The truly great hockey player, Wayne Gretzky, said it well when he said, “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” To the leader it means a sure way to fail is to not try. Consequently, the strong leader… Read More ›
Competitive Style
Graphic Leadership: Your Lake Of Resources
In this poster you’ll see a boat that has beached itself – driving full-speed ahead out of the lake and up on the sand. Notice the name of the lake. The lake represents the leaders finite spiritual, emotional, financial, physical,… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: The Leader’s Formal Education
While a leader understands the value of a formal education, s/he neither undervalues nor overvalues its contributions to their status as a leader. I have watched people with very strong (albeit raw) leadership skills who were so filled with self-doubt… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: Why Do They Like You?
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 ›
Graphic Leadership: Mastery Leadership
Dr. Gio Valiante in his excellent book entitled Fearless Golf (which is as much about managing our fears in life as it is about the golf course) quotes Tiger Woods as saying that he does not compete against other golfers… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: Promote With Gratefulness
Self-promotion rarely comes easily for a true leader. Nevertheless, a leader also knows how important it is that others in the organization know of his/her accomplishments in order to maintain a strong brand among the stakeholders of that organization. If… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: Become An Expert
“Become an expert” I once heard it said, “And you’ll never have to sell again.” Recognized experts don’t need to sell themselves. They are given the respect and trust usually afforded only to physicians. There are other benefits too. Child… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: Money
The two ads read exactly the same with the exception of the salary. One ad posted a salary of $60,000 and one a salary of $260,000. The results? One ad had seven applicants and one had over sixty applicants. Guess… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: Contentment and Complacency
Contented is not a word that many leaders want used to describe him/her. They want to be seen as a “hard charger” or “driven for success.” However, I believe many times the leader has merely confused the word content with… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: Feeding Fears
. Earlier we saw that our Comfort Zone is encircled by a ring of fear – holding us back from the successes we desire (see the Comfort Zone and Uncomfortableness posters for more on this theme). Most of us have… Read More ›
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