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Cows and New Gates | Leadership Freak
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Empowering Leaders 300 Words at a Time. Cows and New Gates. May 14, 2015. Cows, like people, are creatures of habit. Dairy cows wear paths in fields from walking the same route to the barn, day after day. If you move the gate, they’ll walk to where the gate used to be and wonder why they can’t get through. Whatever you do, don’t move the gate. In order to get the herd to the barn, you must drive lead cows through the new gate. It won’t be easy. Cows don’t like new gates. Get up after you stumble first.
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Waiting Never Gets the Job Done | Leadership Freak
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Empowering Leaders 300 Words at a Time. Waiting Never Gets the Job Done. March 16, 2010. Win a FREE copy of “Survive your Promotion” – Keep reading to learn how! Hey all you Leadership Freaks, give a hearty welcome to guest blogger Katy Tynan. Professional coach and author of,. 8220;Survive your Promotion: The 90 day success plan for new managers.”. Waiting Never Gets the Job Done. Have you ever been to a teambuilding camp? On the first week of the month we ran a kids program. Students in 6. Talking to o...
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The Complete List of Toxic Behaviors that Poison Teams | Leadership Freak
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Empowering Leaders 300 Words at a Time. The Complete List of Toxic Behaviors that Poison Teams. July 21, 2015. Toxic behaviors connected to communication:. Assume silence is agreement. Overstate teammate’s opinions and question their motives. Sweep difficult topics under the carpet. Speak for others. Begin sentences with “you” – you always and you never. Polish terminology until the message is lost, obscure, and acceptable to everyone on the planet. Allow power-members to drone on and on. Deal with a few...
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The Ultimate Pursuit | Leadership Freak
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Empowering Leaders 300 Words at a Time. June 21, 2015. The ultimate pursuit of life isn’t happiness, love, or success, it’s wisdom. Thankfully, wisdom isn’t information, intelligence, or talent. Wisdom is practical know-how. Nothing more, nothing less, nothing else.). Wisdom is always useful in practical ways. A person with a string of broken relationships isn’t. Wise about building relationships. Leaders who are wise about goals, get things done. 7 ways to get wisdom:. Eliminate what isn’t working.
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4 Ways to Stir the Pot and Not Get Burned | Leadership Freak
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Empowering Leaders 300 Words at a Time. 4 Ways to Stir the Pot and Not Get Burned. April 30, 2014. Leaders stir pots. But, you’re an irritating trouble maker, if all you do is stir. Stir the pot, too often, and you’ll end up burned. A leader without relationships is an individual contributor. Develop relationships by aligning-with and going-along. Those who never go along are self-centered ego maniacs. Successful leaders stir the pot. Build alliances at the same time. Corporations love those who love them.
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How the CEO of Zappos Solves Problems | Leadership Freak
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Empowering Leaders 300 Words at a Time. How the CEO of Zappos Solves Problems. February 16, 2013. Your worst problem is believing you know the problem, when you don’t. The next is solving it. Procter and Gamble set out to design new soap for cleaning floors. It’s a challenge because strong soap cleans dirt but it also strips finishes and irritates skin. After years of failed attempts, P&G came up with the Swiffer –. Paper towel on a stick. Mopping was the problem, not soap*. Why are we doing this? How ca...
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Secrets to Great Presentations | Leadership Freak
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Empowering Leaders 300 Words at a Time. Secrets to Great Presentations. June 18, 2014. Leaders who present well, extend their influence, broaden their impact, and advance their careers. Great talkers have an advantage. Ask the most important question presenters forget to ask. How do you want your audience to feel about themselves? Ask the second most important question presenters forget to ask. What do you want them talking about when they leave the room? Talk about what you want them talking about.
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About | Leadership Freak
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Empowering Leaders 300 Words at a Time. I’m Dan Rockwell and I’m freakishly interested in leadership. I’m not trying to change the world. I’m just trying to make a difference today. I live in central Pennsylvania, USA. American Management Association Top 30 Leader in Business of 2014. INC Top Fifty Leadership and Management Expert. And Top 100 Great Leadership Speakers. Author of the #1 or #2 most socially-shared leadership blog in 2012. From my keynote: “Finding Fire”. In addition to writing the Leaders...
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Empowering Leaders 300 Words at a Time. August 9, 2016. How Teams Win and Individuals Lose. Olympic Cyclist Mara Abbott suffered a heartbreaking loss in Rio last Sunday. With only seconds to go in the race, Abbott fell from Gold to nothing. Like a champion, she was dignified in… Continue reading →. August 8, 2016. How to Complain Like a Leader. August 6, 2016. The Almost – But Not Quite – Leader. Hands go up when I ask, How many have room to grow as leaders? August 5, 2016. August 4, 2016. I invited seve...
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Work Backwards to Fulfill Dreams | Leadership Freak
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Empowering Leaders 300 Words at a Time. Work Backwards to Fulfill Dreams. August 9, 2015. A dream without expression is a liability. If you can’t grasp a bit of your dream today, it’s a nagging inconvenience. Big dreams that diminish the value of imperfect progress are burdens. Dreaming won’t make dreams come true. 7 ways to reach for big dreams:. 1 Distill your dream into the solution you offer. Noble dreams are about people, not buildings and bank accounts. How will you serve people today? A dream you ...