12/24/11
4/10/11
Ask for/or Take Advice
It is essential to learn from those who came before you. To look at the template that they created and use that as a foundation to build your mark upon.
It is also equally important for you to be able to turn around and be able to offer your advice to others around you.
Effective leadership is also the process of growing. Yes, leadership includes traits and behaviors, but effective leaders are always educating themselves in new ways of doing things and adjusting their style, behavior, and their leadership capacity by learning from others. The rare leader makes it to the top without having a mentor along the way. Being open to feedback—listening—is one of the most important attributes of becoming a significant leader.
It is also equally important for you to be able to turn around and be able to offer your advice to others around you.
Effective leadership is also the process of growing. Yes, leadership includes traits and behaviors, but effective leaders are always educating themselves in new ways of doing things and adjusting their style, behavior, and their leadership capacity by learning from others. The rare leader makes it to the top without having a mentor along the way. Being open to feedback—listening—is one of the most important attributes of becoming a significant leader.
3/27/11
3/26/11
Sharpen Your Senses, Sharpen Your Edge
Perceptive leaders notice what others miss. To enhance your powers of observation, start simply. Notice people when you greet them. Take a second or two to look at them before you speak. Soak up what you see in a neutral, but curious, frame of mind. Without careful observation, we tend to see in others what we expect to see. There's a big difference between hearing and listening: Hearing is passive, while listening requires energy and attentiveness. The same applies to looking and seeing. Banish preconceived notions that limit your ability to process what you see.
Rule #8: Go to your "customers"
The days of "you build it and they will come" are LONG gone ( A long long time ago)...Today you have to go to your "customers"...no matter where they are, on the web, mobile or even in distant star systems, or on frozen planets.
Keep in mind that it's not enough to go to them alone...once you get to them, you've got to make them understand why they should work with you and you've got to engage them and keep them engaged.
Keep in mind that it's not enough to go to them alone...once you get to them, you've got to make them understand why they should work with you and you've got to engage them and keep them engaged.
It's NEVER too early!
I am constantly asked "is now a good time....", etc. The fact is, there is no better time than the present. If you are not going to start on your road towards success now...then when do you plan to start? Just get started, set your goal, make a plan and get going!
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