Four Tactics for Setting Attainable Goals this Year
The weeks in January and early February are crucial for many industries when it comes to planning out the year. At Leadership Development Group, we are no different with our annual strategy planning session taking place next week. If you read our blog regularly, you know we advocate against strict resolutions at the turn of […]
Becoming a positive self-storyteller
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Your Leadership Garden
A garden’s goal is to produce. People don’t cultivate gardens and not expect a harvest. That’s foolish. It’s too much work. I remember the back breaking summer nights I spent picking weeds. Your life is just like a garden. You are meant to produce. A friend of mine, Mike Murdock, asked me once, “What is […]
Episode 009 – The 3 Myths of Leadership – Podcast
Most leadership occurs from the middle of the organization. There is a difference between management and leadership. Management is more about compliance. Leadership is more about influence. Leadership is an art. If you can increase your influence, you can increase your leadership. The 3 Myths of Leadership If I’m not at the top I […]
Episode 006 – The Difference Between Leadership and Management – Podcast
Myths Of Leadership 1. If I’m not at the top, I can’t lead. Build relationships with others to gain influence naturally. Leadership is about valuing people, caring about them and getting permission to lead them. People follow you, because they want to. Every level of a company depends on leadership from someone. 2. When I […]
How To Motivate Your Team
“Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done, because he wants to do it” –Dwight Eisenhower Leadership And Management One of the first principles I learned about leadership is that I can’t directly control anyone. You can manage projects and objects but you lead people. You can buy […]
Why Most Leadership Training Fails
Training is a Process Turning a group of employees into a high performance team doesn’t happen overnight. It takes time, commitment, patience and a belief that the effort is worth it. When I begin to work with an organization, I know it takes time to change that culture. It’s the reason I have a process-drive […]
If You Want To Accomplish More, Do Less
The Less You Do, the More You Accomplish It’s a dirty little leadership secret, but it’s true, the less you do the more you accomplish Gaining clarity on what brings the most value to your organization and focusing energy there, accelerates growth. When you’re young, you try to prove yourself by doing everything. This was true […]
How To Be A Great Follower
Who Does What You Want To Do? A lot of my talks are centered around the theme: Find who has done what you want to do and emulate them. In some form or fashion my keynotes revolve around this topic. This is true for most speakers, you’ll notice a theme because great communicators have tapped […]
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 […]