"I never had a crisis that didn't make me stronger." Lou Holtz
Crisis is a journey of transformation.
Talk more about what you can control than what you can’t.
#leadership#LFreakquote
'Tis the season for leaders to begin thinking of planning for the next 12-36 months. Taking 2 days to refine vision and imagination around direction, customers, talent is a foundational investment that pays off for everyone.
Two Fundamental Questions…https://t.co/RebB0APGjE
Sometimes I'll ask teams:
~ Do you need to be transformed or are you excelling where you are right now?
Often the response is a puzzled look.
It's not a trick question, but the response tells me everything. When you are on a leadership team, the fee…https://t.co/8n0eHprTcY
The reasons we need leaders:
~ Disrupt status quo
~Develop others
~Build networks & relationships
~Demonstrate courage and composure
#truth#focus#takethelead
You can't actualize a level 10 vision with a level 5 team.
You can't keep a level 10 team with a level 5 vision because competent and capable individuals are geared to be challenged.
Be sure your team is right for your vision.
#vision#rightpeople#rightvision
The word 'training' has always been a word I have avoided because it focuses on techniques, standards, job roles and problems. I'm more interested in helping people build a pathway to profitable, strategic and competitive organizations. This requires col…https://t.co/mkkfw4Yk8G
Transformational leaders have different leadership dimensions than traditional leaders because the mission is to transform - not just make improve or increase bottom line. Transformational leaders:
~ Raise up ensuing leaders who will carry the transforma…https://t.co/onirfWeWc1
Question for leaders: Are you
~ Modeling your organizational values?
~ Expecting people to catch the vision? or
~ Providing direction so they not only see it, but know what
they need to do in order to realize it?
~ Allowing your team to run wi…https://t.co/EzzffPYWGg
The process of learning to lead myself began when I was shown that much of my behavior was on autopilot and was reactive: especially when under stress. I learned from others where and when the negative behavior raised its ugly head. What I found out:…https://t.co/zLu03Xo4Fl
Five factors that will hinder achieving your personal or team's vision:
~Distractions (too many 'priorities')
~Discord/division (unresolved personal conflicts)
~Disappointment (reaction when things go bad)
~Double-mindedness (not convinced of direction)…https://t.co/xLQfDiu9U0
Too many people worship at the altar of busy-ness and who aim at nothing expecting to hit a target. That is why it is encouraging when I meet those who have committed to leading self so they can lead others. I find these people practice certain habits:…https://t.co/jobeX1cc24
So much is written about leadership; but the crux of the issue is all about great managers: the ones who create systems and processes and go about the business of getting the vision realized. The great manager is the lynchpin between the leader and the…https://t.co/Sty0jjMehI
Teams have strengths and weaknesses just as individuals. The majority of people tell you to concentrate on your strengths -- I think this is a dangerous mindset. Your team's blind spots are the very things that keep the same things happening over and ov…https://t.co/3uDity0NA8
No archer ever hit a goal by aiming the arrow all over the target — that is what multi-takers think can happen.
Hitting the target requires that you focus, take aim and shoot.
#focus#aim#clarity
#1 Frustration for Leaders: Lack of Responsibility and Accountability in organization.
#1 Mistake of Leaders: Allowing irresponsibility and lack of accountability to flourish in your organization.
#courageousleadership#accountability
No Middle Ground: Poor decisions are not made because of a lack of skill, confidence or will. Poor decisions are made due to inability to handle pressure.
# #character#responsibility#clarity#teamresilience https://t.co/cGfM92MEWr
Teams who consistently raise the bar have a very strong mutual trust factor.
Without trust, a team spirals into a downward direction that will definitely cause failure to produce results - every time.
A lack of trust gives birth to a belief that people…https://t.co/mIJjyxg6u5