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You are a Leader – But Are You Inspirational?

Can you and do you inspire others? This is an important question for all of us to ask as leaders. Our answer helps us see past our positional “power” and look at our true effectiveness. Alaina Love, wrote a a blog post for Business Week that outlines ten attributes that help you inspire others. Here

Santa Claus is a Leader?

It is Christmas morning, and my family is still in bed. Before we get into an amazingly wonderful day, I wanted to write a post that has been swirling in my head for a couple days (visions of a blog post rather than sugar plums? I’m not sure what that says about me, but here we

The Difference Between You and Your Role as a Leader

Alonzo Fields, served as a butler in the White House from 21 years – from 1932-53. For many of those years he served as the Chief Butler. According to the Truman Library website, “The job of Chief Butler meant that Fields was responsible for keeping track of all White House tablecloths, napkins, silverware, glassware, and china.

Five Great Books For Leaders

This time of year there are all types of lists. Please note: I’m not saying these are the five best leadership books of 2009. Rather these are five great books for leaders. They aren’t necessarily “leadership books.” However, they all are books leaders will benefit from and be able to use in a variety of

The Starting Point of Any Change and Three Ways to Move Past It

Take a minute and mentally put yourself in a place that you love. You love the sights, the sounds, the activity you are engaging in. If there are others around they are people you are excited to be with. Take a minute and put yourself in that situation mentally right now. Now, imagine that I

Leaders as Drummers

In everything there is a rhythm. There is rhythm in a meeting. Rhythm in a day. Rhythm in a week. There is rhythm in a project and rhythm in an organization. And the leader is the drummer. While the singers in the band are out front, and while the lead guitarists get the biggest solos, without the

Five Performance Lessons from The Biggest Loser

My wife’s favorite television show is the The Biggest Loser. If you’re not familiar, it’s an NBC reality television show that chronicles a group of seriously overweight people from all walks of life as they try to become more healthy – and lose lots of weight. To give you an idea, the most recent winner,

Recognizing a Dean of Personal Development

Jim Rohn, who called himself a “Business Philosopher”, was revered by millions, and is created for launching or significantly aiding a generation of personal and professional development masters (Mark Victor Hansen , Anthony Robbins, Jack Canfield, and Brian Tracy to name just a few), passed away a week ago today. Though I never met Jim,

The Truth of Cause and Effect

I just wrapped up my conversation with Gary Ryan Blair (the GoalsGuy) – a conversation that is a part of Silver Membership in the Remarkable Leadership Learning System. This month our members are working onn how to help those they lead focus on goals more effectively. During this call Gary discussed a number of importance

How Big Should My Goals Be?

Because we are passionate about helping you reach your goals – and because this is the time of the year many people start thinking about their goals in earnest – I created a list of questions I hear and/or get asked about goal setting and goal achievement. I also created a list of questions that

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