Dec

7

2011

“Jolt” Your Business & Your Life

I love to read well written, insightful works that make you think … and change! “Jolt: Get a Jump on a World that’s Constantly Changing” by Phil Cooke did both.

I loved the way Phil flowed the jolts through the book from your direction, what matters, your potential, your heart, and perhaps most important, your future.  Through wonderfully personal stories and powerful illustrations, Phil takes you on a very reflective yet practical journey that will literally “Jolt” the way you live, work, and will be remembered.

One of his most powerful quotes…of the many I highlighted in my iBook… is”You don’t solve exisitng problems with existing rules. To do something new, you can’t keep doing something old.”  That’s great advice for anyone in any situation.

I do recommend you buy and read “Jolt.”  It is a refreshing and energetic guidebook to leveraging life’s chaos.

(PS – Jolt #4: Start at the Finish Line” is worth your entire book investment by itself.)

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Dec

1

2011

One Question that Drives Accountability

A few years ago when I asked an executive with a global Fortune 500 firm, “What’s your greatest leadership challenge that keeps your firm from reaching the next level?”, my client and friend replied, “Accountability – how to hold others accountable across divisions, locations, and positions even when I’m not their boss.”

In today’s decentralized, team-focused, and multi-location work world, one of the greatest challenges facing any leader is how to effectively drive individual and team accountability for results.

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Nov

9

2011

TaHL Leadership is Lived through Competence

(This post is excerpt #2 from my free white paper entitled ‘Taking Leaders to a Higher Level.”  Click here to download the entire this free white paper).

The second virtue of a higher level leader is competence. Competence is defined as the strength of a leader’s skills set.

Over the years, countless volumes and thousands of models have been offered on what constitutes the core competencies of great leaders. So often these lists are either esoteric ramblings that leave leaders befuddled and confused, or such expansive lists that leave leaders over- whelmed and discouraged.

Higher level leadership, in contrast, focuses on three core abilities.

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