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Leaders Model Respect (Ep. 30)

Episode 30: Leaders Model Respect

 

1. Leaders Listen to Others

We as leaders must remember that everyone on the team has talents that are unique.

If you were to write down a list of all of your people and their unique talents, meaning the talents that they have that others do not, what would those be?

QUESTION: Do you tap into that talent?

A good leader uses the talents of those around her, and more than that, seeks the counsel of people that have the talents that they do not. 

Go to those on your team who have unique talents and ask them for their council. This in practice, is an act of respect. 

If you are not a good listener then you have no chance of being a good leader.  

You need to be better at listening, asking questions, and listening for the message behind the message that your employees are conveying.  

Asking questions to everybody on the team, at all levels, encourages employees who would otherwise keep their mouths shut, to tell you their good ideas. Asking questions also encourages people at all levels to raise important issues that you as the leader might not be aware of.  This gives you more opportunity to clarify what your goals and outcomes are, and allows you to keep people focused on the mission.

 

2. Leaders Give Credit to Others

If you are not the kind of person who gives compliments to people, this one is going to be really important for you. 

“If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, we did it. If anything goes really good, then you did it. That's all it takes to get people to win football games for you.” Paul Bear Bryant

REFLECTION QUESTIONS:

• When something goes bad, do you jump to the illogical conclusion that there is no way that you could have done something wrong? 
• When something goes semi-right, do you share in the victories and losses? 
• When things go right, do you do your best to give all of the credit to others? 

 

3. Leaders Value Opposing Viewpoints

If you do not welcome opposing viewpoints on your team, you are going to set yourself up for a very lonely road of leadership.  

If you refuse to take the ideas of other people, they are soon going to stop giving you their ideas. 

If you find yourself taking action on more of your ideas than the ideas of people on your team, you are probably not moving in the right direction.

The reason why opposing viewpoints are so important is that it sparks discussion.

 

MO’s Final Thoughts:

Leadership really is about respect.  In fact, if you want to get a good understanding and a clear and concise understanding of how important it is, look no further than John Maxwell’s 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership chapter 7… “The Law of Respect.”  When you start from the premise that you are going to both respect the people that you lead, and give them a reason to respect you, it creates something pretty cool.  Without respect, your team will fall apart.  People don’t want to follow others that they do not respect. Practice respect, and it will raise your leadership lid.

 

Amazon Book Links:

Team of Rivals, Doris Goodwin - https://amzn.to/39USxO6

The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, John Maxwell - https://amzn.to/2O4tr6Q

 

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Leaders Fail More (Ep. 29)

Episode 29: Leaders Fail More

 

Leaders can really only do a couple of things.  They can use their actions and the way they view life to inspire others, or they can discourage others.  

 

1. Leaders Must Stay Visible

You can’t go AWOL.  As the leader, your people need to know where you are and what you are doing.  They need to use you as the guide to what needs to be accomplished.  

It is all about building relationships, and getting ready for what is to come. The best way to do this, is to have people on my side, and the best way for me to do that is to help them know that I am on their side.

You have to be visible more than just to pop in and let people know what they need to do.

Your main job as a leader is to build relationships and add value to others. 

QUESTION: What are you doing to be intentional in your relationship building? Are you creating opportunities for engagement with the people who look to you for management and leadership? 

There does have to be some kind of boundaries, but as the leader, you have to create those boundaries, care for your people, and help them become better in the process. You can't do that unless you are engaging with them on a personal level.

QUESTION: How are your personal skills? What are the people skills that you need to work on? Who can you ask on your team to be honest with you about what you need to change regarding your visibility to the people you lead? 

 

2. Leaders Must Stay Positive

You need to give your team a reason to follow you. Nobody likes somebody negative. 

QUESTION: If I were to ask your team what kind of outlook you have most of the time, what would it be? 

You have to be ready to help people see the potential for winning.

One of the ingredients is having self-confidence. 

QUESTION: What are the things that you are afraid of right now? What are the boogeymen that you have to face up against to be self-confident? 

This does not mean that you will not experience losses, but it will make you a better person in the process, and help you to keep going when you don't want to go anymore. 

Leaders are always looking for the potential negative pieces of the puzzle, and look for traps that might slow the team down. Leaders are about getting the job done, and doing it with others by their side. 

 

3. Leaders Must Stay Honest

It's important for you to give off and exude that self-confidence, but in a qualified manner. 

The Peter Principle says this… In any organization, most of us are going to “rise to the level of incompetence.” 

QUESTION: Are you willing to be unwavering in your quest to become the best? 

You have to accept nothing less than your very best. As soon as people are relying on you, you just don't have to be good, you have to be great. 

 “Where good enough, isn’t.” - Hertz Rent-a-Car

“Good is the enemy of great.” - Jim Collins, Good to Great

QUESTION: What do you not do that you have to add to your regiment to make sure that you are the best? 

Because if you don't:

1) you will get fired because you will be outed for not getting the job done,  

2) you will keep your positions and destroy all of the people that look to you to make them better… which is even worse.

Harsh, yes. But, everything rises and falls on leadership. And, if that is the case, then the success of your people as individuals and together as a team has everything to do with your ability to shape them for the future, and make the right decisions to help them and the company succeed. 

 

MO’s Final Thoughts:

The bottom line is this. You have to be willing to fail. Leadership is not about being comfortable, it's about making change. And the way that you make changes you go against the grain. You have to be ready to step out of your comfort zone and screw it up a time or two. 

 

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Good to Great, Jim Collins - https://amzn.to/36Jin5l

 

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Leaders Begin with the End (Ep. 28)

Episode 28: Leaders Begin with the End

“To begin with the end in mind means to start with a clear understanding of your destination. It means to know where you’re going so that you better understand where you are now and so that the steps you take are always in the right direction.” -Stephen R. Covey

“Life is like a parachute. You have to get it right the first time.” - Eleanor Roosevelt 

Everybody is going to leave a legacy, it really just depends on what kind of legacy you want to leave.

 

1. Define Your Legacy

QUESTION: What kind of legacy do you want to leave? What do you want to be remembered for?

BOOK: A Million Miles in a Thousand Years, Donald Miller

Whether you are at the beginning of your career, or the middle, or you are getting ready to retire, you can make an impact in your job.  

When we can start getting people in line with their desired legacy, then we can get them on a path to making correct directional decisions, and really make an impact on the people that they are around.

Every time you go from one place to another, you make an impact and leave a print on that company, and the lives of other people.  

QUESTION: How are you going to leave others better for having known you?

 

2. Live Your Legacy

“If you don't know where you are going, any road can take you there.” - Lewis Carroll

There is no time like the present to get moving.

If you can define the legacy, you can start to live that out today.  

The only way that you can develop a legacy is by building credibility as a leader. 

Nobody wants to follow somebody who doesn’t know where he or she is going. 

Your legacy, the one that you walk out on a daily basis, has to include people.  That’s what leaders are all about.

 

3. Impart Your Legacy

QUESTION: How are you going to bring others along on your journey?

"Succession is one of the key responsibilities of leadership." - Max Depree 

“Legacy lives on in people, not things.” - John Maxwell 

QUESTION: Who are the men and women who are teaching you on a daily basis how to do leadership?  

If you don’t have a crystal clear focus, you can go all the way back up to the first point and learn how to define that legacy and talk through it with the leaders that you trust to speak into your life.

 

MO’s Final Thoughts:

BOOK: Shackleton’s Way: Leadership Lessons from the Great Arctic Explorer, Margot Moreell & Stephanie Capparell.

“I am sure we are all the better for having known him and that his example to us made us see life as a bigger thing and not petty and small as some people see it." 

 

Amazon Book Links:

Leadership is an Art, Max DePree - https://amzn.to/3rlcGT8

A Million Miles in a Thousand Years, Donald Miller - https://amzn.to/35wFEqv

21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, John Maxwell - https://amzn.to/2O4tr6Q

Made in America, Sam Walton - https://amzn.to/2S91pcN

Shackleton’s Way: Leadership Lessons from the Great Arctic Explorer, Margot Moreell & Stephanie Capparell - https://amzn.to/35yxi1t

 

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Leaders Are There When You Need Them (Ep. 27)

Episode 27: Leaders Are There When You Need Them

All of us have to answer to somebody. 

“When you own your own business you trade in your boss for a thousand bosses.” Meaning, you are now responsible to anyone who purchases your product or services.

It doesn’t matter who you are, or where you lie within the chain of the company, you are going to be called upon to lead some time in your career.

QUESTION: Are you going to be ready to lead when the time comes? 

“Roving Leader” can be defined as one who “responds swiftly and effectively” in times of uncertainty or trouble. - Leadership is an Art, Max DePree

When it comes time to make a difference, anybody can do that.

 

1. Roving Leaders Are There When You Need Them

“The Brady Six” documentary - even though Tom Brady started as lowest man on the totem pole in the depth chart, he practiced as if he was the starting quarterback. He was going to be ready when he got his chance. 

One of my favorite books, in fact it is in the top five on my top 50 book list, is a book called, The Magic of Thinking Big: Chapter 2 - “Excusitis” - For every excuse you have, you can and should turn it around and look at it as a reason. 

Reasons and excuses get the same results.

“He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.” Benjamin Franklin

You are never going to know exactly what you are called on to do. If you are in the mindframe that you are ready to take action, you will be just fine.

 

2. Roving Leaders Practice Interdependence

Leadership interdependence is, leadership that is not handled carelessly; that which is shared, but never given away. 

If you truly want to be a person of influence and a leader that others look up to, resolve today that you are never going to put the blame on somebody else.  Period. 

The responsibility falls on you.

Roving leadership demands discipline.  Discipline is what it takes to get the job done. 

QUESTION: What does discipline look like in your sphere of influence? 

“The shortcut to the process is the process.” Coach Nick Saban 

If you are the person on the team who chooses to have the hard conversation about discipline, people will start to rally behind you. Just you watch.

 

MO’s FINAL THOUGHTS:

 

What it comes down to is the condition of your attitude, and the level of competence that you have. These two things together will shape the experience that both you and the people at your company have when it comes to your leadership. When you choose to get rid of excuses and couple that with living in the sweet spot of discipline, this will make you more apt to being an effective roving leader. 

 

Amazon Book Links:

Leadership is an Art, Max DePree - https://amzn.to/3rlcGT8

Magic of Thinking Big, David Schwartz - https://amzn.to/3aF5Dhj

 

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Leaders Promote Emotional Intelligence – Part 2 (Ep. 26)

Episode 26: Leaders Promote Emotional Intelligence (Part 2)

 

Part 1 Recap: 

1. Leaders Always Improve Communication

Emotional intelligence - It is “your ability to recognize and understand emotions in yourself and others, and your ability to use this awareness to manage your behavior and relationships.” Emotional Intelligence 2.0, Bradburry and Greaves

1. Understand the emotions both in yourself and others, 
2. Have the wherewithal to manage your behavior and your relationships. 

Self-awareness is the ability to understand yourself as you really are. 

Social awareness is what helps you stay focused and absorb the important information that will help you be relational. 

 

2. Leaders Always Build Trust.

Every day we are both put in a position to trust others, and ask others to trust us. 

To build trust, you have to learn how to manage your relationships. 

Relationships are like cultivating a garden. Building trust takes time. 

Reflection Exercise: Think about the relationships in your life that cause you to trust. What are you missing in those relationships? What do you need to do to take that relationship to the next level? 

Another thing that you can do is actually ask people how you can gain more of their trust. And, when you ask, actually listen to their answer. 

 

3. Leaders Always Have Tough Conversations.

Avoid arguments at all costs. There are no winners in an argument, only losers. 

With that being said, leaders DO have the tough conversations. The other side of arguing would be to totally disregard the conversations that need to be had. But, that is the art of leadership.  

QUESTION: Are you calm and effective in the way that you handle tough conversations?

The “one minute reprimand” - One Minute Manager

Tough conversations come in the context of what should already be good and positive leadership on your part.

Tough conversations usually happen on multiple occasions for one topic. The first conversation is helping them to understand the changes that need to be made. But the second conversation is always more important. It is the conversation where you come back and help them understand that they have made the change successfully and that you are happy with their performance. Or, you have a follow-up conversation to let them know that they still have to make changes, whether big or small.

You have to have the interest of your people first and foremost. If they know that you are trying to help correct their mistakes or errors for the sake of the team and also their ability to get better at what they do, they will want this kind of feedback. 

When people know that you mean it, and that you want to get better at leading them, they will invite it and appreciate it.

 

MO’s FINAL THOUGHTS:

Start treating people like individuals, while at the same time not losing the team aspect of everything. Everybody understands communication differently. There are some people on your team that you need to reevaluate, to see if you have been treating the relationship properly, and giving it the kind of attention that you should be. Always be promoting a healthy bottom line, both in production, and relationships that you have with the people in your team. Having both will set you up to be effective in leadership.

 

Amazon Book Links:

Emotional Intelligence 2.0, Travis Bradberry & Jean Greaves - https://amzn.to/2StSjao

How to Win Friends and Influence People, Dale Carnegie - https://amzn.to/2MD12o1

The One Minute Manager, Blanchard and Johnson - https://amzn.to/3oASlsL

 

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Leaders Promote Emotional Intelligence – Part 1 (Ep. 25)

Episode 25: Leaders Promote Emotional Intelligence (Part 1)

“Relationship management is your ability to use your awareness of your own emotions and those of others to manage interactions successfully.” Emotional Intelligence 2.0

 

1. Leaders Always Improve Communication.

• You need to improve your own ability to communicate
• You need to help others improve their communication

Learning how to communicate in business will either catapult your company into the next level of productivity, or bring it down, and make life difficult for everybody.  

“Understanding the Four Communication Styles in the Workplace”, Rider University

1. Analytical Communicators: These are the people that focus on statistics and figures. 
2. Intuitive Communicators: They figure out what the goal of a specific project needs to be, and they focus on that bigger picture.

• Jim Collins, Good to Great - Hedgehog Concept
• Angela Duckworth, Grit 

QUESTION: Are you willing to do the things that others won’t, when it’s not fun anymore? 

• Functional Communicators: These are the people that love processes. They want to go step-by-step and reach the final product in “the right way.” 

The downside for functional communicators is that these people believe that there is a right way, and usually the right way is their way. So, they can end up alienating others that they don’t see things the way that they do. 

• Personal Communicators: These are the people that hold the team together. If you are hanging by a thread, these are the people that are skilled in seeing a ton of different perspectives and learning the reasoning behind why people form their specific ideas. These people are inspirational, they foster trust, and always try to leverage the buy-in. 

QUESTION: First, what kind of communicator are you? Secondly, what kind of communicators do you have on your team? 

When you realize that people are unique and different on your team, then you will get less frustrated when people don’t understand you. 

When you can communicate with people from all four of these styles, it is going to make you more in tune with the needs of individuals, the team, and even the company. 

Blessed are the flexible, for they will not be broken. 

If you can build your roots deep with all of these different styles on your team, you might bend, and the hurricanes of life might come at you, but you will never break because you are continually letting the relational roots get deeper and stronger.

 

MO’s Final Thoughts:

This week my encouragement for you is to write down on a piece of paper the people on your team and try to figure out what kind of communication style they have. Start viewing your people as unique, knowing that you need to meet them where they are at. Take a few moments to do that and I would venture that it is going to raise your communication skills, and build those roots with your team members.

 

Amazon Book Links:

Emotional Intelligence 2.0, Travis Bradberry & Jean Greaves - https://amzn.to/2StSjao

Good to Great, Jim Collins - https://amzn.to/36Jin5l

 

Article:

“Understanding the Four Communication Styles in the Workplace”, Rider University - https://bit.ly/2RCq49r

 

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Leaders are Multipliers (Ep. 24)

Episode 24: Leaders are Multipliers

 

1. Leaders Listen to Others

Leadership is not about being the smartest person in the room. It doesn’t matter how smart you are, if you don’t have people around you to get the job done. 

“Leaders who don't listen will eventually be surrounded by people who have nothing to say.” - Andy Stanley

If you want to be a great leader, you have to help people take your lead. 

The first thing that I look for in others is something that they can bring to the team that I don’t have. 

Here’s the real question. Can you keep your mouth shut long enough to let other people give you their ideas? Because I can tell you, there are a lot more ideas than you think in your company. 

It’s not just enough to listen to somebody, you have to be able to hear them as well. There is a difference.

Listen to hear. Don’t listen to respond. 

You have to remember that the only reason that you are the leader is because people have chosen to follow you. Otherwise, you are just a glorified manager. And if you want people to follow you, they need to believe that you understand them. They don’t care how smart you are, or how smart you think you are.

Your job as a leader is to do more than listen, it’s to hear what your people are saying, not filter it through what you want to hear. Get your ego out of the way and start listening to people more.

 

2. Leaders Lift Others Up

"The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership." ~Harvey S. Firestone

Nothing will be more important than developing your people. 

QUESTION 1: Do you feel called to leadership? 

QUESTION 2: When is the last time that you recognize somebody for the great work that they are doing? 

“Catch people doing something right” - Blanchard and Johnson, The One Minute Manager

 

3. Leaders Lean into Others

Your people already know your weaknesses. 

So, if you are not honest about what you are good at and what you are bad at, trust me, I will know very fast by listening to what your people say about you. 

Andy Stanly says that the higher up in the company you are, the further removed from reality you are. 

The best thing that comes out of the self-assessment exercise is that I hope leaders at that point realize that they need to lean on others. 

Remember, leaders who strive to bring out the best in others also need to lean on those people and let them excel at what they do. 

Every obstacle will be seen at new angles when you let others apply their thoughts and resources to those problems. You can only think one way. 

 

MO’s Final Thoughts:

If you want to be a multiplier of everything around you, you have to take the focus off of yourself. Always remember that when you push her focus outward, it leaves little room for you to be selfish. We want the best people. That’s where a leader's pride should be, in his or her people. Because we never want to forget what the great coach John Wooden said, “the star of the team is the team.”

 

Amazon Book Links:

The One Minute Manager, Blanchard and Johnson - https://amzn.to/3oASlsL

The Five Levels of Leadership, John Maxwell - https://amzn.to/2YMuoTs

Mother Teresa: An Authorized Biography, Kathryn Spink - https://amzn.to/3u0jpmB

 

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Results Begin with the Leader (Ep. 23)

Episode 23: Results Begin with the Leader

Some people like the term, the new normal, but the reality is that we need to learn how to do things different now. It's not going to be the same. 

There has never been more demand for the products and services that you and your company give, it is just a matter of whether or not you are willing to do what it takes to move your team to the next level in this new world.

 

1. Leaders Implement Change.

“One of the emerging leadership trends in 2021 is that rapid change (now that it is possible) will become the norm,” says Maureen Metcalf a recent Forbes article.

The key difference between the ‘best and the rest’ is how companies manage the time, talent, and energy of their workforces. 

Time: What each employee has to dedicate to productive work daily.

Talent: What each worker brings to their job.

Energy: How much each employee is prepared to invest in their work and contribute to the success of the company. 

 

QUESTION: What changes do you need to implement?

 

2. Leaders Encourage Balance.

Leaders need to be good at both results and relationships. 

Results ensure that the team continues to move forward.

Relationships are important, because without relationships, you are dead in the water as a leader. The most effective leaders are going to be able to move into deeper relationships with each of the people on their team. 

 

QUESTION: How do you ensure you and your people can stay balanced and productive when the sprint turns into a marathon?

 

3. Leaders Model Expectations.

You are the one that has the responsibility to shape expectations. 

“You get what you tolerate.” — Henry Cloud  

You as the leader need to define what the future of work at your company will look like. 

• Adding Value 
  • True leadership means that you can help your people become better at what they do.
• Inspiring Others
  • It is more than just what you do at work, but nurturing and helping employees grow in all areas of life.

 

QUESTION: What are the expectations for ongoing speed?

 

MO’S Final Thoughts:

It’s  not one or the other… it is both results and relationships. Help your people get what they need to get done for the team and the company while at the same time helping them to become better and more skillful. When you do these in tandem, you will set your team, and yourself, up to win.

 

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No Great Leader Is An Island (Ep. 22)

Episode 22: No Great Leader Is An Island

“Ultimately, leadership is not about glorious crowning acts. It’s about keeping your team focused on a goal and motivated to do their best to achieve it, especially when the stakes are high and the consequences really matter. It is about laying the groundwork for others’ success, and then standing back and letting them shine.” Chris Hadfield, astronaut and former Commander of the International Space Station

 

1. Great Leaders Promote the Dream

“All successful people - men and women - are big dreamers.” - Brian Tracy 

QUESTION: Do you understand your own goals and dreams? Have you written them down? 

 It is important to keep the short-term goals and long-term goals in perspective.

You can be a good leader without being a dreamer. However, if you want to be a great leader, you have to be a dreamer. 

 

Become a storyteller:

What is your compelling purpose that you need others to know and understand?

 

2. Great Leaders Promote the Team

Leaders are only as good as the people on their team. 

If you want to be a good leader, and eventually a great leader, you have to shift your focus to not just the team, but “effective teamwork.” 

Focusing on this kind of teamwork fosters two things:

• Higher productivity
• Loyalty among people on your team

Teams that work well together will always produce better work and results.

 

QUESTION: Do you communicate collaboration among your team?

Communication is a key component, and a top priority, of a leader who was building a strong team.

You must foster and promote a “sixth sense” among your team members.

Teams that work well together develop a strong sense of accountability.

 

QUESTION: Do the people on your team understand what they are supposed to be contributing to the rest of the team?

 

MO’s Final Thoughts:

You have to focus on both the dream and the team.

 

Question: Which one are you needing to work on more?

Action: Write it down. Journal. Make the change today.

Amazon Book Links:

Extreme Ownership, Jocko Willink https://amzn.to/3cTm2RY

 

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Leaders Are Decisive (Ep. 21)

Episode 21: Leaders Are Decisive

Three steps to help the decision-making process:

 

1) Leaders Utilize Resources

1. Who you follow.
2. Who is following you. 

These are the most valuable resources around us. 

Who are the three most successful people that you know in life, PERSONALLY?  

“You just have to be good with numbers, and with people.” The Pursuit of Happiness

You have to be good at your craft.

You have to be good with people. 

There is no great leader who is not great with people. 

There is no way that you can be an effective decision maker if you don’t have the right people around you. If your people dislike you so much that they do not give you the information that you need, then there is no way that you will be able to make decisions to better the company in any way.

QUESTION: Do you involve your followers in the decision-making process? 

When you utilize the resources that are right in front of you to get as much information as you can, you inevitably improve your ability to make decisions. 

 

2) Leaders Utilize Schedules

“Time cannot be managed. It cannot be controlled in any way. Everyone gets the same number of hours and minutes every day. Nobody—no matter how shrewd—can save minutes from one day to spend on another.…” 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, John Maxwell

You cannot manage time, you can only manage yourself. 

• Decide your priorities 
• Communicate them clearly and in advance.
• Put everything on the calendar. 

 

QUESTION: Are you prioritizing each part of your job role and responsibilities properly? 

 

When we start to figure out what is and is not important in business, life, and everything for that matter, it will start to affect your decision-making process. 

 

Prioritizing your schedule will help you to allow time to focus on what is important.

 

QUESTION: On a scale of 1 to 10, how good are you at evaluating within the decision process?”

 

3) Leaders Utilize Uncertainty

The problem with life is that there is a lot of uncertainty. 

Leaders thrive on uncertainty, because it creates opportunity to make a positive impact on the people that they lead.

Amber, talk to me about uncertainty andHow it has changed for you in the decision-making process over the past few years.

“What would a great leader do?”, Andy Stanley 

Leaders do not have the luxury of living with “analysis paralysis.” 

 

MO’s Final Thoughts:

Remember, all of us have different habits during the decision-making process. Some people go with their gut, while others do not. Figure out how you approach decisions today and how you need to make adjustments to that approach, so that you can start making better decisions.

In episode seven of the HBO series, band of brothers, first Sgt. Lipton says about his commanding officer, First Lieutenant Dyke, “Dyke was not a bad leader because he made bad decisions. He was a bad leader because he made no decisions.”

Figure out your process. Make good decisions. And manage those decisions.

 

Amazon Book Links:

How to Win Friends and Influence People, Dale Carnegie - https://amzn.to/2MD12o1

21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, John Maxwell - https://amzn.to/2O4tr6Q

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey - https://amzn.to/2RjOUtV

 

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