Leadership Lesson: Why Leadership is Hard
Leadership is hard because your job as the leader is to help people, not to make them happy. Let me explain.. Think about parenting, aka leading your child. Your child wants candy. Your child wants to stay up late. Your child does not want to wear clothes or bathe. Your child wants total chaos whenever […]
Leadership Lesson: Good
Being a leader means leading oneself first and foremost. It takes a tough and stoic mindset. Below is one of my favorite pieces of leadership advice from 1 of the world’s greatest leaders in Jocko Willink, retired Navy Seal and author of “Extreme Ownership”. – Jocko Willink “GOOD” (Official) “When things are going bad, don’t […]
Leadership Lesson: 5 Ways to Develop Leadership, Culture and Morale
The 5th and final lesson of the series to Develop Leadership, Culture and Morale is below.. Communicate Clearly and Consistently Clear and consistent communication is the ally of any great leader. Here are a few examples you can implement in your leadership. Send a weekly mindset email Create a regular schedule of meetings Create a […]
Leadership Lesson: 5 Ways to Develop Leadership, Culture and Morale
The 4th lesson to Develop Leadership, Culture and Morale is below which will compound over the coming weeks. Create a Culture of Feedback This is absolutely critical to your building your leadership, morale, and culture. Don’t know where to start? Ask your team to listen to “Giving and Receiving Feedback Part 1 & 2” of […]
Leadership Lesson: 5 Ways to Develop Leadership, Culture and Morale
The 3rd lesson to Develop Leadership, Culture, and Morale is below which will compound over the coming weeks. Invest in Relationships Build strong relationships with your team and clients. Invest in & attend leadership training. Schedule monthly hang outs. Show more face time to your team whenever possible. Take your coaches’ boot camp sessions regularly. […]
Leadership Lesson: 5 Ways to Develop Leadership, Culture and Morale
The 2nd lesson to Develop Leadership, Culture and Morale is below which will compound over the coming weeks. Build Your Belief Yes, the passion bug strikes every so often. But the most passionate and successful leaders are very intentional and continually build their belief about leadership, fitness, nutrition and mindset. Just like a lawyer litigating […]
Leadership Lesson: 5 Ways to Develop Leadership, Culture and Morale
I was reviewing some of my notes and stumbled upon some content I taught to our Mastermind 2.0 group a few years ago around leadership, culture and team morale. Being repetition is the mother of skill and an indicator of strong leadership, I wanted to share 5 of these takeaways over the coming weeks The […]
Leadership Lesson: The Solution
When I have a bad day.. When I have to deal with the litany of outside forces creating friction on the path ahead.. When I get frustrated I have to deal with problems that are not my doing.. When I feel like the world is crashing down.. I then take a deep breath and realize […]
Leadership Lesson: If you want to be liked…
“If you want to make everyone happy, Don’t be a leader. Sell ice cream!” – Steve Jobs. This is the tough truth about leadership. Most times when you help people, people don’t like it. At least, at first. But like a parent, your job as a leader is to do what’s best for your followers.. […]
Leadership Lesson: Who is it about?
As a leader.. It’s definitely not about you! It never has been. It never will be. When you accept this truth.. Your leadership will explode.