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April 28, 2022
Ralph de la Vega on Leading with Integrity
Clear and concise article from friend and colleague, Ralph de la Vega, on leading with integrity as it relates from everyday leadership to the Ukrainian conflict.
Please read on LinkedIn, and then post your comments below.
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April 27, 2022
Quick Advice on Detecting Your Leadership Tilt
To master this seesaw effect and be a great leader, you need to do both get results and develop healthy relationships. Although doing both may sound easy, it isn���t���you see, most of us don���t enter this world with talents for both.
The leadership challenge is built into our DNA because 40% of the population are born with natural talents (DNA Behaviors) for Mission/Results and 40% are born with natural talents for People/Relationships. And 20% that are born with some of both will default to Mission/Results when there is the slightest pressure to ���get it done.���
Learning to do both will require commitment and intentionality because you���re fighting against your natural behaviors, which are hard-wired. Research shows that the brain is not good at simultaneously doing both of what we call Mission and People. That���s why it takes commitment and intentionality to adapt and behave in unnatural ways to be a great leader.
The good news is that a little change has a lot of leverage and can yield big results.
Also, read the entire article on this topic ��� ���Why Leaders Should Manage the Behavioral Seesaw���
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April 26, 2022
Latest Recommendation from Lee���s Bookshelf – ���The One Thing You Need to Know”
With The One Thing You Need to Know, he gives readers an invaluable course in outstanding achievement — a guide to capturing the essence of the three most fundamental areas of professional activity, Great managing, leading, and career success.
Lose sight of this “one thing” and even the best efforts will be diminished or compromised.
You can learn more on the GoodReads website. If you’ve read this book, please comment about it below!
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April 24, 2022
Leadership History Lesson for April 24th
On this day in leadership history in 1800, the Library of Congress was established with a $5,000 allocation. Today���s equivalent amount would be approximately $114,000.
What���s the leadership lesson? Honorable leaders know not to ���despise small beginnings��� with important things. Take the lead with the first step for things are worthwhile.
Library of Congress – Wikipedia
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April 22, 2022
Leading with Honor Wisdom for Today, April 22, 2022
“Relational train wrecks can occur when one person is communicating from the head and one person from the heart. Leaders should communicate with both.” ��� Lee Ellis
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April 21, 2022
New Release! ‘Engage with Honor’ Softcover Edition
Announcing the new softcover edition of Lee���s award-winning book, Engage with Honor: Building a Culture of Courageous Accountability. Featuring the Courageous Accountability Model
that teams across the country use daily, it also shares more stories from the Vietnam POW camps that provide leadership and life lessons that we can all apply.
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April 19, 2022
Coaching Article – Why Leaders Should Manage the Behavioral Seesaw
If you���ve ever ridden a seesaw, you know what happens when the weights on each side are very different���it���s not as fun and it takes more work to stay balanced! Well, there���s a leadership seesaw that occurs every day that I want to explore further with you.
Many years ago, my team and I developed the Leadership Attributes Model shown below. It���s stood the test of time as a simple graphic that encompasses every element of leadership. All the levels shown are important, but for most of our work over the past 21 years we have mainly focused on the Natural Personality Behaviors layer below that shows Mission/Results and People/Relationships.
Other than the Integrity/Trust layer at the bottom, this is the most critical area for your leadership development and success.
The Natural Tilt to One Side
Almost all our work relates directly to these two areas of Mission/Results and People/Relationships. To master this seesaw effect and be a great leader, you need to do both. Although doing both may sound easy, it isn���t���you see, most of us don���t enter this world with talents for both.
For 80% of the population, our DNA predisposes us to one or the other. Early on we called this your ���bent���, but we now have termed this your leadership tilt. And you can see below how that works.
Based on years of assessment data, the numbers predict this tilt. The leadership challenge is built into our DNA because 40% of the population are born with natural talents (DNA Behaviors) for Mission/Results and 40% are born with natural talents for People/Relationships. And 20% that are born with some of both will default to Mission/Results when there is the slightest pressure to ���get it done.���
The magnitude of the challenge to be recognized as a great leader was described in a recent Forbes magazine article which highlighted research from more than 60,000 employees who were asked about what it took to be a great leader���
If a leader was strong on getting results, their ���great leader��� status was only 14%.If a leader was strong on social skills, their ���great leader��� status was only 12%.However, for leaders who had both, their ���great leader��� status skyrocketed to 72%. Social skills are a great multiplier.What these statistics mean is that 80% of you reading this blog will need to adapt your behaviors to better balance your seesaw in order to develop great leadership. Doing some of both well is a requirement and thus becomes the bottom line of all leadership development. The good news is that we���re obviously on this journey together!
Modern Science Validation
Learning to do both will require commitment and intentionality because you���re fighting against your natural behaviors, which are hard-wired. Modern brain scans (FMRI) show that there are two networks in the brain. Neuroscientists tend to call them the task network and the social network.
These two networks closely parallel the concept we���re discussing here in the leadership tilt graphics. Dr. Richard Boyatzis, famous for his research and writing in Emotional Intelligence and Resonant Leadership, talks about this scientific phenomenon in the following clip ���
Research shows that the brain is not good at simultaneously doing both of what we call Mission and People. That���s why it takes commitment and intentionality to adapt and behave in unnatural ways to be a great leader.
My friend and strategic partner, Hugh Massie, have dedicated much of our careers on developing behavioral assessment such as Leadership Behavior DNA as well as writing an award-winning tradebook about it. The bottom line is it requires self-awareness and a willingness to adapt to operate with new behaviors that are often uncomfortable and un-natural.
We have to struggle to adapt to new behaviors that are unnatural. Hugh and I have been wrestling to manage our struggles for many years. The good news is that a little change has a lot of leverage and can yield big results. How about you? Are you still growing and adapting? Maybe you don���t know for sure what your tilt is on the seesaw. If that���s the case, check out our free case study on leadership balance or take our free online assessment and learn more so you can join us on this journey.��
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Lee’s New Online Interview – The Finding Peace Tele-Summit
Am I nervous? No. Even though I’m featured today in an online interview series with Dr. Gary Chapman, Dr. Dennis Swanberg and other experts in many fields.��
It’s all about finding peace in your life and living out your purpose. I believe you will have a great time watching these interviews. You’ll be encouraged, you’ll laugh and you might just hear something that changes your life.
Would you like to join in? It’s all free. Just click this link and I’ll see you over there.��
Oh, Why am I not nervous? It was pre-recorded.
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April 17, 2022
Leadership History Lesson for April 17th
Today remembers and celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Exemplified as the example of love, faith, hope, wisdom, and sacrifice, his life has been studied for generations as the way to become an honorable leader.
Happy Easter from the Leading with Honor Team!
Jesus Christ – Wikipedia
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April 15, 2022
Leading with Honor Wisdom for Today, April 15, 2022
���When leaders are truly comfortable with themselves, they can be vulnerable and authentic. They don���t have to pretend they are perfect or know all the answers.��� ��� Lee Ellis
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