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Leadership and Your Long Term Legacy

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  How long term is your perspective?    He asked the first man what he was doing and the man said, "I am engaged in the daily drudgery of smashing large rocks into smaller rocks. It's all about perspective and intent.    Those aren't rhetorical questions. 

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Why Leaders Need a Lesson Plan

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What do you need to provide in terms of space, guidance, equipment, support, and your own involvement to successfully execute on your plan? Yes, for sure, but the long-term results will be worth it. That’s where leadership lesson plans come in.

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What’s Your Return on Effort?

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Short Term vs. Long Term: Next, you’d want to consider the time frame of the impact. Is it short-term or long-term? Determining the sweet spot answer between those two questions may be as much art as science. In any case, impact and reach are important criteria to consider in assessing your return on effort.

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How to Keep Your Team Focused on What Matters Most

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The long and ever-changing list of things competing for their time and attention can cause a sense of swirl and churn that leaves everyone frustrated and exhausted. If there’s one topic I hear about all the time from the leaders I work with, it’s the challenge of keeping themselves and their teams focused on what matters most.

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How to Make the Move to Enterprise-Wide Leader

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The problem is, in the long-run, that approach doesn’t scale. What’s harder and more value-added over the long-run is to consider the full range of stakeholders and engage them in your problem-solving process. Enterprise-wide leaders think long-term and consider how their initiatives fit into the longer-term game plan.

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How to Push Your Mental Reset Button

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Moreover, the connection between an overstressed brain and the rest of your body can have a serious impact on your long-term health and well-being. Obviously, not a great long-term approach! Sometimes, under extreme stress, they even stop breathing for a few cycles.

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How to Lead with Socratic Questions

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What are the long-term implications of this decision? Stimulate critical thinking What are the root causes driving this issue? How does this problem or opportunity connect to bigger picture patterns in our company? Our industry? How would someone with a different perspective or experience view this situation?

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