Dustin Snyder

An uncommonly effective change management executive.

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“Managers tend to blame the people and assume the behavior is the issue," Dustin Snyder said. https://t.co/hbmRNPCMsI

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You are paid to do one thing and one thing only.

You usually get to do it your way if you can prove you can consistently do it well.

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Every amazing thing that's ever happened has been preceded by a person of authority saying "that's not possible."

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One thing all my clients have had in common is that they are executives who are voracious readers.

Execs who read a lot grow a lot.

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Whatever the limiting factor is,
attack it immediately.

In the most effective way possible.

That usually means getting very close to it.

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Stress doesn't come from hard work.

Stress comes from not acting on problems that you know you have control over.

Stress is a warning that your actions are out of alignment with your character.

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The same problem comes back.

You address it, it returns. You address it again, it returns again.

At some point the question needs to stop being about the problem and start being about what keeps producing it.

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When things don't go according to plan, an amazing window opens.

A moment of teaching, understanding, and connection. It's one of the only windows you have where you can truly upgrade your team's skills.

If you shut the window, the team will hide it next time.

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Things are not going to be the way you expect them to be.

They are going to be the way they are. So...

- Check your ego.
- Prioritize what you want most.
‐ Let go so your team can make decisions.
- Keep the communication flowing in BOTH directions.

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Two guys in the airport bar are flabbergasted that margherita pizza has no alcohol in it.

This is why we can't leave our bags unattended.

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You become successful by doing more for others than they can do for you.

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Choose where you work and who you work for carefully.

You will take on the habits of the people around you.

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Use reality as a roadmap. Not a threat.

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Leading requires thinking farther ahead than everyone else and working the plan backwards from there.

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You can have exactly what you want.

But there are two conditions:

1. You have to know exactly what it is.

2. All your actions have to be aimed at it.

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If you see the present clearly,

the future holds no threat.

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Was with a group of department heads this week.

Yet again... the ones who didn't have trouble hitting their targets...

Credit it to the READBACK and the DEBRIEF

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Every time you make a decision,
you have failed to display leadership.

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My dog: Brings stick into house

Me: "No, that belongs outside."

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Me: Brings entire pine tree into house.

My dog: What the actual...

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The price of the outcome you want
is the risk you're avoiding.