Lee Ellis's Blog, page 309
April 20, 2015
How to Gain Awareness of Your Leadership Strengths and Struggles
Leaders wanting to take the next step in their personal and professional development are getting Lee���s ���Courageous Leader Package” that includes the Leading with Honor book and his Leadership Behavior DNA Assessment. Together, they provide in-depth insight into your specific areas for growth.
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April 19, 2015
Special Event Invitation on May 7, 2015 – Improve Your Operational Efficiency
Here is a special invitation to join business experts in the Atlanta area on Thursday, May 7, 2015 as they share how to ���Assemble an Innovative Inventory of Business Tools and Processes: A Three-Prong Approach to Operational Efficiency���. Topics include ���
– Management as Leadership, Presented by John Purcell of Transform
– Effective Accounting Processes: Grow Profits, Reduce Risks, Presented by Iliana Malinov, CPA of HLB Gross Collins, P.C.
– Operations & Supply Chain Management, Presented by Mike Roman, CPIM of Manufacturing Practices, Inc.
For more information, please email events@grosscollins.com
On This Day in Leadership History, April 19, 2015
On this day in leadership history in 1861, Thaddeus S. C. Lowe sailed 900 miles in nine hours in a hot air balloon from Cincinnati, OH, to Unionville, SC. Even though he likely planned for every contingency, he still wasn���t sure how far that he would travel. It takes courage to launch into new territory not knowing the full outcome.
As a leader, what do you need to start even though you don���t know how successful that it will be?
Please share your thoughts and comments in this forum.
April 17, 2015
Leading with Honor Wisdom for Today, April 17, 2015
���Leaders devoid of crucible experiences are likely to be overly confident about their ideas, and surprisingly more susceptible to fears; this is also true of children who are overly sheltered from facing challenges and experiences that help build their character. Courageously facing our fears in the difficult times gives us both humility and real confidence.��� ��� Lee Ellis
April 16, 2015
New Readers Sharing Their Leading with Honor Comments ��� See Inside
We���re so grateful for these new comments about Lee���s stories and leadership lessons learned in Leading with Honor ���
���Lee Ellis has written a gem of a leadership maxim book. Drawing on experiences and methods used during his detention as a POW, he correlates the lessons he learned and displayed in the Hanoi prison with modern day leadership. Those in leadership positions in every corporation (and most definitely the military) need to read this book. Too many “so-called” leaders today don’t live up to the expectations their followers have. If they simply followed Lee’s book, we would see a rapid increase in great leaders everywhere.��� ��� D. Smith
���Great read. My student leadership team is loving it!��� ��� F. Fine
Do you have a Leading with Honor testimony or comment? Please share it here!��
April 15, 2015
Free Report to Assess Your Leadership Style ��� See Inside
Are you the one that may wait for others to set the agenda, or do you want to drive the decision-making process? Are you a bit too subtle in day-to-day communication, or are you brutally direct?
Click to take Lee Ellis’ free Leading with Honor Discovery Process to find out your natural leadership behaviors. The answers may surprise you!
And, please share with others.
April 14, 2015
Affecting the Bottom Line: How Culture Drives Organizational Success
Who���s ever been a part of a bad organizational culture in their work? It���s discouraging, painful, and frustrating at best. More than ���warm and fuzzy��� feelings, study after study shows that culture and values matter for an organization���s success.
How do you create a healthy culture (or convince your leaders to do so)?
Read the latest article from Stuart Levine, and and please share your comments ��� thank you!
April 13, 2015
The Positive Spin on Leadership Accountability: Making it Work the Right Way
Do you a negative or positive perspective on the issue of leadership accountability? Sure, we support accountability it relates to political figures, but it���s usually a strong indictment of something we thing that they���re doing wrong. Accountability should be a healthy choice for all of us. We���re all accountable to someone in our lives and work, so let���s learn to do it the right way.
Here���s a quick accountability checklist from Lee Ellis, and please also share your thoughts and experience ���
Find practical ways to hold yourself accountable either through people, processes, and/or principles.
Evaluate the promises and commitments that you���ve made that you need to follow through on.
Review the realistic consequences of your failures and mistakes���how it affects you and others.
As a leader, consider in what ways that you���re slipping as a leader by not holding others accountable.
State to other the specifics of your expectations and that they���re accountable to you or their immediate leader.
Clearly but respectfully share the consequences that will come if they don���t uphold their responsibilities.
Which one seems the most important to you?
April 12, 2015
On This Day in Leadership History, April 12, 2015
On this day in leadership history in 1981, the space shuttle Columbia blasted off from Cape Canaveral, FL, on its first test flight. In the first major U.S. space exploration project in more than 10 years, the space shuttle program would provide years of gaining knowledge for all kinds of industries and disciplines.
As leaders, different ideas and strategies come and go in different seasons. Knowing the right time and season for your goals and objectives is a key attribute to successful leadership.
April 10, 2015
Leading with Honor Wisdom for Today, April 10, 2015
���Instruction does much, but encouragement does everything.��� ��� Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
