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August 4, 2017
Leading with Honor Wisdom for Today, August 4, 2017
“Living and leading with honor requires sacrifice, and it’s mainly letting go of our ego and self-interest.” – Lee Ellis
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August 3, 2017
Stretch Your Leadership to Fight for Clarity! 5 Barriers
Here’s your nudge to fight for clarity today—to stretch yourself as a leader. Clarity is essential in all situations. It’s easy to see the problems when a sports team doesn’t have a clear message. In a more typical workplace culture, it may be more subtle but can be even more disastrous.
To understand the battle, here are 5 challenges we must overcome:
Low Priority. We’re too busy and don’t recognize how important clarity is and just neglect it.
Bad Assumptions. We assume that others see the world that we’re seeing and therefore don’t understand that they don’t have the right picture.
Unfocused. Some leaders don’t take the time to focus and decide what they want to happen—what success will look like.
Lazy. Sometimes leaders are too lax in their approach, figuring that somehow it will get done. They think that they can give a few instructions, withdraw from the process, and then one day it will all be completed.
Fear. Some leaders resist clarity because they fear the responsibility of holding others accountable—which, at times, means being firm and risking “negative emotions.”
Yes, it’s a battle, but gaining clarity is worth fighting for if you’re leading with honor. Please share your wisdom too – thank you
Read the entire article on this topic.
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August 2, 2017
Leadership Mini-Bio – Watch Amelia Earhart
Interesting 3-minute clip on this female leadership aviator, Amelia Earhart. Pay attention to the challenges she encountered, yet emerged from them to be the pilot that she wanted to be.
After her solo flight across the Atlantic, she embarked on her flight around the world and disappeared over the Pacific Ocean.
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August 1, 2017
Fill-in-the-Blank – “When I think about resilience…”
Fill-in-the-Blank –
“When I think about resilience, the image that immediately comes to my mind is _______________________.”
Please share your answers in this post – thank you!
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July 31, 2017
Fight the dog days of August with honor and gratitude!
Fight the dog days of August with honor and gratitude! Let’s encourage one another with the goal of being honorable leaders.
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July 30, 2017
On This Day in Leadership History, July 30th
On this day in leadership history in 2001, Lance Armstrong became the first American to win three consecutive Tours de France. However, in 2012, he was banned from sanctioned Olympic sports for life as a result of long-term doping offenses.
What’s the leadership lesson? Do whatever it takes to guard your character. Leading with Honor can help.
Lance Armstrong – Wikipedia
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July 29, 2017
Are You Emotionally Intelligent? Here’s How to Tell
One of important skills that Lee focuses on during his speaking and training is EQ or Emotional Intelligence. It’s come into vogue in recent years, with numerous books being written about the subject.
This article from Cornerstone University gives a good synopsis…you can read it here.
And please share your comments and wisdom in this post, too – thank you
Leading with Honor Training and Consulting – Link
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July 28, 2017
Leading with Honor Wisdom for Today, July 28, 2017
“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I–I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.” – Robert Frost
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July 25, 2017
Infographic: The 12-Point Resilience Checklist
We all need to build up our level of resilience! We hope that this tool is helpful to you in life and leadership. Please review and share your comments in this post.
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Watch this clip – Why living and leading in paradox is a key to growth
In this leadership coaching clip, Lee Ellis explains the critical “why” of paradox. How can you be a visionary yet practical? Chaotic yet orderly? Competitive yet supportive? And listen to his practical yet sobering Vietnam POW story on they had to use paradox to overcome a stinky challenge.
Read the article on this topic, too.
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