Leadership Freak

JULY 31, 2013

Raise your hand if you say, “I know you can do it,” to motivate. Recent research suggests that feeling like you can’t motivates more than feeling like you can. Verbal encouragement may not be as encouraging as you believe. Brandon Irwin’s research indicates that working out in the gym with someone who is better than […].

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JANUARY 27, 2015

Doubt as motivation: “I’m not sure you can do it,” drives those driven to prove you wrong. … Continue reading → Coaching Motivation Growth Leadership Development' Doubt inspires fear and insecurity, usually. Belief inspires boldness. Doubt fuels performance when seven things are true.…

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JUNE 2, 2016

64% of CEOs don’t recognize what truly motivates employees.* When you complain about unmotivated employees, you’re making a statement about yourself. Solar Impulse 2 training flight in Hawaii) Inspirational leadership: Everyone who speaks of… Continue reading →

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Leadership Freak

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Disappointment looks like, anger, fear, fatigue, loss of interest, insecurity, low motivation, and/or guilt. This post offers 12 practical ways to dance with disappointment. One of them may work for you.

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Leadership Freak

MARCH 27, 2014

People who aren’t afraid aren’t going far. Fear is the secret heat behind fiery passion. Without fear, passion is transitory, weak, unfocused, and ineffective. Find and acknowledge your fears.

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Leadership Freak

MARCH 22, 2023

You feel motivated when you feel seen. You tend to disengage when you feel unheard. You’re anxious or angry when you feel misunderstood. You engage when you feel you matter. How can leaders… Continue reading →

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Leadership Freak

APRIL 25, 2022

Stay interviews explore what motivates people to stay. Exit interviews investigate why people leave. Stay interviews*: Deliver information that can be used today. Give practical insights for engaging and retaining top performers. Provide… Continue reading →

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Leadership Freak

APRIL 1, 2022

The abilities to cast vision, communicate, and motivate don’t make you a great leader. Hitler did all those things and more. Great leadership isn’t about sitting in first class, entering through a private… Continue reading →

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Leadership Freak

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Bungled relationships motivate isolation. Your inner critic helps you remember pain and disappointment. Negative memories rain like rocks. Botched projects increase anxiety. Anxiety and isolation limit your life. Research says you remember bad… Continue reading →

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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

One highly motivated leader said, “A simple pat on the back would sure feel good.” 79 percent of employees who quit their jobs claim that a lack of appreciation was a major reason… Continue reading →

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Leadership Freak

DECEMBER 24, 2021

Feeling isolated motivates people to focus on their own self-interest. Self-centered people are anxious and unhappy. Research shows one source of self-centeredness is loneliness. A lonely person turns inward. What’s worse? Lonely people… Continue reading →

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Leadership Freak

JULY 8, 2020

Dissatisfaction in reasonable doses motivates improvement. Chronic dissatisfaction contaminates environments and teams. The chronically dissatisfied shrink the future with complaint and criticism. Chronically dissatisfied people: #1. Need you to make them happy. The… Continue reading →

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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Flight is motivated more by hunger than passion. Bluebirds sit on nearby branches dangling bugs in their beaks to tempt hungry adolescents to fly. Discomfort drives growth. 12 growth moments people often miss:… Continue reading →

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Leadership Freak

MARCH 11, 2020

You care about the way work feels because: Motivation is a feeling. Emotion is contagious. Stressed leaders have stressed teams. Angry leaders are surrounded by anxiety. Momentum is a feeling. Vitality is a… Continue reading →

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Leadership Freak

MAY 17, 2019

The difference is motivational energy. Two people face the same challenge. One rises and thrives. One stumbles and flounders. You are responsible to manage your energy. Don’t surrender to a lousy boss, boring… Continue reading →

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Leadership Freak

MAY 15, 2019

Leave a comment on this guest post by Susan Fowler to become eligible to win one of twenty complimentary copies of, “Master Your Motivation: Three Scientific Truths for Achieving Your… Continue reading → New Book Giveaway!! 20 free copies!!

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Leadership Freak

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

People pleasing that motivates to stress-out over opinions and… Continue reading → It’s not good to knock-out yourself. Self-defeat is inevitable until you acknowledge you’re punching yourself in the face. 13 Self-Defeating Behaviors: #1.

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Leadership Freak

APRIL 5, 2014

It’s easy to ignore motivated team members. Successful leaders fuel fires… Continue reading → Encouragement Leading Marks of leaders Motivation Taking others higher Culture encouragement Leadership Development organizational success' They don’t need encouragement. Eventually, everyone’s tank runs dry.

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Leadership Freak

MAY 26, 2013

Motivating the unmotivated is frustrating, exhausting, and wasteful. Leading Marks of leaders Motivation Passion Taking others higher community impact developing leaders Leadership Development mission vision Organizational Development organizational success young leader' Essential […].

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Leadership Freak

MAY 30, 2019

Never treat unmotivated learners the same as motivated. Hunger motivates pigs to seek food, but when their… Continue reading → Sometimes being a sage is about what you DON’T do. #1. Don’t cast pearls before pigs.

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AUGUST 27, 2014

My strategy was to… Continue reading → Humility Influence Motivation Taking others higher Leadership Leadership Development' One of my embarrassing leadership blunders was allowing passion and vision to blind me to the interests of others. You either agreed with me or you were a roadblock.

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Leadership Freak

APRIL 16, 2018

You assume people have negative motives. Critics point out what’s wrong but neglect how to improve. Two reasons leaders are critical of others: #1. He’s late because he’s lazy. She didn’t smile because… Continue reading →

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Leadership Freak

NOVEMBER 1, 2014

Before going on stage, for example,… Continue reading → Leading Motivation Strengths Success Taking others higher Leadership Leadership Development' Being told what to do eliminates ambiguity, uncertainty, and confusion. When I travel, I’m often told where to go, who to meet, what time to be there.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Frankly, I pride myself in seeing and… Continue reading → Author Book Notes Communication Motivation' I thought I knew him. I’m disappointed in myself. I should have known him better.

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Leadership Freak

MARCH 18, 2014

But, the amount of… Continue reading → Communication Leading Marks of leaders Motivation Optimism Taking others higher Vision Leadership Development leadership success momentum organizational success upper management' The capacity of teams to waste time and resources staggers the imagination.

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Leadership Freak

APRIL 30, 2017

The best way to maximize talent is to first understand their motivation. Comparison: Feelers care about getting things done with people. Think relationships. Dreamers care about what’s next. Think progress. Doers care about getting… Continue reading →

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Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Drifters de-motivate the motivated and drain energy from the energized. The trouble with teams is drifters; people who hide behind the work of others. Drifters are more than annoying; they’re dangerous, damaging dead weight. Poorly run teams protect low performers. Energized team members ask, “Why am I busting my butt?”

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Leadership Freak

DECEMBER 20, 2014

Swatting flies… Continue reading → Motivation Success Taking others higher Leadership Development organizational success' My wife and I joke that she can’t walk out of the house without emptying the dishwasher. She takes care of small things before tackling big. Detail-people swats flies before riding bulls. Flies distract.

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Leadership Freak

MAY 13, 2014

But, kicking, pushing, pressuring, and… Continue reading → Influence Leading Motivation Passion Power Taking others higher Leadership Leadership Development organizational success' Pushing people isn’t leadership. Sometimes people need a swift kick in the pants.

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Leadership Freak

APRIL 19, 2018

Meaningful work motivates. Meaning is motivation. Tasks are drudgery. Focus on meaning. Think big picture, not small task. I just drove our grandson to baseball practice. It reminded me of the years we… Continue reading →

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Leadership Freak

MAY 20, 2014

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. Complacency drives real leaders crazy. Goals without urgency are fantasies.

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Leadership Freak

MAY 30, 2014

Progress… Continue reading → Anger Change Courage Fear Motivation courageous leaders Leadership Questions' Backward facing frustration reacts against an unsatisfying past. Top leaders disappointed. Results fell short. Teammates hung you out to dry.

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Leadership Freak

NOVEMBER 4, 2017

Automated messages motivate. Don’t tell anyone. But last night I trotted around our house so I could see an automated message from my Fitbit. If you asked what I was doing, I’d say,… Continue reading →

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Leadership Freak

MAY 12, 2014

Obsessed… Continue reading → Leading Motivation Personal Growth Culture Growth Leadership Leadership Development organizational success' The Russian dancer, Mikhail Baryshnikov, considered to be one of the greatest ballet dancers in history, said, “Dancing is my obsession.” Obsession leads to exceptional.

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Leadership Freak

MAY 9, 2014

Do they have empty eyes and hanging… Continue reading → Leading Marks of leaders Motivation Passion Success Taking others higher Leadership Leadership Development leadership success organizational success' Remember your own passionless days. Not pretty! Shift your thoughts to colleagues and teammates.

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Leadership Freak

JUNE 25, 2014

You’re a sphincter-leader when you say,… Continue reading → Criticism Encouragement Influence Motivation Taking others higher Complaints Leadership Development leadership success' “Project ‘A’ is going well,” they report. It’s obvious they feel good.

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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

Racehorses are flashy glory hounds who quit too… Continue reading → Health Motivation Taking others higher Culture Leadership wise leaders' Racehorses are fun to watch and dangerous to manage. Racehorses irritate the heck out of plow horses.

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