Leadership Freak

MAY 24, 2023

It’s normal to complain; it’s leadership to make something better. Improvement is the ultimate pursuit of leadership. The consistent pursuit of improvement yields unfathomable advantage. Choose the goal: Know where you’re going before… Continue reading →

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Leadership Goal 171

Leadership Freak

MAY 4, 2023

Organizations can’t give leadership meaning. Meaningful leadership is your responsibility alone. 4 surprising realities that infuse meaning into leadership:… Continue reading → Bosses and colleagues can’t give it. Meaning is energy to run a painful race.

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Leadership Energy Organization Leadership Development 187

Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The pursuit of excellence is the path to reinvent your leadership. Every excuse to stay the same leads to drudgery and decay. Inaction drains vitality. Dreams without action are sedatives. The greatest obstacle… Continue reading →

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Leadership Freak

AUGUST 16, 2023

At some point you will disagree with leadership. How to disagree with leadership. Disagreement shapes life.

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Leadership Freak

MARCH 2, 2023

Humanity is essential to… Leaders infuse vitality into stale leadership skills when they believe in people. You’re a drummer without a band – annoying – until you believe in people. Let me tell… Continue reading →

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Leadership Skills Leadership Development Development 208

Leadership Freak

APRIL 27, 2022

Michelangelo Think of leadership development as setting angels free. “I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.” Someone saw something in you that you didn’t see in… Continue reading →

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Leadership Development Development Leadership 223

Leadership Freak

JANUARY 30, 2023

One website lists 40 leadership priorities. A priority gives direction. Without a priority, leaders squander resources, frustrate people, and live in alarm mode. A person with 40 priorities is an exhausted chipmunk with… Continue reading →

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Leadership Resources 181

Leadership Freak

MARCH 28, 2023

Leave a comment on this guest post by author Dr. Juana Bordas to become eligible to win a copy of The Power of Latino Leadership: Culture, Inclusion, and Contribution.… Book Giveaway!! 20 copies available!! … Continue reading →

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Strategy Succession Leadership Books 174

Leadership Freak

APRIL 12, 2022

A happy life is easier than carrying the burdens of leadership. Meaningful service and happy feelings don’t always go together. Some people get to the place where they want a simple job with… Continue reading →

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Leadership 232

Leadership Freak

JANUARY 11, 2022

Leave a comment on this guest post by Mark Miller to become eligible for one of 35 complimentary copies of his new book, “Smart Leadership: Four Simple Choices… Continue reading → New Book Giveaway! 35 copies available!!

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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

What if you don’t have time to plan leadership development? Leadership development in team meetings: #1. Successful leaders develop leaders. High performing team members crave development. But your hair’s on fire. Identify: Identify… Continue reading →

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Leadership Development Planning Development Team 219

Leadership Freak

MAY 13, 2022

Take the helm of your leadership journey. Dedicated leaders tend to lose themselves to work. They end up frustrated, drained, and burned out. Don’t let others drive your life. Life is too precious… Continue reading →

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Leadership Leadership Development Development Management 166

Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

This is the essence of leadership—each of us is a leader because we each have the ability to enrich the lives of the people… Continue reading → We each have a responsibility to elevate each other.

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Leadership Books 236

Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Research indicates seeking feedback is the behavior leaders fail at the most. The mirror you use to see yourself is distorted. Seeking feedback expands potential.

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Leadership Leadership Development Development 276

Leadership Freak

MAY 4, 2022

Authentic leadership is one of them. Some things are best understood through the lens of their opposite. If you’re not authentic you are: Fake Counterfeit Phony False Unreal Synthetic Sham Untrue Fabricated False… Continue reading →

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Leadership Leadership Development Development 219

Leadership Freak

AUGUST 4, 2022

” Richard Branson Leadership communication: 10 reasons to close your mouth. #1. “Being able to effectively communicate is the most important skill any leader can possess.” You dozed off. If it doesn’t matter to… Continue reading →

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Leadership Skills Leadership Development Development 216

Leadership Freak

MAY 18, 2020

Choose the most important leadership attributes to develop. Why piddle around with insignificance? Decisive or positive: In one poll, the votes are evenly divided between decisiveness and positivity. It’s a difficult choice. You… Continue reading →

Leadership 212

Leadership Positioning Development 212

Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Happiness is a primary concern but a secondary pursuit. Today is the last day of our 5-book giveaways.

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How To Leadership Books 258

Leadership Freak

MAY 20, 2020

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

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Leadership Goal Succession Leadership Development 246

Leadership Freak

JANUARY 8, 2020

Leadership gets narrow and life shrinks for the easily offended. All leaders receive unjust criticism. You’re judged based on inadequate information, false assumptions, or someone’s unspoken preferences. It’s better to focus on OUR… Continue reading →

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Leadership Information 179

Leadership Freak

JUNE 12, 2020

The better part of leadership is seizing opportunities.… Responding to unforeseen events is part of your day. But if all you do is bounce from one issue to the next: You’re a problem-solver. … Continue reading →

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Leadership Leadership Development Development 185

Leadership Freak

JANUARY 24, 2020

Leadership is already challenging. Leadership derailers: fatigue as a badge of honor. Don’t make it harder than it needs to be. Ego confuses fatigue with importance. The challenges of leaders require the intentional… Continue reading →

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Leadership Energy Succession Leadership Development 195

Leadership Freak

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

” Anonymous Level 1 leadership: Individual performance – I can. “Success comes in cans—I can, you can, we can.” Meeting expectation earns a paycheck. Exceeding expectation earns opportunity. Don’t seek favors. Earn opportunities. Earn… Continue reading →

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Succession Leadership 187

Leadership Freak

JUNE 29, 2014

Power: Your leadership code is the foundation of decision making. Guiding principles… Continue reading → Humility Influence Values Decisions Leadership Leadership Development leadership journey leadership success' Leaders without guiding principles are undependable followers.

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Leadership Resistance Stress Influence 234

Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The ability to connect with people is the magic ingredient that multiplies every leadership practice. Intimidation is about reward and punishment. Leading is about connecting. Your brain is wired to connect. Social) Those… Continue reading →

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Skills Leadership Strategy Leadership Development 166

Leadership Freak

JUNE 14, 2023

Everyone I work with is working on the same thing. It’s been that way since the first coaching conversation I had years ago in Dunkin Donuts (Dunkin’s was two words back then). The… Continue reading →

Leadership Development 206

Leadership Development Development Leadership 206

Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

The secrets of leadership are seen best by the humble. 3 Secrets of humble leadership: #1.… Arrogance blinds. There’s an inverse relationship between arrogance and perception. As arrogance goes up, self-perception goes down. … Continue reading →

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Leadership Leadership Development Development 171

Leadership Freak

APRIL 29, 2020

Aspiration is the beginning of leadership. Clarify leadership’s 3 aspirations: Personal growth: Who do you aspire to become? Leadership achievement: What do you aspire… Continue reading → Talent development: How will you develop yourself and others?

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Leadership How To Development Succession 150

Leadership Freak

AUGUST 20, 2017

Paychecks buy compliance, but no one is energized by negative leadership. Uncertainty and insecurity give birth to some of the most negative aspects of leadership. You end up with toxicity when you stir… Continue reading →

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Compliance Leadership Uncertainty Leadership Development 219

Leadership Freak

MARCH 9, 2022

Warren Buffett said, “The difference between successful people and very successful people is that very successful people say ‘no’ to almost everything.” But there is a danger. Saying no is a dead-end when… Continue reading →

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Leadership Succession Energy Leadership Development 182

Leadership Freak

JANUARY 11, 2023

“Steady-on.” That’s what my friend Dave says when you ask, “How ya doin’?” Dave works at farmer-pace. He wouldn’t win any sprints. I’ve done a couple things with Dave, and I can testify… Continue reading →

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Leadership Leadership Development Development 179

Leadership Freak

MARCH 23, 2018

The pitfalls of leadership spring from within. The Six Pitfalls of Leadership: #1. Dangers that emerge from within are more perilous than dangers that attack from without. Perceived knowledge. Those who think they… Continue reading →

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Leadership Succession Leadership Development Development 168

Leadership Freak

AUGUST 2, 2018

Rise above small concerns to experience big leadership. You didn’t get up this morning thinking, “I want to live a meaningless life.” You want something bigger. I’m using the term ‘big’ for meaningful. … Continue reading →

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Leadership Succession Leadership Development Development 121

Leadership Freak

APRIL 7, 2013

I became obsessed with developing leadership a few years ago. I’m more committed to developing leadership than anyone around me. People who change things become fanatics first. Many friends thought I was weird. Some friends don’t hang with me anymore. Radical leaders create radical change. Ordinary never satisfies.

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Leadership Leadership Development Commitment Innovation 241

Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 22, 2017

All the ugly stereotypes of bad leadership are expressions of lousy self-leadership. Painful clarity: Self-leadership felt confusing to me until I… Continue reading → Ken Blanchard says, “You can’t lead others if you can’t lead yourself.”

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Blanchard Leadership Succession Leadership Development 186

Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 19, 2021

NEW BOOK GIVEAWAY!! 20 copies available!! Leave a comment on this guest post by Jane Finette to become eligible for one of 20 complimentary copies of her new book, Unlocked: How Empowered Women Empower Women.… … Continue reading →

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Leadership Books Leadership Development Development 206

Leadership Freak

JULY 1, 2014

Sherlocking what’s wrong: Leaders become Sherlock Holmes when things… Continue reading → Appreciation Criticism Failure Feedback Mistakes Success Decisions Growth leadership success organizational success Sherlock Holmes'

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