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Like many of us, I am a student of the language of ideas. How to say it in just the right way is the essence of great communication. Without the right language it can never be more than directional. For anything to be inspirational…language is an essential element. Need an example? Take a moment to read [...] My friend Will Mancini wrote and interesting article in mid-December and challenged all of his readers to learn to drip vision. He followed that post up with a challenge to drip vision every day. Today Mac Lake, leadership guru/practitioner extraordinaire, entered the game with his own 5 visiondrip ideas…actually saw Mancini’s 5 and anted up [...] Do you know what the mission of your organization is? Maybe you don’t know the exact verbiage…but do you know the mission? Could you explain it if asked? What about your teammates or the newest members of your organization? Could they explain what your mission is? If not…are you ever troubled by that? If you can’t [...] One of the most important ongoing conversations a leader has is the one that keeps the mission on the front burner. As this critically important conversation becomes less frequent or more muddled the likelihood that the mission is accomplished decreases. How do you have the conversation? I say “all the time and in as many [...] One of the highlights of Drive ’08 was Andy Stanley’s talk, Random Thoughts On Leadership. I’ve referenced it before and it is a great talk. Really one of those talks that the audio hangs in the consciousness for years. The basic gist was that Andy took 5 memorable quotes that had affected his thinking and [...] I love the spirit of this video. I linked to it 3 years ago. Still one of the most popular pages here at StrategyCentral. Are you a leader? Are you the leader? If you are, you need to be listening to Andy Stanley's Leadership Podcast. In his most recent talk, Stanley talked about the importance of being a listener and what listening has to do with attracting and keeping other leaders. Believe me…for many of us this is a [...] Everyone has a core message. Sometimes it's a very faint bleating sound. Other times it's like U2 belting out Pride (In the name of love). But…everyone has a core message. Mine, at least in part, is the reality of the Inside-Outside Disconnect. I first had a name for it when I read John Kotter's A [...] In January of 2008 the news came out that Gene Appel had left Willow Creek. An earlier post I had written on the A2 conference came up very high in any search for news about Gene. I edited the original post heading to include a link to better info. Here's a interview I tripped across [...] Whether you're a beer enthusiast or not…you need to watch this video. Not to spoil the experience, let me suggest that you listen for passion, sense of purpose, vision and mission. Can you talk this way about what you do? If you can't…you may have a job as opposed to a passion-driven pursuit. I'll go [...] |
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