Simon Sinek has an excellent Youtube video about techniques of effective confrontation at work. He says that when you need to confront someone at work you must do three things, not necessarily in any order. You must state: 1. Specifically how you feel. 2. Specifically what they did (action). 3. The potential impact. For example, Read more about How To Confront Someone At Work[…]
Gifford Thomas wrote the following on LinkedIn: When leaders are honest about their shortfalls and can learn from their mistakes, they earn respect and along the way create an environment of transparency. “As a great leader will tell you, they have made many mistakes. They will admit that it was the collective insight from bad Read more about Mistakes Are Learning Opportunities[…]
J.C. Maxwell, in a minute with Maxwell spoke about persistence and equated it to the story of The Little Engine That Could. The engine believed he could do it and he chugged and chugged with great difficulties and eventually made it. Persistence has as its motivation – anticipation which keeps me in the game. Persistence Read more about Persistence Pays[…]
There are some habits successful people have inculcated that make them so successful as leaders. So, what are those habits? 1. They are open to change. If you don’t open up to change, either you are left behind in the crowd or someone else will take your place. They are never stagnant. They are the Read more about Successful People Do Things Differently[…]
Gifford Thomas wrote an article on how so many people fear change. Change makes people feel very uncomfortable and fearful. Change makes people feel insecure, confused and angry. People want things to be the same as they have always been, because that makes life easier. But, if you’re a leader, you can’t let your people Read more about Change Hurts[…]
– Recast all problems as learning opportunities – Provide fail-safe positive relationships – Increase dosages of nurturance – Do not crowd – Forced Success – Learn to decode the meaning of behavior – Be Authorative, not authoritarian – Model respect to the disrespectful – Notice small things – Keep positive expectations alive – Give seeds Read more about The Paths to Connecting With At-Risk Students[…]
Philip@phildankoski posted the following 10 actions that help when dealing with misbehavior: 1. Breathe. 2. Empathize. 3. Forgive. 4. Connect With Them. 5. Understand Their Story. 6. Communicate. 7. Be Patient, It’s a Process! 8. Suggest Alternatives. 9. Seek Advice. 10. Listen, Listen, Listen.
1. Practice Gratitude 2. Praise Others 3. Focus on Success 4. Let Go 5. Pray & Meditate
Simon Sinek speaks about inspiring others on one of his interviews on YouTube. He talks about why you are failing to inspire anyone. He says that inspiration requires for the leader to listen, to pay attention to what the people need, to be a servant. I’m hearing this over and over again from all the Read more about Inspiring Others[…]
Gifford Thomas states very wisely that we are foolish when we compare ourselves to others. When we measure ourselves against the standards of others’ works, or accomplishments, it is an excercise in futility and meaningless, demeaning and personally tragic because it places our true potential at the mercy of others, giving them the right to Read more about Compare Yourself to Yourself[…]