Tag Archive: Leadership Development

7 Ways to Get More Done and Still Have Fun

Doing less with more is negligent. Efficiency takes you further than flopping around like a fish on the dock.

Greatness requires joy. More with less sounds fantastic until you burn up.

How can you get more done and still love what you do?

One Week to Live

What would it be like to live as if you had one week to live? One thing is clear. You would become intolerant of nonsense.

You would be intolerant of mundacity if you had a one-week mindset. Pointless conversations, useless activities, and trivial tensions would feel unbearable.

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Discernment or Gullibility

Gullibility undermines satisfaction. When you lack discernment, manipulators run your life.

Overcome gullibility when people share their ideas. Often their ideas are job assignments for you. When that happens, tell them you already have a job. Ask, “How can you give life to that idea?”

Discernment navigates the tension between change and stability.

Simple Skills—Strong Leadership

Paul Thornton is generously giving away 20 electronic versions of his latest book, Leadership Skills: Boost Your Effectiveness.

This post provides a small sample of the practical skills Paul shares.

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The People-Pleaser Advantage

Every successful leader is people-pleaser.

The more people you please the more successful you become.

Customers buy because you please them.

Employees commit because you please them.

Stakeholders invest because you please them.

Stop pretending you’re not a people-pleaser. Everyone wants to please someone. The question isn’t if, but how.

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Organizational Theater

Welcome to another Bob Bumblehoof post!

Bumblehoof trembles at being himself so he wears a mask. He feels like an imposter.

Organizational theater is life when you’re the great pretender.

Learn the Bumblehoof way: Puff up when you feel small. At least you can inspire job searches.