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Breaking the Four-Minute Mile In Business

You may not be the next Roger Bannister, but you can be the person who coaches him or her. Here’s how.

Today’s post is by Steve Farber, founder of The Extreme Leadership Institute.

Do you ever fantasize about being the first person on Mars or the next Steve Jobs? How about something more in the athletic realm, like the runner Roger Bannister, who famously broke the four-minute mile in 1954?

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How to Direct Your Team: Planning, Prioritizing, and Coordinating

Directing work is one of the four major activities that will consume your leadership capital. Directing work involves planning, prioritizing, and coordinating.

There are four major activities that will consume your leadership capital. They’re directing work, doing work, delivering work and developing people. Let’s look at directing activities, and what doing them right or wrong looks like. The three activities, in terms of directing, are planning, where you’re translating your vision into team and individual goals, prioritizing, where you’re turning individual goals into team priorities, and coordinating, using your position to provide a broader perspective to the members of your team.

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Managing the Safari Way

 

Plans and strategies get derailed on a daily basis. Unpredictable issues, market forces, and unforeseen circumstances can all throw your plan off track. Being flexible, having contingency plans in place, and trusting others can help you overcome these obstacles and get back on track.

Today’s post is by Larry Ackerman, author of The Identity Code.

I’m just back from my third trip to Tanzania – a three-week immersion into a startlingly different land, whose people, animals, birds and weather never fail to help me see life more fully than I otherwise might.

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4 Ways to Invest Your Leadership Capital

 

There are four major activities that will consume your leadership capital. Depending on your team, you’ll have a different mix of these activities.

There are four major activities that will consume your leadership capital. They’re directing work, doing work, delivering work and developing people:

Directing work

Directing including planning where you translate your vision into individual goals and activities. Prioritizing which is turning individual goals into team priorities. 

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Stop Worrying about People Leaving and Start Greening Your Own Grass

 

Instead of worrying about your people leaving and having problems with your Millennial population, invest in their development in a personalized and meaningful way.

Today’s post is by Lee Caraher, CEO and Author of The Boomerang Principle.

Today, the managers’ lamentations of “Millennials aren’t loyal!” and “why should I put any time into training these people when they’re going to leave soon and I’ll have to start all over again?” are loud and frequent.

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3 Mistakes to Avoid When Investing Your Leadership Capital

I’ve seen leaders make three common mistakes when investing in their leadership capital. These mistakes hurt both their efficiency and their effectiveness.

Do you work a 40 hour week or are you working 24/7? How much effort are you putting into your work? How much stress do you experience from the energy you’re putting in? Your time and energy are finite resources. You can squeeze more time out by taking away from other activities in your life but you can’t do that forever. 

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4 Faulty Assumptions You Have about Giving Feedback

Today’s post is by Anna Carroll, author of The Feedback Imperative: How to Give Everyday Feedback to Speed Up Your Team’s Success (CLICK HERE to get your copy).

If you are a manager, the chances are great that you dread giving honest feedback to your team members on a frequent basis. And yet it is at the top of the list of what employees today want and need from their leaders.

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Are You Being Set Up to Fail?

 

When someone who has traditionally been your opponent creates a great opportunity, question their motivation. Seek to fully understand the situation before you say yes.

Every organization suffers from some level of political intrigue. Whether it’s hoarding of resources, manipulative tactics, or passive aggressive behavior office politics distract your organization from getting things done. It also makes time at the office stressful and discouraging. Ignoring these dynamics can create risk for you, but you can take a productive approach to dealing with common political issues.

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Improve Your Culture, Buy a Chicken!

 

Building a remarkable organization is all about building the right culture. By focusing on values, living them every day, and remembering how your people create value for you and you for them, you can create the distinctive culture you seek.

Today’s post is by Dr. Randy Ross, author of Remarkable!

I was having lunch with a friend who told me about an interaction that he had with one of his team members.

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How to Navigate Office Alliances

Some people won’t do their dirty work themselves. They’ll align themselves with other partner groups to stall your progress. 

Every organization suffers from some level of political intrigue. Whether it’s hoarding of resources, manipulative tactics, or passive aggressive behavior office politics distract your organization from getting things done. It also makes time at the office stressful and discouraging. Ignoring these dynamics can create risk for you, but you can take a productive approach to dealing with common political issues.

Read the rest of this post at thoughtLEADERS, LLC: Leadership Training for the Real World.