Yesterday, mailed 43 leadership commitment letters that were written six weeks prior. These executives made a promise to themselves. They’ll be reading what they wrote in a few days.
Broken leadership is tempting, but not an option.
The absence of:
crystal clear priorities
excellent training
a clear, concise, and compelling vision
rock solid accountability
appropriate appreciation, encouragement, and recognition
a culture by design
etc, etc
Because it’s difficult doesn’t mean it’s impossible.
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Yesterday while running. Chatted and wished this bird of prey the best. Dude is looking into my eyes.
Horse, Jockey, Trainer, Owner.
Which is most important?
Final answer?
Ok.
Take two…
Same question, “Who’s most important?”, but this time it’s race day, say the Kentucky Derby.
Same answer?
Why or why not?
What does this mean to leadership?
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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.
Our instructor, a seasoned attorney, carries a $100 bill and tells people when riding elevators he’ll give it to them if they can share their personal values before the door opens. He’s never given away the $100. He would have yesterday if he had tested the audience.
Empathy is often regarded as one of the top leadership qualities differentiating great leaders from good leaders.
And there’s talk about some adults being too busy to be effective parents, that is, too busy to generously demonstrate empathy.
This is why i insist great leaders differentiate themselves with:
clear, concise, compelling vision
enhancing employee involvement by moving past training, to development, to foster commitment (versus compliance)
putting structure and process in place to have absolute clarity on accountability for priorities and balance
demonstrating the most commitment on your team, and if there was a private vote, you’d be unanimously selected
Makes perfect sense.
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PS. The 5 personal values i’ve been teaching our son since he could talk:
Honesty
Behave admirably
Personal Responsibility
Self-control
Initiative
We worked on honesty (trust) from day one. Behaving admirably was introduced with the advent of sleepovers. Personal responsibility added during elementary school. Self-control added during adolescence. And initiative was added last year as a High Schooler. Next up is fun – probably add that tonight.
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This website is about our career health. To leave this site to read today’s post on my home health website, click here.
On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.
