.

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7 Secrets to Spotting People You can Trust

Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Failure awaits all leaders who trust the wrong people. Surround yourself with people you can trust. Few things are more powerful than a team of talented people who trust each other.

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How to Accept Irritating Imperfections and Maximize Strengths

Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 9, 2016

The irritating imperfections of others may actually be strengths. Irritating imperfections: What follows is a short list of irritating imperfections that drive me crazy. Your list would likely be different.

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Solution Saturday: How to Change Perceptions

Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 1, 2016

Dear Dan, I work for a great company, don’t all questions start this way? Lately, we’ve been having a lot of conversations about perception. It’s such a difficult thing to predict or change.

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Overcome 68% Disengagement with Goldstein’s 5 Principles of Engagement

Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Robots do what they’re told, but people need a sense of power and control to be engaged. In traditional organizations management is about taking control, not giving it.

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Four Ways to Accept Imperfection and Pursue Excellence At the Same Time

Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 2, 2016

Leaders who can’t accept themselves are sure to look down on others. Perfectionism is self-rejection. Disapproval is the hammer of perfectionistic leaders.

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4 Ways to Develop Talent by Coaching Through Success

Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Success is a terrible thing to waste. Problems, challenges, and mistakes are so magnetic that leaders might forget to coach team members through success.

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