Leadership Freak

AUGUST 10, 2014

10 strategies for dealing with toxic teammates you cant eject:… Continue reading → Culture Teams' Youre stuck with a toxic team member. You wish they were gone but you dont have the power to eject them.

Strategy 250

Strategy Team Power 250

Leadership Freak

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

5 strategies to convince reluctant leaders to move forward #1. The end is near when protecting the past is more important than creating the future. Ask 3 questions: #1. On a scale of… Continue reading →

Strategy 156

Strategy Succession Leadership Development Development 156

Leadership Freak

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Discouraged people have hearts like water and knees like butter. The ability to rise is about you, not the challenge. 7 causes of discouragement: Hard work with no or slow progress. Disappointed expectation.… … Continue reading →

Power 159

Power Strategy Team 159

Leadership Freak

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

You don’t have time to waste AND your team members need time with you. Successful one-on-ones: #1. Give your full attention: Hide your cell phone. Put your computer to sleep. Distraction is disrespect.… … Continue reading →

Strategy 174

Strategy Succession Team Leadership Development 174

Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Healthy anxiety rises to face challenge, opportunity, and threat. That tension in your gut means you care. But self-inflected anxiety causes leaders to… Struggle with decision-making. Flip flop after making decisions. View others… Continue reading →

Strategy 207

Strategy Self-aware Stress Leadership 207

Leadership Freak

MARCH 29, 2024

Susan Cain Here's a simple strategy for building connection with new people. The FORD Method has nothing to do with cars. The FORD Method is about connecting with people. “. the simple phrase small talk can be code for torture.” What's your best tip for connecting with new people?

Power 253

Power Tips Strategy Leadership Development 253

Leadership Freak

APRIL 28, 2012

Employing old strategies in new situations tends toward failure. (Photograph courtesy of NASA Langley Research Center) ** Repeating the past in a changing world makes you irrelevant and insignificant. Transition, turbulence, and change test leadership-confidence.

Strategy 218

Strategy Power Leadership Leadership Development 218

Leadership Freak

JANUARY 10, 2017

I spent an hour discussing strategy with a group of 24 leaders. What I know is that the best ideas are yet to emerge. If you succeed, you most will likely let go… Continue reading →

Strategy 100

Strategy Succession Company Leadership Development 100

Leadership Freak

JANUARY 7, 2022

You have thoughts you would rather not think. Your mind wanders like a cat looking for mice. You know you know something but can’t remember it. You tell yourself to forget a bad… Continue reading →

Strategy 166

Strategy Management Leadership Development Development 166

Leadership Freak

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

5 strategies to convince reluctant leaders to move forward #1. The end is near when protecting the past is more important than creating the future. Ask 3 questions: #1. On a scale of 1-10 how prepared are you to move forward today? You might wish they were a 7, but they’re a 3. Don’t fight … … Continue reading →

Strategy 100

Strategy Succession Leadership Development Development 100

Leadership Freak

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Work would be awesome if we could just be rid of those irritating people. Workload is the number one cause of stress at work. People issues are number two. AIS) Resolve conflict or… Continue reading →

Strategy 163

Strategy Stress Leadership Development Development 163

Leadership Freak

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The heart of feedback has nothing to do with correct phrasing, strategies, or techniques. The heart of feedback is being human. Get right with yourself. Put your fixer to bed. Choose how you show up.

Strategy 272

Strategy Leadership Development Development Leadership 272

Leadership Freak

JUNE 17, 2017

Other people helped you get where you are. Do that for someone else. Don’t wait for people to come to you. Opportunities slip away while you wait. Seek opportunities to help others see their… Continue reading →

Strategy 238

Strategy Leadership Development Development Leadership 238

Leadership Freak

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Here are some simple strategies to help you dance with self-doubt. Normal people dance with self-doubt. Doubt ignores you until you imagine something new. Doubt hates dreams. Self-doubt seeks to protect you.

Strategy 248

Strategy Leadership Development Development Leadership 248

Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Think about things you like about the people on your team, even someone you’re managing out. Silently repeat, “I respect you,” when talking with others. Ask people what they think. Pat… Continue reading →

Strategy 140

Strategy Team Management Succession 140

Leadership Freak

AUGUST 20, 2018

Rigorous humility begins with ruthless honesty. You might not know if you’re humble, but you can certainly know if you’re practicing humility. Leaders practice humility in community, not isolation. From a leadership point… Continue reading →

Development 123

Development Strategy Team Leadership 123

Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 3, 2018

New Book giveaway!! 20 complimentary copies available. Leave a comment on this guest post by Jim Haudan and Rich Berens to become eligible to win one of TWENTY complimentary copies of, “What Are… Continue reading →

Strategy 138

Strategy Books 138

Leadership Freak

MARCH 2, 2014

Leaders who use worry as the reason to do nothing are losers. But, successful leaders worry. I’ve come to appreciate and respect the worries of my team. Trust worried leaders; doubt the rest.…

Strategy 213

Strategy Succession Leadership Team 213

Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

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

Strategy 223

Strategy Motivation Books 223

Leadership Freak

MARCH 17, 2013

It’s “Sprinter” in Central Pennsylvania. Spring isn’t here. Winter hangs on. One day it’s sunny and warm. Yesterday it snowed! Change comes slowly. Winter won’t let Spring arrive. It’s the time of uncertainty and reluctance.

Strategy 210

Strategy Uncertainty Resistance 210

Leadership Freak

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

An employee frustrates the heck out of you. Wish you could start over? Your boss drives you crazy. Wouldn’t it be nice to start fresh? What’s stopping you from starting over? Start over – 5 ways to address the past: Identify frustrations and name failures. Ignored frustrations always escalate. Accept their weaknesses. Take your blame.

Strategy 211

Strategy Leadership Development Development Leadership 211

Leadership Freak

JUNE 13, 2018

It’s great to have someone show interest in you. A friend, Richard Croad from New Zealand, just asked about highlights I have experienced over the last couple years. Lot’s of things highlights come to… Continue reading →

Stress 137

Stress Strategy Power Leadership Development 137

Leadership Freak

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

Knowledge you currently have takes you where you've already been.

Strategy 184

Strategy Succession Leadership Development Development 184

Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 23, 2012

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. Drifters de-motivate the motivated and drain energy from the energized. Poorly run teams protect low performers. Energized team members ask, “Why am I busting my butt?” when drifters succeed.

Strategy 214

Strategy Motivation Energy Team 214

Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Many teams are afraid to discuss the source of success – performance. 10 reasons performance conversations suck: The dynamic is from superior to inferior, rather than partnership. One person pulls the rope in… Continue reading →

Strategy 213

Strategy Succession Team Leadership Development 213

Leadership Freak

MARCH 15, 2013

Image source by George Hodan Leaders lie because they don’t care enough to tell the truth. It’s too much trouble convincing know-it-alls, for example, so they smile and let them believe they’re right. They say, “That sounds fine.” But they’re shading the truth. Leaders lie to: Build image. Prevent turmoil. Solve conflict. Distract [.].

Strategy 243

Strategy Examples Leadership 243

Leadership Freak

NOVEMBER 20, 2016

Four years ago, I asked Henry Mintzberg for the word of advice he most frequently shares. His response is a guiding light. He said one word, “Connect.” Leadership in its fundamental form is… Continue reading →

Mintzberg 230

Mintzberg Strategy Advice Leadership 230

Leadership Freak

MAY 2, 2012

Insecure people who won’t try are frustrating. Insecurity stagnates. Confidence explodes outward, fear implodes. There’s little success or progress apart from personal confidence. The problem of confidence: You cannot make others feel confident. Security and insecurity are functions of the self.

Strategy 225

Strategy Power Succession Influence 225

Leadership Freak

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Your work doesn’t always speak for itself. The most skilled don’t always earn the best promotions. Think of office politics as connecting with people for mutual benefit. Those skilled at the social game… Continue reading →

Politics 100

Politics Strategy Skills 100

Leadership Freak

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Confusion is common. Clarity is rare. Confusion and chaos inevitably rule unless someone intervenes. Any fool can create confusing complexity. Successful leaders always fight confusion and find clarity. Clarity is leadership’s secret and most powerful weapon. Clarity allows followers to know where they’re going and how to get there.

Strategy 205

Strategy Power Succession How To 205

Leadership Freak

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

Fools see lack of wisdom in others, not in themselves. People who need help the most, seek it least. “The The only true wisdom is knowing you know nothing.” Socrates Over-confidence is a fools… Continue reading →

Strategy 100

Strategy Succession Leadership Development Development 100

Leadership Freak

NOVEMBER 14, 2015

Don’t expect people the people you complain about to follow you. You aren’t worthy of leadership, if you can’t pull-with people. The future is built on aspiration, not frustration. Persistent frustration makes you obnoxious. Complaining… Continue reading →

Strategy 100

Strategy Leadership Motivation Succession 100

Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 4, 2011

If you feel stuck you are. You want to be unstuck but wanting doesn’t change anything. Wanting without acting makes matters worse. Frustration drains you. Frustration and blame are twins. Where there is blame there is frustration – where there is frustration there is blame. Blame and frustration deepen ruts.

Strategy 204

Strategy Leadership Development Development Leadership 204

Leadership Freak

APRIL 9, 2012

If high impact – positive leadership – was easy there’d be more of it. Your work-place would be invigorating and supportive rather than defeating and cut-throat. The world would be a better place. High impact is hard because: Leaders with power attract people who want power. Relationships become smokescreens.

Strategy 206

Strategy Power Resources Positioning 206

Leadership Freak

APRIL 17, 2015

Foolish leaders believe they can take more out of life than they put in. Well, maybe it isn’t foolishness. Maybe it’s arrogance. Only God never runs dry. Normal people know that everyone who… Continue reading → Leading Taking others higher Growth health leadership success'

Strategy 100

Strategy Succession Leadership 100

Leadership Freak

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Peter Drucker encouraged leaders to ask, “How do we make ourselves useful?” Daniel Pink’s research indicates three drives motivate us. Autonomy: the desire to be self-directed. Mastery: the urge to get better at stuff. Purpose: making a contribution. Combining Drucker and Pink: Leaders are useful when they honor the contribution of others.

Drucker 202

Drucker Strategy Motivation Influence 202

Leadership Freak

JANUARY 14, 2012

** Waiting is the reason life hasn’t changed. Waiting seldom takes you where you want to go. You aren’t where you hoped because you haven’t taken steps to get there; you’ve waited. The path to disappointment and dissatisfaction is paved with waiting. Why we wait: Expecting giant leaps. Rejecting incremental progress.

Strategy 221

Strategy Leadership Development Development Leadership 221