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Leading with Honor Wisdom for Today, October 7, 2022

“Healthy leaders recognize that when their team members feel good about themselves, they naturally perform better���meaning they feel comfortable with themselves.” ��� Lee Ellis

 

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Coaching Clip – What Happens When You Connect with the Heart

In this new 5-minute coaching clip, Lee tells his experience and advice on getting out of your comfort zone as honorable leaders to connect with the hearts of others. The powerful skill of vulnerability and positivity can make substantial changes in your team or organizational culture.

Also, read the companion coaching article on this topic – “How to Connect with Others to Increase Performance and Results”

 

Train Yourself and Your Team to Connect

Thousands of leaders and teams are already using Courageous Accountability Model to manage team communication and decisions:

Begin using it immediately in your day-to-day decision-making and witness the results of better team performance and results. We offer three options–choose the one that best fits your objectives and goals:

Personal Study

Read the award-winning book, Engage with Honor: Building a Culture of Courageous Accountability, to learn and apply this model.

Purchase in the Online Store

Purchase on Amazon

 

Group Self-Study Program

The Engage with Honor Training Guide provides 10 self-guided lessons that you and your team can study together.

Purchase in the Online Store

Purchase the book and training together and save 30%

 

Group Online Study Course

Many leaders don���t feel qualified to conduct training, and it���s expensive. The Courageous Accountability Development Course, is an online platform using the latest, real-time collaborative learning technology to ensure the best learning environment possible.

Learn More and watch a sample interview

Request a complimentary course demo

 

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Coaching Article – How to Connect with Others to Increase Performance and Results

(A Note from the Editor: The internal landscape of the workplace continues to shift and change, as teams are doing more with less people which also threatens work/life balance and/or burnout, new leaders being placed in leadership positions early without the necessary training and mentorship to succeed, and organizations are working to retain their people talent during the ���Great Resignation���.

This final blog in this four-blog series, ���Honorable Leadership in a Season of Volatility���, specifically focuses on helping leaders successfully navigate through these challenging times where additional, external pressures in financial, political, and business sectors are also affecting internal team and organizational effectiveness.)

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“The goal of many leaders is to get people to think more highly of the leader.

��The goal of a great leader is to help people to think more highly of themselves.”

– J. Carla Nortcutt [Tweet This]

 

Most great stories have a hero struggling with challenges and a mentor, someone who speaks into their life to help them find their way.

You may recall Mentor from The Odyssey, the original ���mentor��� who spoke into the life of Telemachus, inspiring him to live up to his potential and preserve the home front until his father Odysseus��� return. In more recent times we���ve seen Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luke Skywalker, John Keating and his students in Dead Poets Society, and Gandalf and Frodo in The Lord of the Rings. In real life there was Moses who served that role for Joshua, and Socrates mentored Plato, who then mentored Aristotle. More recently, Warren Buffet has mentored several famous business leaders. In the POW camps Capt. Ken Fisher was that person for me.

The bottom line is that mentors speak into the lives of others to inspire and challenge them to overcome their doubts and achieve their potential. If you���re a leader or want to be a leader, you must embrace the idea of connecting and investing in the lives of others.

Here’s my 5-minute coaching on this idea connection with other–please watch and then continue reading the article below:

Helping Others Become More Secure

Every person is constantly sliding back and forth as shown on the two continua below, but there are practical ways you can help others move toward a more Secure Self. And this is crucial to being an honorable and effective leader.

 

 

“Healthy leaders recognize that when their team members feel good about themselves, they naturally perform better���meaning they feel comfortable with themselves.” [Tweet This]

They have that healthy degree of inner-security that we have been talking about.

With this insight, secure leaders can be intentional about affirming others. It���s a practical way of moving a person toward being more confident and secure.�� Those types of connections have more power than you can ever imagine.

An Example of Leading the Way

Recently while conducting a leadership training, I asked the participants to reflect on a person who had spoken power into their life (my way of asking about a key mentor) and altered their life and career. Several people shared their story, and they were so moving! What they described was how one person���s words had moved them toward a more secure and confident self���how one person���s belief in them had completely launched them on a path to a rewarding, purpose-filled future.

Why would any leader not want to be a launcher or booster to lift others up? Can you imagine the kind of organization that comes when its leader is intentionally providing this kind of heart-connection with people?

4 Steps to Connect with the Heart

In my book, Engage With Honor, I explain the Courageous accountability Model with one of the steps called ���Connect with the Heart���. This affirmation and encouragement is much more than logic or reasoning of the head���it���s a heart connection.

Whether it���s part of your natural leadership behavior or not, you need to be intentional in doing it. Here are four steps that will help you get there ���

 

Train your mindset so that it will support your heart in this effort.

– Read Chapter Seven of Engage with Honor.

– Watch Dr. Richard Boyatzis��� video clip below on resonant leadership. His many years of research and teaching in emotional intelligence and resonant leadership lay out the evidence that scientifically proves the power of compassionately caring and connecting with others in this way.

 

Develop your strategy and tactics to be more intentional in encouraging and affirming others.

– Accept that you will have to be vulnerable and genuinely open yourself to make this connection.

– Begin to observe others and see them as valuable human beings that are struggling to gain a foothold with their own security and confidence.

– Look for ways to affirm them, remembering it must be true and genuine. You may even want to write a short one or two sentence script if it seems difficult to do.

 

Look for a good opportunity and deliver your message. At first this may be a bit mechanical for those who are highly results-oriented, but it will get more comfortable. Soon it will start to come more naturally.

 

Make it a habit and use tools if needed. There was a story about a senior vice-president at AT&T who put ten dimes in her pocket each morning. Every time she affirmed someone, she moved a dime to the other pocket. Her goal was to move all ten dimes over before the end of the day. How is that for being intentional? It may sound hokey, but it worked. She was an amazing leader who got great results, and people did not want to let her down.

 

Remember���the goal is to become more intentional in connecting with the hearts of your team (and others too). So, do you see the power you have? Are you willing to engage with your people to help them feel more secure and confident? Expect a real return on your investment. Give it a try and then let us and others know how it���s working for you.

LE [Tweet This Article]

 

Volatility Blog Series:

Article #1 ��� 4 Ways to Manage Work Volatility with Courage

Article #2 ��� Managing Leadership Fears and Doubts

Article #3 ��� Balancing Rational vs Intuitive Leadership Decision-Making

 

Train Yourself and Your Team to Connect

Thousands of leaders and teams are already using Courageous Accountability Model to manage team communication and decisions:

Begin using it immediately in your day-to-day decision-making and witness the results of better team performance and results. We offer three options–choose the one that best fits your objectives and goals:

Personal Study

Read the award-winning book, Engage with Honor: Building a Culture of Courageous Accountability, to learn and apply this model.

Purchase in the Online Store

Purchase on Amazon

 

Group Self-Study Program

The Engage with Honor Training Guide provides 10 self-guided lessons that you and your team can study together.

Purchase in the Online Store

Purchase the book and training together and save 30%

 

Group Online Study Course

Many leaders don���t feel qualified to conduct training, and it���s expensive. The Courageous Accountability Development Course, is an online platform using the latest, real-time collaborative learning technology to ensure the best learning environment possible.

Learn More and watch a sample interview

Request a complimentary course demo

 

 

 

 

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What are the Ingredients of Resilience? See Enclosed

This simple graphic below is designed to show what it takes to build a strong resilience attitude.

Check this out and then go deeper at the link displayed below – www.LeadingWithHonor.com/Resilience

 

 

 

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Leadership History Lesson for October 2nd

On this day in leadership history in 1937, Warner Bros. released “Love Is on the Air.” Ronald Reagan made his acting debut in the motion picture. He was 26 years old.

What���s the leadership lesson? Honorable leaders know that they have multiple talents to share with the world, but timing, need, and opportunity are important elements to know when to use each one.

Ronald Reagan – Wikipedia

 

 

 

 

 

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Leading with Honor Wisdom for Today, September 30, 2022

���Leaders must model the attitude, commitment, and leadership behaviors they are advocating for others.��� ��� Mark Miller, VP High Performance Leadership, Chick-Fil-A

 

 

 

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Speaking Presentations and An Endorsement

Check out this incredible endorsement from Mr. William Reichert, President, Champlain Cable Corp, regarding Lee���s keynote presentation –

���Wow did we have a great night! Lee���s message was spot on. Many people were quoting and referencing him all week���he was outstanding and inspiring.���

Would you like your audience to hear one of Lee���s unique presentations? Some of this topics include:

Leading with Honor�� (based on his award-winning book about his POW experience)Engage with Honor (based on his award-winning book about the Courageous Accountability Model)Leadership Engagement: Initiate, Collaborate, Negotiate, and CelebrateTrust: The Foundation for All Relationships and the Glue for Successful TeamsThe Three Fundamentals of Successful Leadership ��� Character (Commitment), Courage, and CompetenceBecoming a Balanced Leader (Mission and People, Confidence and Humility, Visionary and Practical, Bold and Cautious)Understand Human Behavior ��� Self and Others

Visit his Speaking page for more details.

 

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Article – Tips for Defeating Negative Self-Talk

Talk about an important skill to have in your toolbox as an honorable leader. Whether internal or external, how you quell negative talk?

Great advice from my friend and leader, Mary Kelly – Read this article on her website.

 

 

 

 

 

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Free Infographic! 4Cs of Courageous Leadership

Free Infographic! A lack of positive accountability in personal and work relationships can be catastrophic for all involved. Want to know the 5 primary obstacles to accountability?

This practical tool shows the lack of accountability, the obstacles, the 4C���s of making accountability a regular part of honorable leadership.

Check out it and post your comments and experience too.

 

 

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Giving Back – John P. Connors Memorial Project

LTJG John P. Connors embodied the ideals, principles and valor it took to be a US Navy SEAL. With his eternal fighting spirit, unyielding courage and devotion to his teammates, John made the ultimate sacrifice in service to his country when he lost his life in Panama during OPERATION JUST CAUSE on December 20, 1989 at the age of 25.

The John P. Connors Memorial Project is raising funds to erect a bronze statue of him to honor his Service, Sacrifice, and Legacy.

Please learn more on their website and consider giving to this memory of this honorable leader ���

 

#MeasureOfAMan

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