One of the most important jobs a senior leader has is to develop leaders or to “build the bench.” The temptation is to put building a bench on hold while focusing on imperative day-to-day duties. Without consciously taking time to build your bench, you run the risk of hurting your organization for generations.
If you don’t have the courage to set the vision, the tenacity to keep after it, and the integrity to pursue it authentically, your team is going to be dead in the water.
You can’t effectively lead others until you know how to lead yourself. Envisioning a better future, setting worthy goals, and following through with sustainable impact first and foremost requires leading yourself.
What are the Generosity Killers in your life that need to be discovered, owned, and eliminated?
Here’s a simple but effective technique to improve your meetings: block out time in your schedule without specifying what it’s for, so you have time to work on unexpected issues.
Your pursuit of the latest and best will cause you to make bad financial decisions, and worse, reduce or eliminate your ability to live a generous life. But there is a way out – you can have more by living with less.
Whether you are organizing meetings or simply attending them, you owe it to yourself to become more effective at making meetings better – especially if you are the team leader!
The dramatic explosion in choice – from the mundane to the profound challenges of balancing career, family, and individual needs – has paradoxically become a problem instead of a solution.
It’s time to shift your paradigm of a well-lived life from balance to rhythm. A rhythm model honors time and movement; it celebrates variety and diversity; it highlights uniqueness and recognizes common patterns.
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