Leadership Freak
MARCH 12, 2014
'Young leaders are full of p**s and vinegar because they haven’t failed enough. Old leaders look down their noses and think, “You’ll smarten up after you get knocked down a few times.
Kevin Eikenberry
MARCH 3, 2014
'Delegation is something that every leader has feelings about. Some feel they do it well. Some don’t even know where to start. Some have seen a good example of it. Some feel like every time someone has “delegated” to them, it felt like they’d just been dumped on. Some think it is something they should […].
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Leadership Freak
MARCH 28, 2014
'Saying no feels like a door closing. But, those who can’t say no end up over-committed, overwhelmed, and ineffective. Saying no is the first step toward freedom for someone who says yes too much.
Leadership Freak
MARCH 6, 2014
'Helping done poorly is destructive. The need to help says more about your needs than theirs. 3 UN-helpful reasons you feel the need to help: Feel important. Elevate status. Look smart.
Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions
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Leadership Freak
MARCH 19, 2014
'Radical growth is the messiest – most painful – part of leadership. Death precedes life. Incremental growth is walking down familiar paths carrying the same assumptions.
Leadership Freak
MARCH 30, 2014
'The future of organizations is in the growth of the people in them. The more influence you have the more your growth is essential to the growth of your organization.
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Leadership Freak
MARCH 4, 2014
'Legacy is about life not death. Legacy isn’t tomorrow. Legacy is now. How people think of you now is how people will think of you then. Today’s footprint is tomorrow’s legacy.
Leadership Freak
MARCH 31, 2014
'Power makes leaders dumb. The more power you gain the dumber you get. Image source There are at least seven dumbing effects of power. Power*: Reduces the complexity of your thinking. You over-simplify.
Leadership Freak
MARCH 24, 2014
'Everything takes longer when you don’t trust those around you. Mistrust doubles the cost of doing business. Professor John Whitney, Columbia Business School. 5 qualities of low trust organizations: Redundancy. Bureaucracy. Politics. Disengagement.
Leadership Freak
MARCH 10, 2014
'Everyone knows the drama kings/queens in the office. They’re the ones you dance around. “Don’t upset Barry.” Drama queens go to the boss rather than colleagues to voice complaints.
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Leadership Freak
MARCH 22, 2014
'I was explaining how to do something when a close friend said, “Do it yourself.” I have a love-hate relationship with my life-long friend Tim. (Mostly love.
Leadership Freak
MARCH 20, 2014
'Leaders lay awake at night wondering what’s really happening. You wonder, “Who should I touch base with? Isolation prevents you from feeling the pulse of your organization.
Leadership Freak
MARCH 13, 2014
'Old leaders think they know something today because they knew something yesterday. Knowledge closes their minds and limits their curiosity.
Leadership Freak
MARCH 1, 2014
'If you can getting there on an empty tank, getting there doesn’t matter. Your tank is empty because you drained it. Empty because you: Give, give, give.
Speaker: Tim Buteyn
Let's set the scene: you’ve identified a critical performance gap in your organization and need to close that gap. A colleague suggests training, but you suspect there’s something going on that training can’t address. How can you determine if training is the right solution before you commit your budget and resources to a new training program? In this webinar, you will learn how to determine if training is the right solution using the Behavior Engineering Model.
Leadership Freak
MARCH 17, 2014
'The story in your head always finds expression in your life. But, it’s dangerous when behaviors and attitudes are based on fabrications. He doesn’t like me. I’m not appreciated.
Leadership Freak
MARCH 5, 2014
'The trouble with new ideas are the ones that didn’t work. But, organizations that consistently kill new ideas drive nails in their own coffins. The bondage of old ideas is they worked, once.
Leadership Freak
MARCH 26, 2014
'Leave a comment on this post for a chance to win one of twenty-five copies of, “STARTUP LEADERSHIP,” by Derek Lidow. Derek sold his last company for $100 million, in 2010.
Leadership Freak
MARCH 23, 2014
'Lofty dreams have a dark side when they devalue slow, incremental progress. Don’t wait for giant leaps toward noble dreams. Successful leaders bringing dreams to life in the present.
Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions
We’ve all been there. You’ve been given a pile of dry content and asked to create a compelling eLearning course. You’re determined to create something more engaging than the same old course that learners quickly click through, but how do you take this “boring” content and create something relevant and engaging? Many instructional designers will say, “Boring in means boring out.
Leadership Freak
MARCH 7, 2014
'Negative focus creates negative environments. But, successful leaders build energizing environments. Your primary influence is the environment you create.” Peter Senge Lead like a comedian: Comedians influence others. Leadership is influence.
Leadership Freak
MARCH 25, 2014
'Confused people think everything matters equally. Never give all thoughts and options equal weight. The four results of confusion are: Doubt. Fear. Inaction.
Leadership Freak
MARCH 2, 2014
'Leaders who use worry as the reason to do nothing are losers. But, successful leaders worry. I’ve come to appreciate and respect the worries of my team. Trust worried leaders; doubt the rest.
Leadership Freak
MARCH 27, 2014
'People who aren’t afraid aren’t going far. Fear is the secret heat behind fiery passion. Without fear, passion is transitory, weak, unfocused, and ineffective. Find and acknowledge your fears.
Speaker: Chester Santos – Author, International Keynote Speaker, Executive Coach, Corporate Trainer, Memory Expert, U.S. Memory Champion
In October, scientists discovered that 75% of patients who experienced brain fog had a lower quality of life at work than those who did not. At best, brain fog makes you slower and less efficient. At worst, your performance and cognitive functions are impaired, resulting in memory, management, and task completion problems. In this entertaining and interactive presentation, Chester Santos, "The International Man of Memory," will assist you in developing life-changing skills that will greatly enha
Leadership Freak
MARCH 29, 2014
'Listen for the sucking sound of money going down the drain when lousy teams take on projects. Stop wasting time on teams that waste time.
Leadership Freak
MARCH 14, 2014
'“You’re challenge is giving control to young leaders.” (Spoken to an old leader at lunch three years ago.) He was a quiet gentleman.
Leadership Freak
MARCH 8, 2014
'Ellen DeGeneres is a person of influence because she’s not intimidating. The look on her face says, “I want you to like me.” It’s not a needy look. But, it borders on insecurity.
Leadership Freak
MARCH 21, 2014
'“All cruelty springs from weakness.” Seneca Image source Cruel leaders believe they’re helping when they’re hurting.
Leadership Freak
MARCH 16, 2014
'You see what’s bad before you see what’s good. Kathy Cramer told me our negativity bias invites us to see and respond more intensely to problems than possibilities.
Leadership Freak
MARCH 11, 2014
'Pessimists feel optimistic about Murphy’s law. I’m so much of a pessimist that I think optimists are faking. Talking about optimism irritates true pessimists. I’m not alone.
Leadership Freak
MARCH 9, 2014
'People change us most. Michael Hyatt recounts a meeting he had with Billy Graham in 1983.
Kevin Eikenberry
MARCH 5, 2014
'Over the years, I’ve come to believe, and have told many groups, that feedback often says as much about us as it does the performance about which we are giving feedback. Even if you wouldn’t go quite that far, it is safe to say that it is difficult/impossible for our feedback not to be, at […].
Kevin Eikenberry
MARCH 7, 2014
'Last Sunday, much of the world watched the Academy Awards. While I read a book instead, I did see Matthew McConaughey’s acceptance speech on Monday morning. Today’s quotation comes from that speech. While there are other valuable lessons from his speech, this nine word snippet gives all of us something to think about. Questions to […].
Kevin Eikenberry
MARCH 31, 2014
'Gallup is a very smart organization and they do many things well. They also provide great services to organizations and those that lead them, especially in understanding the problem, challenges and solution to employee engagement. But their findings in some recently reported research could potentially be a major disservice to those same leaders. Here’s my […].
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