The Tyranny Of The Urgent is a small booklet I read in college. Then in reading Stephen Covey’s The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People, I’m reminded of this theme again. Spending time visiting with my spouse is seldom urgent but always… Read More ›
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Governance: Project Planning Worksheet
A leader knows that there is no replacement for a system when it comes to managing a project. Click HERE to download and print a basic project worksheet that you can then adapt to your situation.
Graphic Leadership: Be A Nesting Doll
You no doubt have seen a set of Russian nesting dolls before. From this time forward I would like you to never look at them quite the same way again. I would like them to remind you of a key… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: Use Upfront Contracts
As you’ll see in this poster, two women have come to a fork in the road. Prior to proceeding, they have decided to sit down and create an upfront agreement about the next leg of their journey. Some items to… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: Think Like A Franchisor
A benefit of my owning a Sandler Sales Training franchise for the past ten years has been the processes that have been tested, proven, and documented by the franchisor for replication throughout the franchise network. As a leader matures s/he… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: Planning
I love quotes where I can’t understand the meaning and its application without reading it more than once. Here is certainly one of those. Statistics indicate that 10% of those in America have specific goals they wish to achieve. Even… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: Self Discipline
It is my personal belief that everyone exercises self discipline. We all discipline ourselves. However, some people use more effective methods of discipline and hence achieve better results. Maybe we should stop for a moment and inspect the words “discipline”… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: Daily Do List
Andrew Carnegie at his heyday called in a time consultant and said, “Tell me how to get more out of my day. I only got 24 hours in a day. Tell me, tell me. How can I get more?” The… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: The 6×6 Plan
Do you have any trouble maintaining intensity in your life? Do you have trouble keeping intensity around the goals, the accomplishments that you want to achieve? The 6×6 Plan might work for you. The question is simple, “What six things… Read More ›
Graphic Leadership: Time Management
My favorite, most practical book on Time Management is the book, Getting Things Done by David Allen. I’ve given you a diagram here of his thesis for how to organize yourself in order to get things done in an efficient… Read More ›
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