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Helping leaders reach higher in 300 words or less
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8 Ways to Create Great Meetings
Poorly run meetings start in the wrong place and end up rushed before they’re done. Right place: Leave inconsequential items for the end. Deal with big items at the beginning. Im tempted to check off a few quick agenda items before digging into the meat of meetings. Its seductive but ineffective and inefficient. Dont prioritize [...]
Secrets to Getting Great Advice
Honest, trustworthy, insightful advice comes hard. Some tell you what you want to hear others tell you what they need to say. How can you dig through a cacophony of voices and find great advice? Which advisor: Options or insights matter. When youre seeking options go to someone whos been there. When you need insight [...]
The Richest Possible Life
I went to a wedding yesterday. I sarcastically say, I hate weddings. In reality weddings are reunions. I know everyone in todays image, except one. As they gathered for the shot, I started realizing Id influenced all of them either directly or indirectly. Ive spent hours with several. In other cases we went on a [...]
Whose Opinion Matters
All leaders constantly hear opinions. It seems everyone knows what you should do. When I hear advice Im always asking myself, Why should I go with your opinion rather than mine? What makes your opinion better than mine? Some advisors are arrogant and self-centered; others noble and selfless. Whose opinion matters? In the end, your [...]
The Second Question
Image source Managers first ask, How can we best leverage current resources to achieve desired ends? The second question is, What do team memberslove doing – within the parameters of desired ends? People doing things they love arent working. Provide a channel that enables people to do what they love doing. People doing what they [...]
5 Reasons We Argue When We Agree
Have you ever argued with someone only to discover you agreed? One partner said to his other partners – who were in heated discussion – Youre both arguing for the same thing. I thought his observation intriguing. I started watching my conversations to see if I have “unnecessary” arguments. I do! I argue say [...]
The Best Use of Words
Successful leaders lift people; poor leaders drain them. You either bring vitality or you exhaust. Recently a leader from a Fortune 500 company that I’ve worked with reminded me of something I wrote. No Encouragement is Discouragement. His reminder stuck. Its still on my mind, five days later. Who have you encouraged in the last [...]
How to Face the Challenges of Leadership
The purpose of leadership is to identify and create the future. If you want to lead, go somewhere and take someone with you. The challenge of leadership is helping people keep up. You are ahead. If you aren’t ahead you aren’t leading. 10 ways to face the challenges of leadership: Embrace dissatisfaction and discontentwith optimism. [...]
Tapping the Untapped Power of Power
Weak leaders struggle to gain power. Insecure leaders fear losing it. Power is good, it gets things done. Power is bad when its used to abuse and manipulate others for selfish ends. Essential: Who takes organizations further? Youll go further with teams of powerful people. Those who never use power are doomed to be controlled [...]
On Unicorns and Fairy Dust
I’verejected the savior-leader model but still feel pressure to be one. Savior-leaders arrive on unicorns and solve problems by sprinkling fairy dust over people and organizations. Poof! Everything is magically fixed. Internal: Internal pressure to have answers presses me to give answers. I want to be the savior. Often I believe I have answers. Not [...]
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