Part of feeling worthy and acting worthy is not being afraid to state your worthiness. There are ways to do this that don’t extend into being a braggart or a jerk. It can be a fine line, however, especially in the online world where people don’t know you except for what you write. They can’t always hear the intonation in your voice. They can’t imagine your facial expressions. Because of this, words like “expert” can become tricky. Stanford Smith says that if you are an expert, you shouldn’t be timid about it. Do you agree?
What Passion And Discipline Can Do For You
September 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Joe Williams opens this post by describing how the team that saved Chilean miners from an underground purgatory envisioned their success. They had a deep and unyielding passion, first of all. How could you not when lives are on the line? But they also brought with them a strongly disciplined core that helped them make their passion a reality. How can passion and discipline help other people succeed in very different scenarios? How are passion and discipline helping the space program, for example? Read this thought provoking post!
Post title: Passion and Discipline
Originally published at www.leadingspace.wordpress.com
How Can You Motivate Reluctant Team Members?
August 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Kevin Eikenberry was asked how a leader could get under-performing members of a team into shape. The gut reaction of a leader is to think, “Maybe they aren’t comfortable in their role” or “Maybe my training isn’t good enough.” Kevin isn’t so sure about that. He suggests that maybe you need to find out what the reluctant team members are thinking. Why don’t they want to do the work? Maybe they feel like they are being shut out of the process by other team members. How would you deal with this situation? Let Kevin know!
Post Title: Dealing with Reluctant Team Members
Originally published at blog.kevineikenberry.com
Rap Stars in the Workplace
August 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The only thing I don’t like about this post by Meghan Biro is that it is too darned clever! I don’t know how she came up with all of this. So, as you know, there are all sorts of “personalities” you can end up working with. Well, Meghan not only creates a special rap star persona for those various categories of people, but she also tells you how to deal with those bad seeds. You don’t know if you should laugh your pants off or put your thinking cap on – and that is one tough decision, folks! Check out this great post – I hope you learn AND laugh as much as I did!
Post Title: 12 Most Comon Rap star Personalities You Will Meet in the Workplace and How to Deal
Originally published at www.12most.com
Trying To Achieve The Work/Life Balance
August 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Lisa Petrilli remembers the days when her dad would come home from work to a yard full of kids playing and dinner just about ready to be served. These days, we’re all lucky if we get home to have something other than fast food for dinner. The work/life balance is well nigh non-existent as we all work too long too often. How does this affect leadership in the modern era? Well, Lisa has the answers for you. This is a great post that I think will resonate with you a great deal!
Post Title: Leadership in the Age of Work-Family Conflict
Originally published at www.lisapetrilli.com
Why Mr. Spock is Not A Good Leadership Role Model
August 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment
There are a lot of advantages to knowing a whole lot about something. One of them is that you can do what Terry St. Marie (aka Starbucker) did in this post explaining how important communication is for leaders in the workplace. See, Terry thinks that some leaders think their knowledge can just be passed on like a Vulcan mind meld. Yeah, it doesn’t quite work. Instead of guessing, you need to make sure you are using your mouth (or your fingers if you’re typing) to pass along what you know. A great analogy helps make this a fabulous post!
Post Title: The Most Used, And Least Successful, Leadership Technique of All Time (UnlessYou’re A Vulcan)
Originally published at www.terrystarbucker.com
Why Not Let Yourself Think Big?
July 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
How many times have you done something great or had something great happen to you only to think, “Oh man, do I deserve this? Am I worthy?” Craig Morton notes that too often, we are scared off by our own potential. We run away from it rather than embrace it. Why? Maybe we have a self-esteem problem or maybe we’re worried we’ll come across as braggarts. Maybe we’re worried we’ll make other people feel bad. Morton suggests that sharing is the way to growth. Shrinking happens when you don’t let your light shine. Chew on this post and see where you end up on the issue.
Post Title: Think Big – Who Are You Not To be Brilliant
Originally published at www.ignitechange.net
are you positively leading?
July 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment
This post by Kevin Eikenberry is an important reminder about something that may seem simple at first glance – if you are in a leadership position, a positive attitude really really helps. That doesn’t mean that you can never get down. That doesn’t mean that you have to like or love everything everyone does all of the time. But it does mean that people look to you to set the energy level for the day. They look to you to set the tone for everyone else. Are you taking that responsibility seriously? Get a good gut-check from this post!
Post Title: Three Reasons A Leader Must Have A Positive Attitude
Originally published at http://blog.kevineikenberry.com
