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Was ‘Busy’ Really the Goal?
Today, everyone’s busy (and as a result we have very short attention spans – so stay with me here). As much as many of us would like to make some more money, most of us would really like more time. We’d like more time to spend with family and friends, to attend our children’s activities, to enjoy our hobbies, or just have some ‘me time’. But how did we get so busy? Was ‘busy’ really the goal? Was our objective in life to be so busy that we rushed from one thing to...
You Won’t be the Leader for Long, if You’re Not Growing
Leaders must continue to grow. Yes, we’re busy as leaders. But we better be busy with important activities. The number one thing we as leaders need to do is continue to grow our leadership ability. (And if any of us believe ‘we have arrived’ in the area of leadership, I would recommend updating the resume.) We need to grow to make room so our team to can grow. John Maxwell†, who was once again voted the world’s number one leadership expert (this time by Inc....
Charisma: How Everyone Can Develop It
Charisma is an almost universally desired, yet often misunderstood, personal characteristic. Many of us believe, like we believe about so many personal characteristics, that charisma is something we’re either born with or not. But actually, like many other personal characteristics, it is actually a learned ability, which can be developed by anyone. Charisma isn’t about being ‘the life of the party’ or telling great stories and jokes. That’s being entertaining, not...
Why Investing in Personal Growth is So Valuable
Actually, this one is pretty simple. The more time we invest in your own growth – through formal education, all the various forms of informal education, and attempting new things (a.k.a. experience) – the better we get. (This of course assumes we approach each of them with an intent to learn and we take time for reflection.) The better we get, the less our situation or circumstance impact our results. This is just as true in life, as it is in sports, or any other...
The Leadership Law of the Inner Circle: A Leader’s Potential is Determined by Those Closest to Them
Your inner circle is made up of those closest to you. And these people determine how much of your potential will be realized. These people can either accelerate your performance and that of your organization, or they will be a drag on your progress. We can’t achieve much if we have to do everything ourselves. (As John’s 1st law of teamwork states “One is too small a number to achieve anything great.” And this is even more true for leaders.) We need the support of...
Leadership for Independent Professionals (and the rest of us, too)
I often coach entrepreneurs, independent professionals and self-employed people who think they don’t need to invest any time developing their leadership ability. (Even though leading ourselves is often described as the most challenging form of leadership!) They thinking is that leadership applies only when you have a team to, um, lead. But at its core leadership is influence. And we all can benefit from having more influence. Let me share just one example of how I...
The Gap between Knowing and Doing: The Traps that Snare Us
It’s been said that the biggest gap in life is between ‘knowing’ and ‘doing’. (How many of us have to admit that it’s not that we don’t know eating right and exercise is a good idea?) As I prepare to lead my upcoming Mastermind Group on John’s program on learning from our mistakes, set-backs and losses (entitled “Sometimes You WIN Sometimes You LEARN”) I thought I would share some of the ‘traps’ in which we can get stuck. Do any of these sound familiar to you? The...
So What’s Your Deal, Anyway?
Many people wonder through their entire life doing what someone tells them, or allows them, to do as their job. It could be a boss or well-meaning friend or spouse, whoever. The story typically goes something like this. “Well, when I got out of school [insert company name here] was hiring, so I started there. Now, [insert number of years here] I’m still with them. And I’m pretty much stuck. It’s too late to switch [read as 'start from the bottom'] to anything else....
The Maxwell 360 Leadership Assessment Now Available!
You can now assess yourself and each of your management team members against the most trusted and respected leadership model in the world. The Maxwell Leadership Assessment is an online tool that offers a 360 degree view of an individual’s influence based upon the Maxwell Leadership Philosophy (The 5 Levels of Leadership). What the Maxwell Leadership Assessment Measures Following John Maxwell’s Five Levels of Leadership, the assessment measures 64 attributes that...
The Short Course on Habit Change (Part 2 of 2)
So in the part 1 of this series we covered how habits are formed and that they cannot be ‘broken’, they can only be changed. In this article we’ll talk about the concept of ‘identity-based’ habit change. (This concept is described in more detail James Clear’s eBook “Transform Your Habits” – which is based upon Charles Duhigg’s book “The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business”.) James tells us the key to building lasting habits is focusing on...
