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January 18, 2021
Results or Relationships? What’s Your Leadership Focus?
40% of people are results-oriented by nature, 40% of people are relationship-oriented by nature, and 20% have some of both. Which do you fall on this spectrum?
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January 17, 2021
Today in Leadership History for January 17th
On this day in leadership history, Inventor and Founding Father, Benjamin Franklin, was born in 1706. Here’s a brief clip showing the progression and accomplishments in his life – please watch
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January 15, 2021
Leading with Honor Wisdom for Today, January 15, 2021
“To guard our character, we must have an intentional character plan and fight for it every day.” – Lee Ellis
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January 14, 2021
Leading with Honor FAQ – Raising Honorable Children
Leading with Honor FAQ:
“How can I raise my children to be honorable when the culture seems to be going the opposite direction?”
Lee’s Answer:
“Walk the talk and share with them how hard it is to be honorable. And also share the blessings it brings. Download a copy of the Honor Code at LeadingWithHonor.com/Code, and discuss each of the seven principles. Explain why they are important and how you personally have struggled with them. Maybe take one week and discuss one per night after dinner.
Read more FAQs on the Leading with Honor website
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January 13, 2021
2 Tips to Be a More Grounded Leader in 2021
At its core, being more grounded means having a rock-solid foundation for making decisions and managing our lives through the array of information overload, political jockeying, or the constant stream of disinformation. For more than 22 years, the steps that Leading with Honor uses for leadership development always start with know yourself. Two ways to do it when the pressure’s on are to confirm your Character and Natural Talents (or DNA behaviors):
Tip #1 – Maintain Good Character
Of course, it’s easy to just assume we have good character. But the daily reporting of widespread failings in integrity and ethics makes it clear that the greatest threat to our culture is not COVID-19; it’s the lack of character in our leaders—at every level. It’s not just a character crisis in our era, as history is replete with human character failures.
To guard our character, we must have an intentional character plan and fight for it every day. Do you have that plan? If not, how do you guard your character? If you don’t have your own code, take a look at the Honor Code at www.leadingwithhonor.com/code.
Tip #2 – Understand Your Natural Talents
Our natural talents tend to tilt toward being either more results/task/mission focused or relationship/people/social focused. Our 30 years of research shows that about 40% go one way more than the other—with only 20% having somewhat of a balance, meaning natural talents for both.
Knowing and using our best talents propels us toward success. But a lack of awareness of our missing talents and struggles means we can’t manage our downside, and this is crucial for leaders. Without some effort to manage our struggles, they will be seen by others as weaknesses. Download the Leadership Balance Case Study to learn more about this topic at www.leadingwithhonor.com/balance.
The Outcomes of Knowing Self
So, when we consider issues of character and the challenge of balancing our focus between mission and people, we see the need for self-awareness and self-management. Without them we’re going to either get lost or get in our own way and eventually make missteps that sabotage our success and reputation with others and those around us.
Please post your comments and experience on this topic too.
Also read and watch the entire Leading with Honor Coaching on this topic – “Avoiding the Leadership Herd Mentality in 2021: The Big Idea”
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January 12, 2021
Gaining courage in Challenging Conversations – Free Tool
Have you seen examples where people have had trouble communicating with each other lately? How do you gain courage for those challenging conversations without withdrawing or dominating? The key is stay engaged and communicate with respect, love, confidence, yet humility.
Leading with Honor has the perfect tool to help you called the Courage Challenge Card.
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January 11, 2021
New Year and Time to Explore!
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January 10, 2021
Today in Leadership History for January 10th
On this day in leadership history in 1776, “Common Sense” by Thomas Paine was published. It advocated independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies.
What’s the leadership lesson? As an honorable leader, what is one important thing that you need to do now that you’ve been putting off? Follow through and do it.
Common Sense – Wikipedia
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January 8, 2021
Leading with Honor Wisdom for Today, January 8, 2021
“Without leadership self-awareness & self-management, we’re going to either get lost or get in our own way which leads to missteps that sabotage our success and reputation.” – Lee Ellis
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January 7, 2021
Coaching Clip: Going Against the Herd—How to Know Your Core Identity
When you’re faced with new challenges as a leader, the foundation of knowing yourself will give you sure footing to weather the storm of decisions and directives.
In the new 3-minute coaching clip, Lee explains how we train leaders everyday to hone their self-awareness so that they’re not swept away with the herd mentality of the moment.
(Video won’t play? Watch it here.)
Also, read the entire article on this topic – Avoiding the Leadership Herd Mentality in 2021: The Big Idea
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