leadership – Page 22 – Disney Brand Loyalty Keynote Speaker

The email came in while driving from Spring Grove to Allentown

Spring Grove, PA fire department — Small town entertainment: bingo and meatloaf in Spring Grove, Pennsylvania.

The gift of an ordinary day is a leader’s greatest asset.

Time.

And then spending that magnificent asset in a balanced, powerful, and fun way.

Yesterday while in Allentown, Pennsylvania, i was able to respond to a Speakers Bureau executive with answers to important questions for him and his client.

Yes, we are on vacation. Yes, we had just arrived for a few days to stay and visit.

In the explanation to my Mother-In-Law, my wife asked me to share with her how my business model works.

Surreal to hear it come out of my mouth.

Additionally, earlier yesterday morning, we gifted a 77-year old with a MacBook Air. A hand-me-down, but new to her. It compliments her iPhone 6. With iCloud, her world become more exciting, confident, and safe.

Leadership happens all day, everyday.

And there are no boundaries for doing work that matters.

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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.

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Intentionally waited until bedtime to be a leader

High School freshman studying — He spent the entire weekend preparing for finals week.

Intentionally waited until bedtime to tell him, “Your work ethic and focus impressed me this weekend.”

Wanted him to take that feedback to bed with him to ponder his behavior and hopefully begin to understand that there are times when the characteristics he demonstrated this weekend will serve him as an adult.

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Personal leadership involves doing things that are invisible to most

Salvation Army pickup truck — Snapped this photo from our riding lawn mower yesterday morning.

Personal leadership involves doing things that are invisible to most. In the corporate world, donating money, volunteering time, hosting fundraisers, and a list of other common ways to give back, are all marketed very carefully to the public.

Why?

Because it’s a great public relations strategy.

To do it invisibly would be considered a missed opportunity.

Oh well.

Note: The readership here, in the big picture, is so small, it’s the equivalent to it never happening.

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The client said, “You should tell that to everyone.”

Winter Garden Theater at dusk — Spent three days here this week doing work that matters.

The client said, “You should tell that to everyone.”

It seemed important, but i didn’t think the audience would care. The client did. That had me rethink my opening remarks.

“i’m going to share with you 30 years of Disney experience. i could speak for 30 straight days about Disney content and not talk about the same thing twice. Today i’m going to share the most important essence in just two and a half hours.”

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Assuming is a dangerous leadership blind spot

Disney Leadership Speaker — Real people not actors.

In retrospect and in this current moment as i type this, i’m reflecting on how many activities and how much laughter, and how much think-until-it-hurts time we experienced the past two days.

With few exceptions, it was pervasive.

It rarely, if ever, gets any better than that.

i’m sharing because it’s a perfect example of preaching what i practice – intentionality.

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