When the people you lead come to any of your meetings, they have expectations. They expect to leave each of your meetings with specific and relevant information, direction and inspiration regarding accomplishing the mission and goals of your team and their organization. And so it is with any presentation, email or other communication from their …
If you want to improve your leadership skills and your leadership impact… improve your teaching skills and your teaching impact! Excellent leaders are excellent teachers. The best leaders are superb, inspirational teachers. Max Anderson, the founder of Simple Truths, wrote about two teachers who profoundly impacted his life. In a recent book titled Heart of …
Here is some excellent leadership advice from a highly successful leader at world-renowned National Geographic. It is applicable to every healthcare leader in the world. Meet with each member of your team, both individually and collectively, and empower them by empahatically and sincerely stating: “You don’t have to prove yourself, not to me, or to the …
“Let’s eliminate all the ‘I’s. Just say what ‘we’ will do.” “Shorten sentences and words.” This excellent advice came from one of the most admired and respected American leaders of the past half century, maybe the entire century. A man who inspired his colleagues and fellow citizens. A man who communicated with style, eloquence and …
There is much truth and power in the following high-impact leadership principle: “When we do what we choose to do, we are committed. When we do what we have to do, we are compliant.” Millions, probably billions of employees, staff, and associates across America and around the world are compliant, but not committed. The same is true in …
In the excellent book The Go-Giver: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea, The Chairman, a very wise and successful entrepreneur and business leader is coaching Joe, a new student and mentee. The Chairman leans toward Joe in order to assure being heard with absolute clarity. With all the emphasis he can muster, The …
I do not know who wrote this simple, absolutely priceless advice. I do know that this advice is more precious and priceless than trainloads of pure gold. This advice, this “way of living” is 100% guaranteed to dramatically improve and enhance your leadership and your life! Read it. More importantly, remember and live it! …
We are in a study of Marshall Goldsmith’s excellent book, What Got You Here Won’t Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful. Goldsmith identifies four key beliefs that help us become successful. Because these key beliefs are so deeply ingrained in successful people, these beliefs can make it difficult to make necessary changes …
We are in a study of Marshall Goldsmith’s excellent book, What Got You Here Won’t Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful. The book is relevant to all healthcare executives who desire even greater success in the future. Goldsmith identifies four key beliefs that helped us become successful. Each key belief can make …
In the excellent book The Go-Giver: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea, The Chairman, a very wise and successful entrepreneur and business leader is coaching Joe, a new student and mentee. The Chairman leans forward toward Joe, and The Chairman’s voice gets softer for greater emphasis. With all the emphasis he can muster, …
We are in a study of Marshall Goldsmith’s excellent book, What Got You Here Won’t Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful. The book is relevant to all healthcare executives who desire even greater success in the future. Goldsmith coaches highly successful senior executives from Fortune 100 companies to behave more effectively in …
I recently received some excellent leadership advice from WALKTHETALK.com. Absolutely excellent leadership advice for any situation, in any industry, now or in the future. Follow this simple advice (not so simple to apply and live!) and you will dramatically improve the positive impact and positive results from your leadership! “Dear Leader, Here are …
We are in a study of Marshall Goldsmith’s excellent book, What Got You Here Won’t Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful. The book is relevant to all healthcare executives who desire even greater success in the future. Goldsmith has a Ph.D in organizational behavior from UCLA and over 30 years of experience …
We are in a study of Marshall Goldsmith’s excellent book, What Got You Here Won’t Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful. The book is relevant to all healthcare executives who desire even greater success in the future. As Goldsmith points out, it’s not that successful people don’t know who they are, where …
How often do you revisit priceless treasures? Priceless treasures that, if revisited with purpose and focus, will make an even greater positive impact on your personal and professional life. Hopefully the answer to that question is “very often!” You are invited to join me in revisiting such a treasure… a superb book that, if studied …
We are in a study of Marshall Goldsmith’s excellent book, What Got You Here Won’t Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful. Goldsmith is exactly right when he writes, “In an arc of what can be a long and successful career, you will always be in transit from here to there.” The statement above …
There has never been a time in healthcare when the title to one of Marshall Goldsmith’s bestselling books was more accurate, compelling and true! The Title? What Got You Here Won’t Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful! Due to healthcare reform and many other converging legislative, scientific, cultural and social issues …
There is much power and truth in the statement, “The teacher learns more than the student.” Credible studies consistently prove that one of the most effective ways to learn, improve and apply knowledge, skills, techniques, and wisdom is to teach. And so it is with leadership. Regardless of your level within your organization or the stage …
The May 9, 20011 issue of Forbes Magazine features an article titled Transitions: Michael Reinvents Dell. Based on a recent interview with Michael Dell, the author discusses the transition of Dell from a “shiny box seller” to a board-based supplier of IT products and services with $61.5 billion in annual sales. In the article, Jim Breyer, …
C.S. Lewis wrote, “The next best thing to being wise oneself is to live in a circle of those who are.” That is one powerful statement! Excellent advice that will, if heeded, significantly improve your leadership and your positive impact as you move through life. The most effective leaders very carefully select those who …