Guess which one Walt Disney thought it was

Epcot's Spaceship Earth

 

(photo: Lunch in Japan on a Sunday is easy when you call Walt Disney World home)

Leadership is the silver bullet. While it’s common to have great business managers leading a team to stellar financial results, the long term toll this effort requires needs to come into question at some point.

Bottomline, the difference between burnout and turnover versus sustainability and loyalty is simply this:

Profit is either the goal or the reward.

Great leaders see it as the reward.

You reach a point where you no longer work for money. – Walt Disney

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It’s definitely an inside job

Doctor's office examination room

 

(photo: Doctor’s office examination room at Walt Disney World’s Center for Living Well)

Is well being elusive?

The photo’s right hand message, well being, is subtle yet prophetic.

You are the CEO of You, Inc and in charge of your well being.

Effective leadership starts with effective personal leadership.

Thinking any other way is flawed. Seriously flawed.

Don’t do it.

Find a million ways.

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Dear leaders, yes financial obligations are the bottom line, but

Time Magazine cover with Mary Barra

 

Time Magazine cover story and photo

 

(photo: Time Magazine cover story… inside it continues with intriguing photos)

The harsh reality in business is there’s a number behind everything.

Dear leaders, yes, financial obligations are the bottom-line. We hear you say this all the time when we ask for stuff we deem important, “It has a number behind it”.

Of course there is.

And there are people behind the numbers.

Profit is either the goal or the reward.

Our choice to see it as goal or reward determines the employees’ choice for compliance versus commitment.

Leaders, hasn’t anyone explained this to you?

Either way it’s crystal clear.

Even if you look the other way.

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The great leadership paradox and the demand for excellence

Reading poster

 

(photo: Last night at PREP office… want to become a better leader? Teach.)

Ever feel like a misfit, a crazy person, an unwelcome thinker, an overachiever, a zealot?

Plain vanilla leadership satisfies the masses because it is the most socially accepted flavor of leadership.

This type of managerial work is necessary in order to keep the pipe line full with the mediocre work known as the daily grind.

Ever work in a place where excellence is demanded?

Demanded.

Not hoped for, strived for…

Demanded.

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mind • body • spirit • work • home

All five websites are seamlessly connected by a convenient and easy to click link to go to the next topic.

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Are leaders really just environmentalists?

Tweets form Orlando Based Motivational Speaker

 

The most important thing a leader can do probably isn’t on their list today.

Nobody’s perfect.

Shame isn’t it?

Won’t be on the agenda tomorrow either.

Why?

One of the great mysteries in business.

Probably has something to do with the bottom-line and all that.

The leader’s job is to create an exceptional environment.

Is profit the goal or is profit the reward?

These two approaches create the DNA of the environment.

Each approach has a direct and proportional ripple effect on employees.

We pick one whether we are conscious of it or not.

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