A leader writes that she’s running out of steam.
Leadership doesn’t take action on well-presented ideas.
Here are some ideas for moving the agenda forward.
Practice forward-facing vulnerability. Defensiveness makes you talk too much. Play small ball. And we do what we do because it’s who we are.
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Some people become more engaged, more challenged, and more in control during difficult times. Why?
Dr. Steven Stein helps people become hardier. It’s a practice you can learn.
Did I mention we’re giving his book away, today?
It’s a colossal failure to anticipate when you solve the same problems repeatedly.
You maximize the present when you anticipate the future.
Failure to anticipate is an ineffective leader’s path to glory.
Here are 5 ways to develop the skill to anticipate.
Leaders who love telling people what to do can’t coach.
The use of authority creates conformity. The leader as coach ignites vitality.
Here are 10 essential qualities of the leader as coach.
You lose it when you don’t own it. When you don’t own your marriage, it dies. When you don’t take responsibility for your team, it founders.
Taking responsibility is vitality.
It’s self-centered to take failure personally. “See how I’m struggling.”
The first step to becoming a leader is in the heart. You learn to love people.
A person who loves people turns their focus outward.
The second step to leadership is practicing things leaders say.
Words without heart are meaningless irritants.
