The Forgotten Habit
Stephen R. Covey forgot a habit.
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People is brilliant. But it’s missing an essential habit.
All seven habits require one forgotten decision.
Learn how to practice the forgotten habit.
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7 Tests to Expose Wise Leaders
You don’t need to be smart to be wise.
Technical expertise isn’t wisdom.
Wise leaders follow seven patterns.
Wisdom is seen in what it doesn’t say.
Wisdom reveals itself in response patterns.
Learn the 7 tests that expose wise leaders.
The Dogs In the Shed
Dogs are designed to act in specific ways. If you can’t choose the people on your team, ask how they can thrive.
Huskies pull.
Saint Bernards rescue.
Pugs love attention.
Golden Retrievers guide.
Greyhounds race.
People are like dogs. Greyhounds won’t thrive guiding. Don’t expect pugs to rescue.
How to thrive with the team you have?
The 6 Sense-Making Questions
Sense-making is map-making.
You don’t respond to events. You respond to what events mean.
Sense-making runs on questions.
You usually don’t notice your sense-making questions.
You feel the conclusions.
Learn the “Three Actions of Sense-Making for Leaders
The Leader on a Donkey
The leader’s high horse is a donkey.
You have a unique set of abilities, but not everyone is remarkable.
Very few managers are remarkably gifted. Assume you aren’t one. About one in 10 people possess the talent to manage. Companies get talent decisions wrong 82% of the time. (Gallup)
How to get on a donkey…
Mastering Grounded Confidence
Don’t lie to yourself. Grounded confidence begins with truth-telling.
Confidence Killers
Inaction.
Constant reassurance.
Thinking without action.
Avoiding discomfort.
Comparing yourself with others.
Hiding mistakes.
Grounded confidence requires courage to act and humility to learn.
“When I stepped on the court, I wasn’t out there hoping I could win.” Larry Bird