As much as we’d like other’s to take an interest and care

How To Influence People seminar in Calgary
A random walk downstairs (from the main conference center) led to the discovery of this meeting room and message

 

We must be the initiator of our own professional development.

As much as we’d like other’s to take an interest and care for our professional well being, the odds are very high that everyone else is just as busy as us.

And often (daily?) we (all of us?) are just trying to survive the day.

(the photo image reads: People Crave Direction)

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May trust, respect, and development overwhelm your work today

busy, career-focused people, fill the commutes across America
busy, career-focused people, fill the commutes across America
Times Square never sleeps
Times Square never sleeps

Nuwanda worked at a Fortune 500 company for 13 years before he requested the last week of the year off. He didn’t get it. Why wait so long? Because he knew when signing up, the work ethic was the customer comes first – “we are at our busiest on nights, weekends and holidays”.

If you are working today, my Christmas wish for you is that you work for a leader who trusts, respects, and develops you.

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The Long Way Is The Short Cut

Repetition, excellence, patience, values, these are all vital leadership ingredients.

If yesterday’s message was “patience is a virtue” then today’s followup is that the long way is the short cut. From developing boys into men to developing adults into leaders.

The first leadership victory begins with self-mastery (or at least pretty close).

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