Everyone wants to be brilliant. Fortunately for us, genius comes in two flavors. The first type is what most people are thinking about when they are wishing this: Individual Genius. It is the raw mind power and creativity that is associated with figures like Archimedes, Leonardo Da Vinci, and Albert Einstein. These legends and others… Continue reading The Two Types of Genius
Communication, whether written or oral, is a difficult skill to hone. Yet it is a necessary skill for leaders and management. Without it, you can’t initiate action or follow up on progress, much less organize a group or consolidate them under a common vision or goal. While you may never want to author a book… Continue reading #1 Tip for New Writers
Reality is powerful. While that may be self obvious, let me explain. Reality dictates what can happen and is the ultimate basis for what does happen. Happy thoughts, dismal decrees, high hopes, and asinine assumptions do not change the facts about a situation. Understanding the truth about a situation is not a bad thing. The situation itself… Continue reading Gripping Reality
Your time has come. You have made it. You have been hired as a leader or manager and its now time for assembling your team. Now comes the challenge of deciding which candidates to accept for your group. Whether a group is being formed from scratch or is just filling vacancies as they arise, the… Continue reading Assessment by Association
Leaders don’t develop in a vacuum. They learn from their predecessors, evaluating ideas and incorporating them into their personal leadership philosophy. During his life, congressman and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, collected pieces of advice and other quotes which were important influences on his style of leadership. These he stored them in an old shoe box.… Continue reading Building Your Shoebox
Technique and character are two interesting aspects of leadership. One often sees leaders with varying degrees of each, some with both, and it seems too often all to many with neither. But in a world where our time is increasingly divided, which is more important for a leader to build? Stephen Covey, an old legend… Continue reading Technique vs. Character
One inescapable fact about being a leader is that you will eventually need to present in front of an audience. Unless you were very proactive in high school, chances are you haven’t had many opportunities for public speaking practice. Unfortunately, it is a key skill that one needs to excel at fairly quickly. The pat… Continue reading 4 Steps to Getting over Stagefright
Unless your are one of the rare breed of person who is naturally comfortable and charismatic in front of a group, public speaking is normally not pretty or even pleasant, for either the speaker or those listening. A well circulated statistic in oratory classes is that more people fear speaking in front of an audience… Continue reading The #1 Worst Piece of Advice for New Public Speakers
Priorities are a pivotal part of being a successful person, much less leaders. Simply put, priorities are what a person identifies as being the most important things in his life. Often times, we have a set of priorities which govern our entirety of our lives, but you also have sets of priorities which command the… Continue reading 3 Rules for Prioritizing Work
Hello World-Changers, Welcome to the third installment about what makes vision so important. In earlier posts, we talked about how vision creates unity and gives direction to the newly formed group. But it goes much farther than that. Vision creates purpose. Each piece builds on the last. Vision creates direction. Direction establishes unity. And unity contributes… Continue reading Why are Visions Important? Part 3 of 3
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