The Empowered Buisness

MAY 6, 2014

Psychologists now understand that willpower is defined by 5 specific characteristics: Delaying gratification and resisting short-term temptations to meet long-term goals. focusing on long term company gains, rather than reacting to “short-termitis” or immediate gratification. Living your purpose, vision and values.

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Leadership Short-term Motivation Long-term 144

The Empowered Buisness

JULY 14, 2015

how to do something faster, better or cheaper) over procedures; high motivation toward goals, rather than avoiding problems; and high future time orientation with a focus on long term strategies, future customer needs and environmental changes. They want to pay more attention to a long term, rather than short term, view.

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Motivation Leadership McClelland Long-term 100

The Empowered Buisness

MARCH 22, 2016

Hiring for current skills, not long term capabilities. When small, hiring for the short term is necessary as your resource needs are not always clear. How are you proactively anticipating and responding to external changes? As a company grows, the tendency is to hire employees with current needed skills by your organization.

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Company Leadership Long-term Short-term 100

The Empowered Buisness

JANUARY 2, 2014

My term for this is “cultural inflation.” So many companies fall short in their goals because they overemphasize strategy with little/no attention to the cultural aspects that drive it. It has been found in behavior-related studies, that human beings think they are better than they really are.

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Company Organization Cost Self-aware 135

The Empowered Buisness

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Yet, in my 30 years experience of working with leadership teams and companies, the terms “vision,” “mission” and “values” are THE most overused, misunderstood and abused words in the business community today. They are overwhelmed with short term demands at the expense of long term possibilities.

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Leadership Long-term Short-term Mission Statement 113

The Empowered Buisness

JUNE 17, 2015

In the short term, pretending you have no fear to move forward with your goals and actions can actually be a healthy choice. In the long term, however, the fears you are avoiding will sabotage your every attempt to play a bigger leadership game. In those circumstances, your dominating fear is of fear itself.

Leadership 100

Leadership Construction Power Long-term 100

The Empowered Buisness

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

Another book gem comprised of 100 short, yet powerful leadership ideas for inspiring the best from others. Rather than take it on faith, you get to prove for yourself, through nine short experiments, how the power of intention can change yourself, your world and your outcomes. This book makes growing as a leader an enjoyable process.

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Books Leadership Open-book Learning-by-Doing 113