Disney Brand Loyalty Keynote Speaker
Five daily blogs about life's 5 big choices on five different sites.
Boomers, there will always be critics as you try to lead and challenge yourself and others, as you overcome adversity, and triumph over impossible, and even as you enjoy life.
Farmers would be miserable indeed if they failed to sow because of the relentless birds and the unpredictable weather.
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Found this article by Alaina Love from The Purpose Link, sharing her Business Week article: “You Can Lead. But Can You Inspire?”
Click here to read about the ten attributes senior managers need to lead their organizations through the recession and the demoralizing consequences on their workforce.
You see it and hear it every day. In the world news and in the hallways of your own organization. There are demoralizing consequences from this brutal recession.
We are way past managing in today’s world. You know it and I know it. The antidote is inspiration.
Which leads us back to the original question, “Is there a doctor in the house?”
If you’re not the lead reindeer, the view never changes. Being emplyed is like that too. And it reminds me that as a leader, it’s incumbent on me to see the future and describe to others what it looks like.
Someone has to set the vision. If it ain’t the leader, what have you got? Seriously. If the leader doesn’t do it, you’re in serious trouble.
Imagine these guys without a lead reindeer:
PS. Okay, so they’re not exactly reindeer, but you get the point. Make your day great. You know where you’re headed, right?
jungle jeff always has a camera in his pocket. Always. Well okay, not always. Not while sleeping. Who has pockets while sleeping?
Einstein once said, “Setting an example is not the main means of influencing another, it is the only means.”
Writing as the five-a-day blogger, it is a hope that I may become the change I wish to see in the world.
A camera is a helpful tool to capture thoughts and share them in a different way, a visual way. Expect to see quite a few One-Take-You Tube videos in the next couple days. Carpe diem!
How does a person or an organization become world class, and stay world class? Here are four tips to do just that. First, however we need to state the obvious:
It’s a double edge sword isn’t it? If consistency is the hallmark or quality, and continuous improvement is the key to becoming (and sustaining) world class status, how do you balance risk and reward?
Let’s use this example from yesterday.
As a professional speaker, there are several goals for every presentation:
Let’s review from a different angle, what you just read:
The second set of bullet points states the common sense theories that we all nod our heads in agreement when we hear them.
The first set illustrates how I internalized these common sense things to make them work for my particular role in the business world.
Now it’s your turn. Take the four common sense bullet points and make them your own. Tomorrow, I’ll share how practicing what I preach led to an amazing result.
You don’t have to any of this. And maybe that’s a leader’s biggest challenge, doing what’s easier rather than what’s harder. So here’s a fifth tip – being world class means out working your competition. Most people hate to admit this. And then they wonder why they aren’t world class.