Yesterday, in preparation for a future speaking engagement, I phoned the organizer to get some clarification on who would be in my audience. He said something that gave me pause when he offered that the group I was speaking to “were mostly not leadership types.”
His intention was not to be mean-spirited, more of a casual toss of an opinion. The specific roles this audience held were not necessarily deemed as leadership ones in that organization, simple enough. But that by no means discards them as being potential leaders or leaders amongst their inner circles.
Every person can lead. We already do in our own lives, our starting point is self-leadership:
Like any pioneer, Pixar struggled. Those able to tap into their superpowers are those able to transcend the rules. I watched The Pixar Story on Netflix this weekend. I looked forward to a unique story of this adorable powerhouse (I mean, that lamp). And the documentary delivered on that. The surprise came as I watched how Pixar became a lauded innovator.
I love being inspired. I love getting teary eyed, choked up, and goose-bumpy…truth be told, it’s not that hard to get me there .
Since I was feeling a bit nostalgic with the New Year, I compiled a list of my own. 2 leadership stories, 8 quotes, and 7 books that either leave me feeling like I can do anything, or a bit like I should be doing much, much better and to go make that happen!
I hope you feel the same…
Gratitude is one of those habits we all know we are supposed to do, but why? What does it do for us? Yes, I’m not proud of this, but I’m shamelessly asking Gratitude “What’s in it for me?”
With the arrival of Thanksgiving comes the final push of 2018, with the timeless underlying theme of gratitude. Grateful for the food we are about to eat, the people around the table with us, and for some…the deals to be found clawing through Black Friday.
I am going to save the rest of the reasons to be grateful for you to find on other posts this week. Today, it’s all about why gratitude works, why is it at the top of every guru’s list, and let me tell you…it is more than just being grateful because you should be. If embraced as a practice, it moves you forward in all aspects of your life.
"What Got You Here Won't Get You There"...such a profound statement that reminds us every time we think we've got it figured out, that we've only figured out that piece of that puzzle. If we want to reach new heights, new possibilities, we will need new approaches, change, and challenge.
The good news is that this is an absolute natural, necessary part of life. Not only for us, but for all living creatures. Enjoy this 1 min read on why this is part of our natural journey.
One of the biggest challenges leaders face is cultivating employee engagement. How do we get our people to care?
It may take a mindset shift on your part (spoiler alert: as a leader you are not responsible for everyone’s tasks. You are responsible to get your team to want to be responsible.)
When your team is invested in your work, many positive things take shape.
A friend said a comment that piqued my interest this weekend, "We are drowning in information, but thirsting for wisdom."
I know the feeling, I think we all can relate.
People in leadership roles want to do a good job, do right by our team, ourselves, and our business. So, we turn to a popular fix:
We hop online, and drown ourselves in the never-ending amount of surface information out there on how to reduce turnover, how to increase employee engagement, how to...
