3 Ways to Help Fakers Come Clean
She ended up saying, “I don’t really think I need anything.” She didn’t need to develop, others did. She was already functioning at maximum potential. She didn’t need to explore options, gain new… Continue reading
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10 Things I Learned From People Who Drive Me Nuts
The most annoying thing about annoying people is they help us grow. Personal growth centers on two types of people, the ones we like and the ones that drive us crazy. The people who… Continue reading
7 Qualities Servant-Leaders Expect From Others
Servant-leaders fail when they tolerate self-serving in others. Don’t be the only servant in the room. One-way service is naive, wasteful, and irresponsible. The ultimate goal of servant-leadership isn’t serving for the sake… Continue reading
10 Ways to Get Where You Want to Go
Organizational strategy answers three questions. How can we create customers? How can we keep customers? What do we do better than competitors that is difficult to copy? Peter Drucker explained it this way, “The… Continue reading
Where People Love Working Together
Successful leaders build environments where people love working together. Environments emerge from language, conversation, and behavior. 4 essentials to successful environment building #1. Intolerance: Environment building includes confrontation. Organizations are destroyed by behaviors that… Continue reading
10 Ways to Divest and Distribute Control
Top-down control suggests people are ignorant, incompetent, and unmotivated. Fear motivates a need for control. Centralized control makes weak leaders feel powerful. Centralized controls: De-motivate people who actually do the work. Stifle creativity. Establish… Continue reading