Why How-Tos Aren’t Solving Your Problems (And What to Try Instead)
In this video, leadership expert Dennis McIntee reveals the #1 mistake that keeps high achievers stuck: thinking that how-tos are enough to create change. In reality, most problems are emotional, not logical. To grow and get the outcomes you want, your first step is to stop tolerating the things that quietly drain your energy and […]
Converting stress into confidence
Let me ask you a question. Are you stressed today? Odds are, your brain answered that question before you consciously even began to process it. Our brains are designed to respond to questions immediately because it is what helps keep us alive. Thankfully, it is also what can help us overcome stressful situations or at least […]
The Feelings Wheel
Our emotions give us so much power. Naming them can help us deal with them so that peace and joy are much more within reach.
What you think of me is none of my business
You can choose to react. Or you can create.
In choosing your response, you are also choosing your feelings. And if you capture this control, you can control your life.
Go live your life independent of what others think!
If you don’t like the station, change the radio
We have an acronym at Leadership Development Group that we use to explain the impact of our own experiences when it comes to the stories we tell ourselves.
Who determines if you are happy?
When it comes to finding happiness, recent findings of a Harvard study point to personal connections as the most important component of health and happiness. But, how do you find happiness? We love the quote by Dan Sullivan that goes something like this: “Happiness is not something you get–it is something you have already.” The […]
Four Ways to Control the Need to Be Liked
One of a leader’s biggest pitfalls is succumbing to the need to be liked. If you are so focused on approval from others, you will never be able to make decisions that are best for your team. There are two elements that affect this need to be liked: recognizing your own weaknesses that make you […]
Becoming a positive self-storyteller
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The Ability To Lead Yourself
If you can master yourself.. you can master anything else. Dennis discusses the importance of learning to lead yourself.
Why Self Management is the Best Management!
You Can Lead from Anywhere! I think one of the greatest misconceptions when people think of leadership is the thought, that if I am not at the top I can’t lead. My friend, John Maxwell, always says that leadership is not a position or a title but it’s influence. I always remind myself that influence […]