In what I consider to be the most significant posting in this series, I spoke to the importance of dividing your Identity from your Roles. Please click HERE to revisit that posting. In order to accomplish that task, it is… Read More ›
Assertiveness
Graphic Leadership: Ten Lies I Tell Myself
In his excellent book Taking Responsibility by Dr. Nathaniel Brandon, he addresses the ten most common beliefs that people use to excuse themselves from taking personal responsibility for where they find themselves in life. They’re listed on this poster. As… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: Know What You Want
As much as leaders many times do what they need to do, they never lose touch with what they want to do. They know that the indispensable component of passion springs from what they want to do. They know that… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: Checking The Wind
Can you pick the leader from the committee members sitting around the table? It’s a trick question. Don’t try too hard. Actually any of the committee members might be a leader with the exception of the fellow in the far… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: Boundary Protection
There are people who seem to have no understanding of personal boundaries and respecting the boundaries of others whether those boundaries be physical, emotional, or verbal. They’ll stand in your space, they’ll ask questions about your personal life, and they’ll… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: The Firing Dance
In the steps prior to releasing a person, the leader oftentimes goes through a series of steps that might be called The Firing Dance. It is not unlike what a couple goes through prior to a divorce. This insight is… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: Like vs. Respect
The leader understands that when respect and like are in a fight, respect had better win. The leader who tries to get people to like him/her will do things much differently than those who have respect as their goal. If… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: The Price Tag
Following is an activity that I frequently use in my leadership workshops to help participants understand the difference between their Identity and their Role (see the Identity vs. Role poster for more information). My suggestion for you is to pretend… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: When Nice Isn’t Nice
I believe that “nice” people believe that they are taking the moral high road. “Be nice, and then people will like you,” they might say. However, I have found that being “nice” more often than not is gutless, manipulative, and… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: Ask For What You Want
The classic marriage dysfunction is when one spouse or the other says, “I shouldn’t have to tell him/her what I want. If s/he loved me, they’d know.” This same dysfunction impacts the leader too. “My work should speak for itself. … Read More ›
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