Great leaders don’t

Disney Cast only door
How do you feel when your boss calls you and says, “Can you come see me in my office?”

 

Great leaders tend to do things that matter. Good leaders don’t.

Trouble is, much of what matters can’t be measured and much of what can be measured doesn’t matter – not in the hearts of those we lead anyway.

Employees are starving to know their leadership team thinks the world of them.

Good leaders assume they know. Great leaders don’t.

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Here’s the ultimate test of leadership

Nature hike

 

(photo: College friends from 1981 reuniting for the weekend and hiking in North Carolina)

Anybody can buy a nice business suite, read a bunch of business best sellers, and recite inspirational leadership strategy.

But here’s the ultimate test of leadership.

The first victory in leadership integrity is a home win.

Very simply, this means are we an example or a warning?

As a leader. A parent. A spouse or partner.

With our health, our attitude, our service to our community, and at home where no one can see us.

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Should we stay or should we go?

digital quote
Old school is not funny, it’s sad.

 

In the same way that we used to never be able to have our mobile devices powered on during take-off and landing, so too will many other notions fall.

A great leader is an early adopter.

A good leader waits.

The difference, is, well, very different in creating a team of (leaders) people filled with creativity and innovation or (followers) people filled with a wait and see work ethic.

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Mantras can serve as medicine

Without Limits movie scene

 

Without Limits movie scene

 

Remembering this mantra: Lose a battle to win the war.

On it.

Recently inspired (again) watching a top three all time favorite movie, Without Limits (the struggle for understanding between Bill Bowerman and Steve Prefontaine – an Olympic Coach and an Olympic Athlete at the 1972 Munich Olympics)

(yes, this is obscure yet it frees a writer to occasionally put something on paper that just feels good to say – it’s so cathartic)

(and it brings a Heavenly smile that is 1,000 times bigger on the inside)

(it’s extraordinarily healthy)

(it’s like having a therapist)

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