The Most Powerful Thing About You
“I have a picture of myself from when I was about two years old. It shows me with a bowed head and stooped shoulders, in despair, peering through sad eyes that wondered what… Continue reading
Category Archive: Leading
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Getting to Different
Leaders see beyond the inevitable. Leaders rise above “what is” to imagine “what could be.” Defining leadership: “Leadership is causing the realization of a future that wasn’t going to happen anyway. Leaders say,… Continue reading
Succeeding in Emotionally Charged Situations
The only progress you can make in emotionally charged situations is dealing with emotions. Image source Warning: Emotionally charged people may want you to fix things. If you’re able to change frustrating processes or procedures, do… Continue reading
Overcoming the Reason People Don’t Listen
Tune into others if you expect them to tune into you. Discouraged or defeated people need strength before they’ll listen to ideas or solutions. Give strength before giving answers or solutions. Six Ways to… Continue reading
The Surprising Power of Stopping to Begin Again
The longer you work at improving something – the fewer improvements you make. Gold Medal swimmers work unending hours shaving hundredths of seconds off their time. Not so, when they began swimming. Improvement… Continue reading
How to See and Cure Sick Organizational Cultures
Peter Drucker said, “The purpose of business is to create a customer.” Sick organizational cultures focus on themselves rather than customers. Everything that distracts, dilutes, or diverts from creating customers suggests sickness. Sick organizations:… Continue reading