Leadership Freak

APRIL 26, 2016

Three keys to Success: #1. Paint a picture of personal success in your mind. Avoid artificial goals like money, power, and prestige. Become an artist. Paint with colors that express your values. Try things… Continue reading →

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Leadership Freak

JANUARY 24, 2016

The leader’s ultimate goal is building teams that excel without them. #1. Lousy leaders are over-involved and frantic. Identify influencers. Look beyond job titles or positions that may obscure true influencers in your organization. The self-protective good ole boy’s club may be a roadblock to maximizing true influencers.

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Leadership Freak

JANUARY 10, 2014

Anger Change Failure Goals Taking others higher Vision disappointment Frustration Leadership Leadership Development need to change direction' One of two things usually happens when you feel you failed. You buckle down and work harder. Or, you throw in the towel, defeated. Disappointing […].

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Leadership Freak

MAY 19, 2016

Successful managers create environments where people make a difference for themselves and their organizations. Six simple questions all successful managers ask: #1. The tragedy of poor management is lost potential and lack of fulfillment. What… Continue reading →

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Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Reaching goals provides fulfillment. You’re exhausted because you believe the myth of reaching goals. The only thing achievement provides is the opportunity to look for the next goal. The process is endless… Continue reading →

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Leadership Freak

AUGUST 5, 2015

The ultimate goals of coaching… Continue reading → You care about coaching because it’s the path to energy, responsibility, fulfillment, and results at work. You also care because the workforce desires opportunity, purpose, development, mentors, and coaching.

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Leadership Freak

JULY 30, 2014

Successful leaders move through talk to action.… … Continue reading → Goals Leading Success Teams Values mission & vision Communication Decisions Leadership Meetings' Lousy teams represent sinkholes of energy, creativity, and resolve. Mediocre teams kill things slowly.

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Leadership Freak

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Here’s the message I took: Forget about long-term goals. Goals Leading Strengths Success Taking others higher Leadership Development leadership success organizational success Questions' Concentrate on meaningful, energetic work, now.

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Leadership Freak

MARCH 23, 2014

Successful leaders bringing dreams to life in the present. Warning: Big dreams don’t… Continue reading → Goals Leading Passion Success Taking others higher Vision Leadership leadership success' Lofty dreams have a dark side when they devalue slow, incremental progress.

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Leadership Freak

APRIL 6, 2014

Tensions… Continue reading → Complaints Encouragement Goals Marks of leaders Mentoring Optimism Stress challenges Leadership Development leadership success organizational success' Most leadership conversations involve: Someone needing something.

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Leadership Freak

MAY 20, 2014

People wander toward fuzzy goals. Goals without urgency are fantasies. 15 indicators urgency has… Continue reading → Failure Leading Marks of leaders Motivation Passion Questions Taking others higher Change Leadership leadership success organizational success' Focus becomes drifting.

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Leadership Freak

JULY 17, 2013

#1 Productivity: The difference between success and failure is doing things others put off. Daily persistence is the secret to long-term success. Protect time with priorities. Some things feel urgent but they don’t matter. Urgencies control weak leaders. Courageous leaders bird-dog priorities. What are you really getting done?

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Leadership Freak

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Goals Success Taking others higher Teams Leadership Leadership Development organizational success' Fear prevents you from naming what you really want. But, you can’t achieve what you haven’t named. Unrealistic optimism. Thinking the […].

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Leadership Freak

MAY 5, 2014

In some conditions complexity and stress… Continue reading → Failure Goals Leading Marks of leaders Mistakes Stress Success Taking others higher Leadership Organizational Development organizational success' Reality: Competency in one area doesn’t transfer to other areas.

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Leadership Freak

JUNE 16, 2014

It doesn’t take a college education to raise last quarter’s results by 5% and call it next quarter’s goal. When all… Continue reading → Courage Culture Leading Stress Success Taking others higher Teams Leadership Leadership Development leadership success organizational success'

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Leadership Freak

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

Goals Leading Marks of leaders Success Taking others higher Leadership Development organizational success Tee Ball' They wandered around the outfield chasing butterflies, scratch themselves, and find bugs in the dirt. Some lay down. I’ll never forget one little player who surprised himself when he stood up to the […].

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Leadership Freak

JULY 15, 2013

Needy leaders choose short-term success over medium or long-term wins. Courage Fear Insecurity Personal Growth Success Taking others higher helping others Leadership Development leadership success personal success project goals' Needy leaders: Make fear based decisions based on protecting themselves.

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Leadership Freak

MAY 28, 2014

Correcting the past:… Continue reading → Criticism Feedback Goals Leading Leadership organizational success Questions' But, when it’s over, they critique and tweak what you did. Lousy leaders are wise after the fact.

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Leadership Freak

AUGUST 24, 2014

Use your strengths to help powerful people reach their goals and weak people get ahead. Invite… Continue reading → Leading Marks of leaders Leadership Leadership Development leadership success organizational success' Power comes to lose live under authority.

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Power Leadership Development Goal Succession 237

Leadership Freak

JUNE 11, 2014

Long-term goals are delusions, if you can’t produce results, now. Leaders deceive themselves, and others, with pie-in-the-sky goals.

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Leadership Freak

MAY 25, 2013

Goals Leading Marks of leaders Taking others higher Teams Values inexperience Leadership Development organizational success roadblocks to success Vision young leaders' Leadership is about them. 12 ways to connect and mobilize: Highlight need – explain why things can’t go on as they are.

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Leadership Freak

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

Encouragement Goals Leading Optimism Taking others higher Leadership Leadership Development organizational success' Hope gets more done than discouragement or despair. Hope faces uncertainty with reasoned confidence. Real hope […].

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Uncertainty Leadership Development Goal Succession 228

Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Change Complaints Criticism Decisions Goals Leading Optimism Stress Taking others higher Values Culture Leadership Leadership Development organizational success' The drama queens you dance around determines how far you go. Sammy Salesman gets bent out of […].

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Organization Stress Leadership Development Goal 224

Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Change Goals Leading Managing Marks of leaders Optimism Taking others higher Teams Culture Leadership leadership challenge Leadership Development organizational success' Managing is establishing and protecting systems that deliver consistent results. Managers rightly say, “This is how we do it.” Leaders do […].

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Leadership Freak

JANUARY 22, 2014

Author Book Notes Decisions Fear Feedback Goals Leading Taking others higher Teams difficult conversations Jim McCann Leadership Leadership Development organizational success' Jim McCann, founder and CEO of 1-800-Flowers Inc., shared Jack Welch’s “encouragement” when it […].

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Welch Leadership Development Goal CEO 204

Leadership Freak

JULY 14, 2013

Communication Goals Leading Marks of leaders Motivation Taking others higher Values Vision Leadership Leadership Development Office Politics organizational success quotes rallying point' Distraction, frustration, and office politics dominate where people don’t know what’s important.

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Leadership Freak

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

Goals Influence Leading Marks of leaders Taking others higher Values behaviors Communication Leadership Development organizational success' Description enables leadership. If you can’t describe it, you can’t lead toward it. Outcomes or behaviors: […].

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Leadership Freak

JUNE 7, 2013

Feedback Goals Leading Motivation Success Taking others higher Leadership Leadership Development performance metrics sports' The visit: Dahliah, Asher, and Abram, three of our grandkids, are spending the week with us. Asher, our seven year old grandson, is a sports fanatic. Yesterday, while in his […].

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Leadership Freak

MAY 20, 2020

But the goal is wisdom, not less foolishness. The song says, “Everybody plays the fool sometimes.” The golden attribute of leadership is wisdom. “Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom.” ” Solomon Lack of… Continue reading →

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Leadership Freak

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Don’t understand the personal goals of people on their team. Courage Marks of leaders Passion Power Strengths Success Taking others higher Communication compassion compassionate leadership Leadership Leadership Development organizational success politics' Disregard the emotional impact of their behaviors.

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Power Politics Leadership Development Goal 215

Leadership Freak

MAY 7, 2014

You’ve been so busy solving urgencies and pressing into future goals that you haven’t taken time reflect, prepare, and give feedback. #1 1 –… Continue reading → Feedback Leading Taking others higher Leadership organizational success' Give yourself 10 minutes for reflection before tackling today’s challenges.

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Leadership Freak

APRIL 5, 2013

Goals Leading Personal Growth Success chocolate eggs Culture easter egg hunt holidays Leadership Leadership Development' What’s Easter without an Easter Egg Hunt? Hiding candy is fun for grandparents; finding candy is even more fun for grandchildren. Watching it being found is [.].

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Leadership Freak

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Deadlines don’t work when goals don’t capture hearts and minds. Christmas is a deadline that can’t be postponed. 4 benefits of deadlines: Focus. Decisiveness. December 25 is just another day if… Continue reading →

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Leadership Freak

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Disappointments and successes come to mind. I think about the new year with a sense of urgency, even though its arrival is no surprise. Then I ask myself, “What do I want to… Continue reading →

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Succession Goal Leadership Development Development 191

Leadership Freak

APRIL 17, 2013

This note arrived from a young leader: I’m spearheading some interdepartmental activities with the goal of more open communication and increased relationships between departments. Communication Leading Values mission & vision Organizational Development organizational success' Could you suggest some good resources?

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Resources Goal Succession Development 208

Leadership Freak

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The goal of helping is enabling, not more helping. Over-helpful leaders are over-worked and under-appreciated. Help in ways that strengthen competency and don’t create dependency. Train people to help each other, BEFORE they… Continue reading →

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Training Goal Succession Leadership Development 201

Leadership Freak

MAY 9, 2016

Maybe progress is slow or the goal is out of sight. Success is taking one more step, again. Sometimes you feel like quitting. It might be after a big win or before a huge challenge. Quitting is easy when pushing through matters.

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