Leaders don’t know they intimidate, frustrate, and de-energize people. Invisible impact holds leaders back.
Inside you care. On the outside you’re scary.
You don’t remember the pressure of pleasing the boss. You don’t realize casual comments feel like expectations. Silence feels like disapproval.
Three questions reveal how people feel when you walk away?
Many books about stress are bandages. They focus on escape. They encourage you to breathe deeply. Close your eyes and notice your breath.
Relaxing is a sinister bandage when stress is self-imposed.
Three distortions give birth to self-imposed stress.
Everything is urgent.
Everything is your responsibility.
Everything proves your worth.
Energy determines who leads, not titles. Positive energy multiplies impact.
Multipliers breathe life into people.
Bad is 5X stronger than good. One draining habit cancels five encouraging ones. Eliminate what drains before adding what lifts.
Socrates said, “The unexamined life is not worth living.”
Click for tools to become a multiplier.
Empathy destroys us when it makes excuses. Grit is pressing forward.
Getting beyond resilience multiplies competence.
Delicate teams argue over trivialities.
Avoiding discomfort leads to weakness.
The feeble need rescue. The competent grow through challenge.
Resilience survives. Antifragile* teams thrive.
Here’s how to get beyond resilience and turn adversity into advantage.
A bad mood suits this time of year. It’s the dead of winter in Central Pennsylvania.
Pursuing happiness leads to misery.* But ignoring it doesn’t help.
Your bad mood kills productivity, destroys retention, and dilutes engagement.
Unhappy leaders lead unhappy teams.
A bad mood spreads faster than the flu.
A leader with ideals always strives but never arrives.
Anne Frank wrote, “It’s a wonder I haven’t abandoned all my ideals, they seem so absurd and impractical.”
Ideals are unreachable perfections. Excellence is always a pursuit.
Ideals make demands.
Ideals expose inadequacy.
Ideals show the way.
7 Leadership Ideals…
