Navigating the Mental Minefield: A Guide for Leaders
Effective leadership requires good thinking. Subtle yet profound thinking errors that can misguide decisions and strategies. Learn what the most common cognitive biases are and how to avoid them.
Effective leadership requires good thinking. Subtle yet profound thinking errors that can misguide decisions and strategies. Learn what the most common cognitive biases are and how to avoid them.
These two things will supercharge your selling, speaking and literally every area of your professional life if you use them.
“I don’t know.” Few if any leaders want to admit this. Many should. Not knowing is not the worst leadership sin. In actuality, it can be a helpful admission. Leaders are charged with finding the right answers with those they lead, not being the repository of all the right answers. To attempt that is a kind…
How do leaders accomplish more than others? And how do they achieve great things with others? I believe a leader’s success is due to his or her IQ: implementation quotient. That is the difference between common knowledge and consistent application. Implementation isn’t just about having good ideas; it is about acting on them. In a… Continue Reading [icon name=”icon-angle-double-right”]
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” ― Nelson Mandela Recently, I had the opportunity to speak with a group of seventh graders from Berean Christian School. Their teacher, Kevyn Brown, had them read the Fred Factor and then we discussed the book over Skype. I was really…
When I find myself getting really bad service, I try to extract lessons I can share with my clients. There is a national chain of upscale seafood restaurants where I’ve always enjoyed dining. I took my family, my brother and sister-in-law and mother there to celebrate my youngest son’s birthday. The experience couldn’t have been…
1. Who are the best at this? Emulation is one of the quickest ways to learn. Do you know who the best people are in your field or area of interest? Are you familiar with the top performers? Who do you look to as an example to learn from? Don’t just learn what the best do, make…
1. What is my purpose? 2. Why do I get out of bed in the morning? 3. What have I learned? 4. What do I most enjoy doing? 5. What is my biggest contribution to the world? 6. What would I do if I had only six months to live? 7. How will I keep…
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If you aspire to be a bigger, better and bolder leader, here five ideas on how to enlarge your leadership abilities and impact.