General Leadership

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

The more we stagnate, the greater the opportunity for the energy stealing, resentment building effects of weariness to set in and undermine the important contribution we have to make to the world. The more we resist, the more we stagnate. Let me leave you with a short, true story before I close.

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General Leadership

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

The leader becomes the cheerleader for the organization, focusing everyone’s energy in the same direction. , “Communicate the vision and the strategy to create buy-in and attract a growing volunteer army.” Engagement at all levels inside and outside the organization is necessary to steer towards success.

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General Leadership

JANUARY 17, 2014

In a nutshell, toxic people steal our joy, zap our energy and constrain us from attaining our potential. You see white, they say black; you seek the good, they lament the bad; you seek opportunity, they are intent fixating on obstacles; you strive to build on the best of what is and they refuse to move past the worst of how things are.

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General Leadership

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

However, like the Jesuits each of us wants to use our time, talent and energy to help make the world better than we first found it. Admittedly, some of you reading this may wonder what you can learn from these unlikely world changers and universe benders. After all, they are members of a religious order that may be different from yours.

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General Leadership

AUGUST 6, 2013

Rather, they ask people to contribute of themselves, through their talents, skills, energy, ideas and most passionate interests. That is, they don’t seek handouts or ask people for money. In other words, they offer people opportunities to share their personal strengths by becoming citizen leaders in their own communities.

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General Leadership

APRIL 18, 2013

Eyewitness accounts confirm that raising the flag on the fourth day of the bloody battle of Iwo Jima ignited a wave of energy and enthusiasm that could be heard across the island. Its toll of 6,821 Americans dead, 5,931 of them Marines, accounted for nearly one-third of all Marine Corps losses in all of World War II.

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General Leadership

MARCH 22, 2017

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. “If you don’t act, irrelevance is where you are headed” Miles O’Brien.

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General Leadership

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.”. Abraham Lincoln. Growing up my Grandfather always said, “Time waits for no one”.

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General Leadership

DECEMBER 8, 2013

Committed to using every ounce of energy to promote change, his inspiring example confirming how a single, persistent person can make a profoundly positive difference. Recently, the world experienced the passing of a leadership icon. Nelson Mandela was a man who lived his life putting others first…his family, his country, the world.

Learning-by-Doing 406

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General Leadership

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Read more at [link]. “The choices you make on a daily basis affect what you will have, be, or do in the tomorrows of your life” Steve Brown.

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