Leadership Freak
SEPTEMBER 26, 2011
If people start worrying when you show up, you’re a downer. If people love to see you leave, you’re a loser. If your team hates receiving calls from you, you’re a lousy leader. People in positive work environments love to see the boss coming. They love seeing you because they’ll go further with you than [.].
Leadership Freak
SEPTEMBER 29, 2011
This is the second post based on my conversation with Bob Burg, author of: “It’s Not About You.” Leaders see in others what they don’t see in themselves; that can be frustrating. It’s frustrating to see potential in someone who doesn’t care as much as you. If you aren’t careful, it’s also arrogant because you don’t [.].
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Leadership Freak
SEPTEMBER 28, 2011
Yesterday Bob Burg took my call and we chatted for nearly an hour. I don’t waste much time on calls so after he shared a bit of his story, I asked him if he thought of himself as a leader. I loved his answer. It set us on a conversation spanning leadership, encouragement, defining success, [.].
Leadership Freak
SEPTEMBER 24, 2011
Let caution inform action not prevent it. Act in alignment with your highest point of confidence not your lowest point of caution. Keep caution in the backseat and boldness in the front. When caution is the end there is no beginning. When caution is fear of failure it’s self-preservation; its selfishness disguised as noble intelligence. [.].
Leadership Freak
SEPTEMBER 27, 2011
Image source Team-work is often slower and always more complex than individual-work; it requires more interaction and greater skill. Five stages: Teams go through five stages: forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning. Typically, they are not distinct stages; forming and storming overlap. Additionally, storming, norming, and performing may occur simultaneously.
Leadership Freak
SEPTEMBER 25, 2011
Image source Great vision ends in being not doing; it surpasses activities. Great vision answers the questions who do we want to become. What you want to do is important; who you want to become essential. Products and sums: Organizations have identity in the present and trajectory toward the future that goes beyond products and [.].
Leadership Freak
SEPTEMBER 30, 2011
I asked Bob Burg if he felt like a success; it’s a slippery topic that requires definition so we slipped back into how he defined it. At first Bob talked goals. “On the most basic level, success could be achieving a tangible goal, but of course it goes much deeper than that.” Then Bob quoted, [.].
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