Leadership Freak
MARCH 26, 2012
How do you make people feel? The way you make people feel may be the most important thing about your leadership. Relentlessly looking ahead to noble destinations is never enough. Efficient systems don’t work apart from people. Values must find expression in behaviors. Feelings follow us everywhere. What emotional states do you create in others?
Leadership Freak
MARCH 30, 2012
“The path to the top is harder for women than men,” Ruth Malloy. Men can be men but women must be both. Hay Group has identified six leadership styles. I’ve circled stereotypical male styles in blue and female in pink. Women using traditional masculine styles without including feminine styles are labeled bitches. Men lacking stereotypical feminine [.].
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Leadership Freak
MARCH 24, 2012
Yesterday I gave my first keynote presentation since the accident on November 20, 2011. It felt like putting old jeans on. Successful presenters create dynamic connections between themselves and audiences. Connect with the past: Weeks before the presentation, I’d asked several people, “What was the best organizational meeting you attended?” They all replied, “The one [.].
Leadership Freak
MARCH 28, 2012
Don’t trust people who don’t trust you. Joan’s boss asked her what she thought of their company’s banner product. Joan replied, “I love the value it brings but in many ways it’s outdated.” She offered suggestions on how to improve process, delivery, and application. That was Joan’s mistake. It seemed the meeting went well. Later, [.].
Leadership Freak
MARCH 27, 2012
According to the input from my facebook page, being “unexcitable” isn’t the most admired leadership quality. John Bell suggests, when excitable equals passionate, we admire Jack Welch, Steve Jobs, and Howard Shultz. All of which are famous or notorious for their passion. Perhaps it’s a matter of definition and context? “I think it’s because I [.].
Leadership Freak
MARCH 29, 2012
The stages of your leadership journey are predictable even if life isn’t. ** “The hero’s journey has three parts: departure, initiation, and return.” Sandra Emma Shelley, Insideout Enneagram by Wendy Appel. Part one – The Departure: 1. The Call. Early signs may be restlessness, discontent, or longing for something unknown. Great journeys always begin painfully. [.].
Leadership Freak
MARCH 29, 2012
Freak followers on facebook responded to “I’m currently reading __” with this list of books: Freedom, by Jonathan Franzen EntreLeadership, by Dave Ramsey The 4-hour Workweek The Permanent Revolution, by Alan Hirsch The Resolution for Men Personal Kanban The Night Circus Innovators Deliemma Why Plans Fail: Cognitive Bias, Decision Making, and Your Business Great by [.].
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