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Often when I find myself dissatisfied with being a leader I can trace it back to one question, “What’s in it for me?” This may be a natural question many of us ask as we evaluate options, but it is a recipe for dissatisfaction and a bad attitude for leaders.
Don’t get me wrong. I love leading. But the benefits of leading are often intangible versus the tangible answers we are looking for when we ask, “What’s in it for me?” (WIIFM) Continue Reading…
Too often as a leader, I think my job is to educate those I lead. Honestly, if I step back and look at most of my coaching and mentoring of others, I am not telling people anything they haven’t heard before.
“People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.” -Samuel Johnson
This quote tells me that as a leader, I need to be the chief reminder not the not the font of all worldly knowledge! True learning doesn’t happen because I flood my mind or the minds of others with information.
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Small goals are uninspiring. If a leader wants a motivated team, setting the bar low or downplaying the difficulty of a tougher task is a big mistake.
“People do not exert themselves for little, unimportant goals. They work hard, take great risks, and let nothing stop them only for big goals.” - MG William A Cohen Continue Reading…
I believe every one of us needs to keep score of how we are doing. We need to know if we are achieving our stated goals.
But, be careful! What you measure becomes your master. I see leaders and entire organizations mastered by what they measure. Often this is not a good thing.
Many leaders and organizations measure the means of reaching admirable goals and lose site of the end — the goal itself. The result are teams characterized by bureaucracy, micro-management and mediocre results. Continue Reading…
Dave Anderson discusses what’s wrong with business leadership today and how to fix it, with Gordon Curphy best selling author of Leadership-Enhancing the Lessons of Experience.
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Other resources -free PDF downloads of character-based interview questions are available at Overwhelmedmanagersguide.com.
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Entrepreneurs, Small Business Owners, Middle Managers and Frontline Leaders eliminate bad attitudes, politics, and distrust on your teams! Changing the culture of a team requires the leader to change.
Listen to IMPACT Talk Radio today for no fluff, straight talking solutions designed to IMPACT high IMPACT leaders who want to lead high IMPACT Teams. Every show goes beyond theory and gets into HOW to make an IMPACT that matters.
What are the top five things you admire most about your leadership hero?
In front of every audience I speak to I have an audience participation portion. With each group, whether it is a group of 15 or 1,500 I ask them to think about their favorite leader in history, in the movies or for whom they have worked. Then I ask them this question:
What are the top five things you admire most about your leadership hero?
If you are reading this blog, scribble down your own answers now before you read further….
1. ________ 2. _________ 3. _________ 4. ________ 5. ________
I get tired of people with bad attitudes very quickly. The griping, the moaning, the focus on every negative or potential negative wears me out and makes me want to run away.
There was a saying when I was in the Army that stated, “If the soldiers aren’t complaining, they aren’t happy.” But here is a scary thought - What if the complaining finally stopped?
Have things gotten better or have the people just become indifferent? If a team is indifferent, that is the scariest attitude of them all. Continue Reading…
In a new 30 minute format, Dave Anderson discusses Creating Positive Conflict and Courageous Communication with Steve Wiley owner of The Lincoln Leadership Institute at Gettysburg, PA. This is Steve’s second time on IMPACT Talk Radio.
All past and current podcasts also available on iTunes. (Over 1,800,000 downloads to date!)
Other resources -free PDF downloads of character-based interview questions are available at Overwhelmedmanagersguide.com.
Or download the podcast by clicking here and listen later!
Entrepreneurs, Small Business Owners, Middle Managers and Frontline Leaders eliminate bad attitudes, politics, and distrust on your teams! Changing the culture of a team requires the leader to change. Listen to IMPACT Talk Radio today for no fluff, straight talking solutions designed to IMPACT high IMPACT leaders who want to lead high IMPACT Teams. Every show goes beyond theory and gets into HOW to make an IMPACT that matters.
In a new 30 minute format Dave Anderson discusses Transformational Leadership and the difference between leading and managing with Steve Wiley owner of The Lincoln Leadership Institute at Gettysburg, PA.
All past and current podcasts also available on iTunes. (Over 1,500,000 downloads to date!)
Other resources -free PDF downloads of character-based interview questions are available at Overwhelmedmanagersguide.com.
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