Author: jeff noel

Retired Disney Institute Keynote Speaker and Prolific Blogger. Five daily, differently-themed personal blogs (about life's 5 big choices) on five interconnected sites.

Surprises can be developmental

leadershipchecklist from Jeff noel
This is from my business website. Wrote it years ago. Gotta say…it inspires me years later.

An impossible goal is the only goal that has the power stir the human soul.

dad

It just dawned on me.

What?

The best answer for a frequent question i get that always seems so ambiguous.

Q. What are you doing here?

A. Helping your CEO understand how a world-class organization got that way.

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This website is about our WORK. To ponder today’s post about our HOME, click here.

When did you come of age?

Disney theme park app
Not since Covid, four years ago, could you simply show up whenever you wanted and get in, guaranteed. Feels good to be back, even if it’s only sporadic for now.

How old were you when you discovered what makes you come alive?

dad

i “came of age” in my early 30’s when we moved into our second home, our current home.

Was probably another decade before it hit me though.

It eventually became a BFO (blinding flash of the obvious), i love everything about our home.

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This website is about our WORK. To ponder today’s post about our HOME, click here.

Past lessons for free

Disney leadership series
Josh shares his key messages from a recent Disney Leadership event at Disneyland. Do the basics brilliantly.

If you want your future to be better than you past, study your past.

dad

Note to self: Some things are so obvious, it’s embarrassing to remind yourself (or others) of what is, well, blatantly obvious.

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This website is about our WORK. To ponder today’s post about our HOME, click here.

Ask the hardest questions

Ask the hardest questions. Answer like a champion.

dad

What grade do you give yourself for identifying every customer touchpoint? Does everyone consider that employees are customers too? Do your employee surveys clearly reveal a deep emotional connection to your leadership and your brand?

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This website is about our WORK. To ponder today’s post about our HOME, click here.

What brings you joy at work?

.thinking differently brings me joy. So does helping others do the same.

dad

Framework to .think .differently

  • Questions, paradox, common sense
  • Thinking deeper, reaching higher, working harder, and caring more
  • Mind, body, spirit, work, home: Personal vibrancy
  • Leaders, employees, customers, reputation, improvement: Organizational vibrancy

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This website is about our WORK. To ponder today’s post about our HOME, click here.