Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Individualism is a short-term… Continue reading → Individualism isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Even the Lone Ranger had Tonto. Acting independently might feel good, but leaders act with the interest of others in mind.

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Leadership Freak

JUNE 21, 2021

It was a short-term strategy. I chased mom around the house with a plastic bug when I was young and foolish. She screamed. Emotion can’t tell truth from fantasy. Emotion, reality,… Continue reading →

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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Long-term views build stability. Short-term views produce quick results. The first thing you need to know is: Success is a result not an end in itself. Five organizational strategies: Always create more harmony than discord. Build up more than you tear down, much more. Make life easier for those over you.

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Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 7, 2013

The board doesn’t appreciate tensions between short-term profits and long-term success. Preciousness turns leaders into self-consumed beasts. The only one: Direct reports don’t understand the pressures squeezing you. Your boss doesn’t realize you’re plate was full last year! Employees reject the big picture. No one […].

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Leadership Freak

JULY 15, 2013

Needy leaders choose short-term success over medium or long-term wins. The up side of the need to succeed is hard work and passion. The down side of the need to succeed is it blocks lasting achievment. Needy leaders: Make fear based decisions based on protecting themselves. Hold back others rather than release.

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Leadership Freak

APRIL 9, 2013

Achieving results without building relationships is the formula for short-term success and long-term disaster. Leaders without focus succeed at what doesn’t matter. Busy leaders get results but ruin relationships, for example. Failing successfully: [.].

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Leadership Freak

DECEMBER 19, 2013

The easiest, short-term leadership strategy is avoiding people. Just hide in your office doing paperwork. Connecting with people is messy. Hidden baggage bubbles just under the skin. Emotions erupt. Priorities shift. Personal lives collapse. Health declines. Financial stability vanishes. Just when you figure them out, they change.

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