Great leaders demonstrate 5 essential leader capacities or abilities. Each capacity is necessary, but it takes all 5 working together to be a GR8 leader. More importantly, the 5 essential leader capacities work best with a firm foundation of the 6 Critical Leader Values. Thomas Edison stated, “Vision without execution is hallucination.” No doubt, execution is a critical part of leadership, ...
When you trust your opinion, it's often the same as what you believe. Sometimes it is held very closely and influences more of your life. Are you curious, or are you convinced about your opinion? If so, it is even more dangerous for you if proven wrong. Do you think about how much your opinion on important issues influences your ...
When you engage your employees in developing your purpose, it helps the purpose of the organization get "into their bones." So, if you want employees to know and, more importantly, live your company's purpose, get them involved while creating it.Generally, it is better not to limit the development of your purpose to a select group. When you do, you miss ...
Do you complain and lose the energy to get out of bed to work out or go to work or school? Consider using primary and secondary choices. It would be best if you had this great principle because you can make something good into an obligation. When that happens, it is much harder to do that good thing.For example, think ...
Do you want to become a better listener? If so, start with these seven listening roadblocks. Generally, five roadblocks are easier to see and correct, but that may not be true of you. It depends on your values and how you have developed so far in your life. On the other hand, the last two roadblocks can be challenging to see, ...
Great listeners know how to listen by seeing what people say. That sounds strange, but that is what leads to listening excellence. It is true! Robert Fritz teaches people how to see a conversation as a video. Check out his training. It is extremely valuable for leaders because you begin the critical process of understanding how people think.While the steps ...
Communication mistakes are common and can be costly. Fortunately, you can eliminate most communication mistakes when you use structure. Bad structure leads to poor communication, which creates the opposite of what you want - clear, powerful, and persuasive communication. Worse yet, communication mistakes derail careers and destroy relationships.You can prevent most, if not all, communication mistakes with the clear principles and ...
Using powerful communication recipes helps you communicate like the pros and not look like a novice. These recipes work anywhere you want to persuade. Use them for presentations, emails, letters, speeches, or anywhere you want to get your point across persuasively.Below are 3 of the 14 recipes in our popular THOUGHT-Talk System Workshop. What Is A Recipe?Recipes use a variety ...
Holiday stress is what too many people experience during a time that could be so much better. Hopefully, gathering for the holidays is a wonderful, warm, and blessed time for your family. But for too many others, it is nothing but "turkey and stressing", because of unresolved family issues or simply different preferences. For too many families, you can't talk about ...
If you desire to lead, you must have six critical leadership values. You cannot be a great leader unless you have great values. Unfortunately, great values are highly underrated. But those values make the difference between being a GOOD or BAD leader. As a leader, when you subject your leadership to the six critical leader values, you not only do what ...