Leadership Freak

JULY 30, 2021

You’re a colossal screw-up if you believe success hingers on skills. It doesn’t matter how skilled you are at delegating, for example, if you’re a dishonest jerk-hole. Hitler was an exceptional communicator. Skills… Continue reading →

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Leadership Freak

APRIL 20, 2020

Success in disruption is a function of opportunity, humility, talent, and focus – the elimination of distraction. Ego hinders meaningful contribution. Avoid Superhero Syndrome. Superhero-leaders work too hard rescuing others. It feels good… Continue reading →

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Leadership Freak

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Everyone procrastinates, but you can’t make a career of it. I’d be rich if I could find a CPO position – Chief Procrastination Officer. People most likely to procrastinate are impulsive, disorganized, or… Continue reading →

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Leadership Freak

MARCH 28, 2023

Book Giveaway!! 20 copies available!! Leave a comment on this guest post by author Dr. Juana Bordas to become eligible to win a copy of The Power of Latino Leadership: Culture, Inclusion, and Contribution.… … Continue reading →

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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

It’s impossible to over-communicate when teams are far away from each other. There's a new book giveaway on this post.

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Leadership Freak

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

“Success comes in cans—I can, you can, we can.” ” Anonymous Level 1 leadership: Individual performance – I can. Meeting expectation earns a paycheck. Exceeding expectation earns opportunity. Don’t seek favors. Earn opportunities. Earn… Continue reading →

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Leadership Freak

MARCH 28, 2020

The dairy farmer’s path to success:… Continue reading → I grew up milking cows in Central Maine. It was a great life for a kid, but I prefer getting my milk in the dairy section today.

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Succession Energy Leadership Development Development 165

Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Bob Burg and John David Mann wrote the following in, “The Go-Giver Influencer.” “’When Elizabeth started coaching me, the very first thing she taught me was also the most important thing she taught… Continue reading →

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Leadership Freak

NOVEMBER 29, 2014

Never… Continue reading → Success leadership success organizational success' Offer solutions, but always begin with problems. Every time you say, “It’s not that bad,” you minimize the value of any solutions you find.

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Succession Leadership 230

Leadership Freak

APRIL 27, 2021

Sometimes success is about stopping something. 7 surprising things successful leaders stop doing: Don’t… #1. It doesn’t take a genius to make hard work painful. Stick to your guns no matter what. Some… Continue reading →

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Succession Leadership 148

Leadership Freak

NOVEMBER 2, 2014

Success may be as simple as stopping something that’s sabotaging progress. Success may be found in doing less… Continue reading → Marks of leaders Success Taking others higher Leadership Development leadership success organizational success' Keep doing all the great stuff you already do.

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Leadership Freak

APRIL 1, 2019

A leader explained, “One reason I’ve been successful this year is I’ve been wrong a lot.” One of the best ways to expand your leadership is by be wrong publicly. When was the… Continue reading →

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Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Achievement gives the illusion of success. Successful organizations experience daily victories at best. “How strange when an illusion dies. It’s as though you’ve lost a child.” Judy Garland #1. Play always continues tomorrow.… … Continue reading →

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Succession Organization 152

Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 30, 2014

Maintaining and sustaining success is harder than achieving it. Three ways to protect success: #1.… … Continue reading → Curiosity Humility Servant-leadership Success leadership success' Letting down destroys you. Humility is your companion on the way up. Arrogance trips you at the top.

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Succession Leadership 218

Leadership Freak

MARCH 30, 2022

You can find lost keys, but a wasted hour is gone forever. You complain that you don’t have enough time. But if you can’t manage time, it doesn’t matter how much you have.… … Continue reading →

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Management Succession Leadership Development Development 209

Leadership Freak

DECEMBER 26, 2014

Successful leaders: Over-respond to courage when you see it in others. Bold screw ups are better than timid success. The 80/20 ratio is usually… Continue reading → Success Taking others higher leadership success organizational success'

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Succession Leadership 230

Leadership Freak

AUGUST 9, 2019

The ultimate pursuit of leadership is humility, not success. The more I think about humility, the less I know about it. The more I pursue humility, the more it escapes my grasp. Everything… Continue reading →

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Succession Leadership 154

Leadership Freak

JUNE 28, 2019

Instead of imagining success, imagine failure. Do premortems. A postmortem is too late. Gary Klein introduced the idea of premortems. A premortem is reverse positive thinking. What might go wrong: A year from now,… Continue reading →

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Positioning Succession Leadership Development Development 132

Leadership Freak

JULY 2, 2012

Leaders who can’t fail won’t succeed because failure is essential to success. A world without failure is dead. Furthermore: Leaders frequently fail at letting others fail. Leaders who can’t let others fail: Limit growth. Hog tie innovation. Sap confidence. Live fearing the next failure; they’re control freaks.

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Succession Innovation Development Politics 219

Leadership Freak

AUGUST 18, 2014

… Continue reading → Alphabet Leadership Development leadership success Organizational Development' But, leaders who don’t judge follow the path of least resistance. To neglect judging is to embrace mediocrity. You judge all the time.…

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Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Ten signs ego hinders your success Ego: Over-values itself and under-values the team. A big ego thinks the problem is someone else. Feels nagging frustration with others but satisfaction with itself. Believes others… Continue reading →

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Succession Team Leadership Development Development 123

Leadership Freak

JULY 1, 2019

The path to success is messy. You’ve seen straight-line growth arrows, as if success is neat, safe, predictable and always in the upward direction. The path to success is a volatile ocean that… Continue reading →

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Succession 142

Leadership Freak

MAY 21, 2014

Words are the most powerful tool of… Continue reading → Communication Influence Marks of leaders Power Success Growth Leadership leadership success organizational success wise leaders' Employees lose motivation.

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Leadership Freak

APRIL 9, 2014

Successful leaders find problems. Leaders shine lights… Continue reading → Author Book Notes Curiosity Leading Marks of leaders Optimism Success Taking others higher great leaders Leadership Leadership Development organizational success' Average leaders solve problems. Skillful leaders create problems.

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Succession Leadership Development Books Skills 230

Leadership Freak

JUNE 3, 2013

Complaints Criticism Leading Success Taking others higher Leadership Leadership Development organizational success' Fearful: Some complainers are cowards who complain around issues. Fix their complaint and they have another. They’re never happy because […].

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Leadership Freak

JANUARY 14, 2016

You lose yourself when success is all about being successful. When success is about being successful, it controls and eventually destroys you. Successful leadership sneaks up on you while… Continue reading → Arrogance or discouragement rule the day.

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Succession Leadership 100

Leadership Freak

APRIL 9, 2013

If busy equals success, you’ve arrived. Achieving results without building relationships is the formula for short-term success and long-term disaster. Achieving results without building relationships is the formula for short-term success and long-term disaster. But, the busier you are the easier it is to forget what matters.

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Succession Short-term Long-term How To 219

Leadership Freak

MARCH 27, 2013

It’s my response to a person who shared their mixed feelings regarding unexpected success and opportunity. I’ve been thinking about our conversation regarding the problem of success and opportunity. Those who succeed in unexpected ways know that success is harder than failure. This post began as an email.

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Leadership Freak

MAY 31, 2013

Successful disruption: Disruption makes new futures possible. Change Leading Marks of leaders Taking others higher Innovation Leadership organizational success' All leaders disrupt. But, disruption “gone wild” destroys your capacity to build the future. Too much disruption irritates and aggravates.

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Leadership Freak

JUNE 18, 2021

Everyone on the team has experience leading, but one member doesn’t have technical knowledge. She was hired for character, attitude, and leadership skill. But she didn’t know anything about the technical aspects of… Continue reading →

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Succession Skills Team Leadership 188

Leadership Freak

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Jack Welch said… Continue reading → Gossip Taking others higher Leadership Leadership Development leadership success organizational success' You’re fortunate if you get people-decisions right 50% of the time.

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Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 21, 2012

There’s more to success than hard work. Success demands hard work and right thinking. Working on plans is working to anticipate and nullify reasons for failure. But, failure happens in spite of plans. The uncomfortable truth is sincere, smart, hardworking people fail all the time. Learning [.].

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Leadership Freak

MARCH 2, 2018

The five key dynamics that set successful teams apart are: Psychological safety: Can we take risks on this team without feeling insecure or embarrassed? Dependability: Can we count on each other to do… Continue reading →

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Succession Team Leadership Development Development 139

Leadership Freak

DECEMBER 24, 2014

Leaders who rush in: Have ambition that minimizes caution, blinds to weaknesses, and pollutes… Continue reading → Failure Leading Strengths Success Taking others higher weaknesses Growth leadership success organizational success'

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Succession How To Leadership 196

Leadership Freak

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

You’re not as interesting as you think. If you’re long-winded, the people around you wish you were short-winded. Succeed more. 5 Reasons people talk too much: Thinking. Extroverts think while they… Continue reading →

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Succession 234

Leadership Freak

MARCH 6, 2017

7 principles of success for leading innovative initiatives: #1. Innovative initiatives require quick wins. But unable to choose is unable to move. New initiatives need to inspire energy to survive and thrive. Leaders get… Continue reading →

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Innovation Succession Energy 190

Leadership Freak

JANUARY 19, 2014

People are the key to success, always. Successful leaders go further than developing the current team. Programs, systems, plans, and projects are dead words on paper until people give them life. Spend most of your time developing the team. They constantly identify, recruit, develop, and integrate new […].

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