Work like you mean it

Meandering to a different drummer means what?
Meandering to a different drummer means what?

 

Many years ago a close friend became something she never ever dreamed of becoming.

In the past few years she has felt a new calling, while simultaneously and continuously getting better at what she currently does.

And in fact, it’s something that compliments what she already does.

But the new calling is a dramatically different platform.

It might be like a drummer wanting to become a record producer.

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What does courage look like in a leader?

What does courage look like in a leader?

Hard to say, because, ironically, we talk about it all the time, but if pressed to answer, “When was the last time your spine was stiffened?”, we would come up short.

The challenge with corporate leadership, is that humans are involved. We are perfectly imperfect. Flawed. Broken yet beautiful.

This video is long (7:59). About 4:30 into it, your spine will be stiffened. If it doesn’t, well…

 

 

The corporate world actually shuns audacity. It’s dangerous. It could be misinterpreted.

So can cowardice conformity.

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The sad truth about being mediocre and a quick test to see if you are

2013 Chicago Auto Show keynote speech
2013 Chicago Auto Show

The sad truth? We bury ourselves so deeply with our insecurities, we feel we can’t dig out.

Here’s the quick test, ask yourself when was the last time you took a risk (and when was the time before that?).

If your answer wasn’t today and yesterday, here’s jeff noel’s antidote:

If I never try anything, I never learn anything. If I never take a risk, I stay where I am.

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Just trying a leadership idea on for size

Book draft for Mid Life Celebration
Book draft for Mid Life Celebration
jeff noel's first book
15 months later….

We live our lives with many unfulfilled dreams. Big dreams can scare people. Or intimidate them. Big dreams also provide food for jokes, teasing, and back-stabbing.

So we hide them. We minimize them. We sell ourselves short.

What would it look like if we didn’t?

The vast majority of us will never know.

So I’ve been trying something on for size. A book. The first. Of many.

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