Five Blogs of Note for the Week Ending May 17, 2013
Continuing in my new tradition, here are 5 quotes from blogs that got my attention this week.
I don’t benefit from reposting any of these posts. Sometimes, I don’t even know the writer. However, I do read and personally grow my knowledge by reading posts that challenge my thinking and get me to think outside my old paradigm.
It’s not important that you agree with any of these writers. It’s only important that you think.
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Effective Leaders Take in Data and Then Make Wise Choices
Life is the sum of all your choices.
~ Albert Camus
It is the nature, and the advantage, of strong people that they can bring out the crucial questions and form a clear opinion about them. The weak always have to decide between alternatives that are not their own.
~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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Five Blogs of Note for the Week Ending May 10, 2013
Continuing in my new tradition, here are 5 quotes from blogs that got my attention this week.
I don’t benefit from reposting any of these posts. Sometimes, I don’t even know the writer. However, I do read and personally grow my knowledge by reading posts that challenge my thinking and get me to think outside my old paradigm.
It’s not important that you agree with any of these writers. It’s only important that you think.
I hope you will find some new sources of inspiration with these posts.
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Tags: Blogs That Matter, Dan Rockwell, Hugh Ballou, Jason Calacanis, John Coleman, leader developing, leadership, leadership challenge, Leadership lessons, Leadership Skills, Mike Henry, Mike Myatt, Rohit Bhargava, Top Blogs, Transformational Leadership
Roberta Gilbert writes about over-functioning in her book, The Cornerstone Concept.
Murray Bowen, creator of family systems theory, once declared, “Over-functioning is irresponsible responsibility.”
The #1 complaint I hear from leaders: that they, as leaders, do too much and their teams do too little. Leaders blame others for what they create. There is a reciprocity in over-functioning. The counter-force is under-functioning.
What is over-functioning? It is micromanaging.
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“Don’t use words too big for the subject. Don’t say infinitely when you mean very; otherwise you’ll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.” - C. S. Lewis
Our choices of words have impact on others. We can choose the words we use, however, that takes thought and intention, and we are just too busy to think about our words.
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It all starts with why. – Simon Sinek*
For many years as a leadership coach and trainer, I did not understand this principle. It was not until I could have a paradigm shift that I attracted people to me who needed my skills. They needed to know why they needed me.
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Five Blogs of Note for the Week Ending May 3, 2013
Continuing in my new tradition, here are 5 quotes from blogs that got my attention this week.
I don’t benefit from reposting any of these posts. Sometimes, I don’t even know the writer. However, I do read and personally grow my knowledge by reading posts that challenge my thinking and get me to think outside my old paradigm.
It’s not important that you agree with any of these writers. It’s only important that you think.
I hope you will find some new sources of inspiration with these posts.
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Tags: Attention, Blogging, Blogs That Matter, building leaders, leader developing, Leadership Skills, leadership systems, Netflix, Transformational Leadership
Triangles in Human Relations Exist:
They are Neither Good nor Bad
Human relationships are very complex…
Triangles are very complex.
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Are we adding to the group emotional process? If so, then HOW are we adding to the group process?
Groups are emotional systems. Emotion replaces thinking and usually causes problems. The leader can create anxiety in the group by being anxious.
Our anxiety spreads to the group immediately and usually ends up causing the group to move into feeling, rather than thinking, as group process.
Group emotional process can cause the group to move into making emotional, rather than thinking, decisions.
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