The GR8 Leaders' definition of leadership includes 3 key leadership words. These words help the definition be memorable and to the point. More importantly, they help you lead in any situation, especially if circumstances aren't good.Leadership definitions come in all shapes and sizes, good and bad, but too often, they are complex. We have worked to make the GR8 Leaders ...
You either think about your product and how to make the customer want it or what the customer wants and how your product can change to meet their wants. The first is too often how businesses think. The second is more challenging but much better.Why? It takes work to think about your product from the customer's view. But it's much ...
GR8 Leaders serve the people they lead which means they value and develop people. And, when they do that, they increase organizational capacity and build new leaders.So, let's look at what value and develop means. The dictionary gives these definitions.Value: regard highly, think much of, respect and honor, esteemDevelop: make something new, create by training and teachingAs a leader, when ...
Persistence is the third part of the creative process (THP, ALA, Persist). THP is your plan; ALA is your execution of the plan. Now, you need persistence to help you reach THERE.It takes more focus and energy to persist in challenging times because it is so easy to give up. You need persistence to......turn action into progress...help reduce skepticism and “can’t ...
Practice the 3 daily priorities for leaders - Clear Expectations, Clear Consequences, and Self-governance - and get more done.GR8 Leaders use those 3 daily priorities in their life and encourage the priorities in those with or around them. Those 3 priorities increase their focus and the team's focus. Of course, the Daily Priorities work best with the foundation of the ...
Situations and circumstances often stimulate your emotions in some way. If you do not learn to slow your emotions down, you create significant problems for yourself. It can be almost anything. A near-miss collision with another car, someone telling a lie about you, or you being tempted to do something wrong. Whatever it is, something happens, and feelings seem to show ...
Recognition and praise is best when you take the time to notice and then tell a person when they are doing things right. But that takes time and energy! Unfortunately, that is something too few managers believe is a good use of their time and energy.But the 3 most critical elements of recognition and praise are - make it TRUE, ...
Isn't it fun to be around someone who is complaining? Of course, it isn't! Complaining is a simple way to show how selfish we are - it's all about ME!Too often, we are blind to the "all about ME" attitude. And it helps to have a tool to remind us when we are doing it. It's also great to have ...
Using the Results AND Relating principle is a simple, profound, and comprehensive leadership approach. It is easy to understand and implement because it combines two of the most common elements when working with people.Those two elements can be described with a variety of words:assertive and cooperativepowerful and relationalseparate and belongingresults and relatingBut, using Results AND Relating tends to be the ...
Strategic thinking is needed everywhere. And, it doesn't matter if you are a sole proprietor, own and run a business with 50 employees, or are the CEO of a multi-billion dollar company. Whatever you do, no matter your level in business, you need strategic thinking.Any business has complex situations, difficult problems, and challenging decisions. And you probably do not have ...