Company orientation programs labeled Bore-ientation?

Chalk art at Epcot's United Kingdom pavilion
Orientation should trigger front line desire for discretionary effort

 

The first day of a new employee’s work is typically orientation. Often called bore-ientation.

Why make orientation unforgettable, over-the-top amazing?

Because if we can’t deliver it to them on day one, when will we?

We are setting the standard for all the rest of their days with our organization.

Seriously.

And most of us are clueless.

Which is why most employees won’t do any more than you pay them to.

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The one interesting paradox about power and leadership

Big theater in the round stage at Orange County Convention Center
being onstage can feel powerful, it can also feel vulnerable

 

The unexplainable joy from becoming our own true, authentic self is the stuff not covered in most leadership books.

Why?

My theory is because most successful leaders got there for personal glory, not for authenticity.

Human nature is survival of the fittest. Dog eat dog. Yada yada.

True power is in not needing it.

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Love when a blinding flash of the obvious is put on trial

Hayward Field home grandstand
You don’t have to be a runner, but you do need to do something (Hayward Field is Running’s Mecca)

 

Our overall health has a major impact on our job performance.

Love when a blinding flash of the obvious is put on trial. Our ability to perform our job art is diminished in direct proportion to our health.

While I can write without issue, being able to stand in front of an audience and be fully alive and engaging is, well, severely limited.

The double inguinal hernia repair surgery recovery is going slow and steady.

Thank goodness for Oxycodone. And a brand new bed.

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Leadership is hard and involves a ton of change

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Leadership. We all want to work for great leaders, yet they’re rare. This makes for long days.

We all wish our politicians were great, but alas, it often seems like a comedy of errors. This makes for a long four years.

How often do we act on our own desire to live with great personal leadership? This makes for a long, probably more-mediocre-then-we’d-like life.

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