Leadership Freak
NOVEMBER 1, 2012
Mistakes that don’t hurt don’t matter. The worst mistakes are the ones that hurt others. The trouble with leadership is your mistakes always hurt others. The top 5 mistakes of unsuccessful leaders: Not being open to criticism. Trying to hide mistakes. Not making decisions. Failing to explain objectives. Telling people how to do things rather [.].
Kevin Eikenberry
NOVEMBER 14, 2012
Some time ago, I was delivering two workshops in Toronto. During the first, there were a couple of comments about professionalism, along the lines of, “I want my people to act like professionals.” Others in the room nodded their heads, and while I considered asking a follow up, clarifying question, I opted to move on [.].
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Leadership Freak
NOVEMBER 11, 2012
Image source Every morning I put my fingers on the keyboard not knowing what will come out. An hour or two later, I post 300 word or less on this blog. (Technically its fewer not less.) Writing is thinking and often I think differently when the hour’s over. Yesterday it happened again when I typed, [.].
Leadership Freak
NOVEMBER 26, 2012
Show me a leader who is happy with everything and I’ll show you a loser. The gift of young leaders is unhappiness. The tragedy of old leaders is contentment. Unhappiness and discontent ignite passion for change. Warning: Slime pits of ingratitude lie just beyond unhappiness. Nothing de-motivates like churlish ungratefulness. On the other hand, gratitude [.].
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Leadership Freak
NOVEMBER 7, 2012
Image source If you grapple with self-doubt, keep reading. If you don’t grapple with it, you’re dangerous. Experts sing, “Believe in yourself,” However, unquestioned self-belief produces self-serving leaders who won’t adapt. Tom Petty captures the experience of many in, “Saving Grace,” when he sings, “You’re confident but not really sure.” Confident but not sure is [.].
Leadership Freak
NOVEMBER 28, 2012
Ever end the day worn out but wondering what you accomplished. Coach Wooden warned, “Never confuse activity with achievement.” Life without focus is wasted. Worse yet, wrong focus guarantees wrong results. Don’t focus on: Distant dreams. What you don’t want. Problems. Failure. Fear. Excuses. Obstacles. “I don’t focus on what I’m up against.
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Leadership Freak
NOVEMBER 16, 2012
Overwork prevents teamwork. Imagine the feeling of being close to missing a deadline. At 3:00 p.m. a team mate needs your expertise on their marketing project. Are you eager to serve? Or, are they an irritating pain in the a**? You’re frustrated because you want to help but feel you can’t. People who can’t get [.].
Leadership Freak
NOVEMBER 6, 2012
Image source Nice leaders finish last, if nice means agreeable. If all you do is agree, go home. You aren’t contributing. “There is a condition afflicting organizations that often goes undiagnosed because it is perceived as benign. In truth, it is corrosive. I call it the ‘the disease of niceness.’” John Baldoni in, “The Leaders [.].
Leadership Freak
NOVEMBER 23, 2012
Old styles of leadership are about giving permission to supplicants. Followers seek permission. It’s an “I/you” rather than “we” dynamic. Leaders have power while followers ask. I/you leadership is disengaging and disempowering. Successful leaders do more than give permission, they get it. Permission answers the question, “Is it ok with you if we talk about [.].
Leadership Freak
NOVEMBER 27, 2012
Dreams smolder and die unless others own them. Passion isn’t meaningful until it ignites others. Igniting passion isn’t pumping up. Pumping up: Is fun at events but manipulative as long-term strategy. Places unnecessary burden on leaders and managers. Never lasts. Drains and exhausts. Pumping up pours energy from you to others. Ignition: Healthy people all dream the same dream; [.].
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Leadership Freak
NOVEMBER 3, 2012
I thought leading was getting people on my team. But, leading is getting on their team; grabbing their oar. But whose boat and whose oar? Whose boat: Leaders can’t help those going in the “wrong” direction. By wrong, I don’t mean morally wrong. I mean wrong for the organization. Get out of boats going in [.].
Leadership Freak
NOVEMBER 15, 2012
New leaders find giving help easier than receiving help but receiving is necessary. Supporting others earns promotions. Receiving help expands impact and maximizes the talents of others. Doug Conant, author and former CEO of Campbell’s Soup, has a leadership model that centers around the question, “How can I help?” Check out his book, Touch Points. [.].
Leadership Freak
NOVEMBER 20, 2012
It’s the one year anniversary of my accident. I remember rehab. There’s pain, discouragement, and negativity in every hospital. Alongside darkness, you’ll find hope and healing in the people who work there. I watched them come to work like most do, kind of blah. But, somewhere between their first cup of coffee and seeing me, [.].
Leadership Freak
NOVEMBER 24, 2012
It’s a mistake to expect everyone to fully align with your values. Shared values are never fully shared. Power of values: Shared values are the heartbeat of vibrant organizations. Values drive decisions. Decisions drive direction. Direction drives satisfaction. Diversity in values: Close alignment and diversity are better than full alignment and unity.
Speaker: Tim Buteyn
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Leadership Freak
NOVEMBER 2, 2012
It’s easy to point out mistakes and problems. Offering solutions is another matter. A Leadership Freak contributor writes on yesterday’s article, “I was hoping for the “how not to make these mistakes” version of “The Top Mistake of Team-Leaders.” Any tips regarding how to curtail the mistakes on that list? In other words, don’t just [.].
Leadership Freak
NOVEMBER 13, 2012
The problem with the pursuit of excellence is there is no done, only better. Done satisfies. Move on. Yes! There is no check box in the pursuit of excellence. The second challenge with the pursuit of excellence is feedback. Excellence demands feedback but feedback begins in the past. Beware, the past sucks in like black [.].
Leadership Freak
NOVEMBER 14, 2012
Bad ideas were good once but nothing always works. Quitters never win. At least that’s what we think. The danger of perseverance is it’s virtuous but not always wise. Thomas Edison famously said, “Many of life’s failures are men who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” Don’t let Edison’s statement [.].
Leadership Freak
NOVEMBER 8, 2012
Image source The first pressing challenge of leadership is focusing on the thing that matters most. People matter most. In one sense, you are the person that matters most. Nurture and develop you as much as you nurture and develop others. In another sense, others matter most. You make others matter when you: Celebrate effort [.].
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
NOVEMBER 21, 2012
Curt said, “I turn away when they load accident victims in the back. If I looked, the medical team would probably have another patient. I don’t want to know what’s going on back there. I can hear it when things are getting dicey but I try to ignore it.” On the one year anniversary of [.].
Leadership Freak
NOVEMBER 10, 2012
Image source Passion for positive change drives people crazy, especially those in the middle of organizations. People at the bottom go along to get along. They won’t change until they’re sure top leadership supports change. But, what if those at the top fear change? The passionate-middle feels paralyzed by lack of interest or support from [.].
Leadership Freak
NOVEMBER 12, 2012
Image source Every team has a few passionate leaders chomping at the bit to create the future. But, dead weight weighs them down. Most teams lead by consensus, the lowest common denominator. I believe in leading with teams but struggle with drifters, underperformers, and the fearful who hold organizations back. It’s frustrating when playing it [.].
Leadership Freak
NOVEMBER 5, 2012
The real problem with problems is they draw you into the past. Fixing problems is focusing on something that already happened. The power of leadership is creating something new not fixing something old. One the other hand, preventing problems is a problem. Teams never win if defense is all they play. Organizational success is about doing [.].
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Leadership Freak
NOVEMBER 22, 2012
We were poor college students, over 1,600 miles from home, when we celebrated our first Thanksgiving as husband and wife. The capacity of our kitchen was two, uncomfortably. It was 1976. Dave Tricky, a fellow student, came over with his girlfriend. It was a big deal; friends and food mean a lot when you don’t [.].
Leadership Freak
NOVEMBER 29, 2012
Last week, I frustrated someone, again. I thought I learned my lesson but old habits die hard. There’s always room for improvement, from my point of view. Nothing’s ever done. I’m tempted to add to or modify projects while in progress. It feels great to me. I’m adding value. Modifying project outcomes, after jobs begin, [.].
Kevin Eikenberry
NOVEMBER 7, 2012
George was seen as an up-and-coming leader in the organization. People that worked for him liked and respected him. Those in Senior Leadership saw his potential, so he was slated to attend the company’s leadership development workshop. George was ecstatic! He loved the organization and wanted to move up and contribute as much as he [.].
Leadership Freak
NOVEMBER 12, 2012
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Kevin Eikenberry
NOVEMBER 5, 2012
There is a difference between what we can control, and what we can merely influence. Sometimes we get these mixed up and this confusion causes many problems for leaders (and all of us as human beings too). Today, I want to clarify one piece of this mix-up, a piece that starts with us personally, and [.].
Leadership Freak
NOVEMBER 19, 2012
November 20th is the one year anniversary of my collision with a tree that nearly killed me. I think of life as BA and AA, Before Accident and After Accident. The tree won, I lost. I have foggy recollections of a semi-conscious trip in a life-flight helicopter to a regional trauma center. The noise, the [.].
Kevin Eikenberry
NOVEMBER 25, 2012
Are there people you really have trouble communicating with? Are there situations where you find communication nearly impossible for you? Do you secretly wish you could wave a magic wand and communicate your ideas faster with less stress, challenge or drama? The fact is there are many strategies and skills that can help us communicate [.].
Kevin Eikenberry
NOVEMBER 16, 2012
While gifts of all kinds are given everyday, we are approaching a time of year when we spend more time thinking about the giving of gifts than at any other time of the year. I thought of that when I read this quotation, and decided to share it with you. Below, I will try to [.].
Kevin Eikenberry
NOVEMBER 28, 2012
We all find ourselves in social situations, or at networking events, or perhaps even on airplanes, and people ask us, “So, tell me about yourself.” Most of us answer that question the same way – we provide some labels or hooks for who we are. For me, it would include some of the following: I’m [.].
Kevin Eikenberry
NOVEMBER 26, 2012
Have you ever cleaned your garage? When you started the project, the task was pretty well defined. You could look at the garage and see what needed to be done. But once you got started, two things happened. First, you realized there were more necessary parts to the job than originally thought – the project [.].
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