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Culture Building Demands Little Energy

Leadership Freak

Imagine energy is an ax. You get 100 energy swings a day. That's why culture building doesn't require much energy. Here's a simple plan. Culture building happens while you work. PS - Special culture building activities help, but culture is built in the real world, not artificial environments.

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Burn the Boats: Toss Plan B Overboard and Unleash Your Full Potential

Leading Blog

I F you’re looking to expand your thinking, then look no further than Burn the Boats: Toss Plan B Overboard and Unleash Your Full Potential by Matt Higgins. For those of us that have always heard, “Always have a Plan B,” burning the boats may sound reckless. Should you process risk? If that is survivable, then burn the boats.

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5 Ways To Manage Your Energy Levels

Lead Change Blog

What you can do, however, is manage your energy. Energy is the amount of effort we expend into doing something. Approach a task with high levels of energy and you can often get the task completed with super-human speed. Approach the same task with lackluster energy, and it seems to take forever. Avoid Task Switching.

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14 Personal Development Goals Every Leader Should Set for Themselves

Lead from Within

Effective leadership isn’t just about guiding a team or achieving organizational goals; it’s also about personal growth and development. Setting personal development goals is a powerful way for leaders to enhance their skills, mindset, and overall effectiveness. Setting clear objectives helps you stay focused and motivated.

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No Ego: How Leaders Can Cut the Cost of Drama, End Entitlement and Drive Big Results

Speaker: Cy Wakeman, M.S., CSP, President, Reality-Based Leadership

Instead, a leader helps others develop the great mental processes they need to eliminate self-imposed suffering and choose to be accountable for driving results. Changing the ways leaders think and the strategies they use in their work is a serious and critical economic issue. A leader’s role shouldn’t be — cannot be — to motivate employees.

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Ignite Development Potential: Transform the IDP Conversation

Lead Change Blog

For organizations and leaders wishing to transform their development processes into something truly game-changing, the underlying challenge involves replacing perfunctory processes with dynamic and opportunity-filled dialogue. The post Ignite Development Potential: Transform the IDP Conversation appeared first on Lead Change.

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How Important Is Coaching in Professional Development?

Leading Blog

I’ve seen many breakthrough moments when people from all walks of life set their sights on developing new thoughts, actions, and habits. Looking outward from inside our bodies, we see out into the world but can’t observe the effects of our own energy and behaviors on others as easily as those who are paying attention can see us.