Follow Leadership Freak, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/leadership-freak Tue, 06 Dec 2022 13:04:06 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHsLEc3AClwQ8AO5yOwvVe_2 Meetings are dead ends when talking creates the illusion of action. 5 simple ways to improve meetings: #1. Determine purpose. Cancel the meeting when you don’t know why you’re meeting. Discussions waste time.… Continue reading →]]> Mon, 05 Dec 2022 13:31:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHsLEc3AClwQ8AO5yOwvVe_2 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHshaXF3aA_Uy6gHTd9OkkKt Generosity, joy, and kindness seem easier during Christmas. If we could flush commercialism it would truly be the most wonderful time of the year. Two things that offend Christmas, artificial trees and white… Continue reading →]]> Fri, 02 Dec 2022 13:31:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHshaXF3aA_Uy6gHTd9OkkKt https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHsW0gCQ-tnKnuGrEXdXG_66 Some of my childhood aspirations have come true. And some childhood aspirations drifted into oblivion. I’m delighted I grew up on a farm, but milking cows cured me of any desire to be… Continue reading →]]> Thu, 01 Dec 2022 14:13:30 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHsW0gCQ-tnKnuGrEXdXG_66 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHuj5tJsr_HimhKeetMRuZbW Worry isn’t just in your head. You feel worry in your body. Some have stomach issues, others neck and shoulder pain. Chronic worry triggers ‘stress hormones’ that elevate your heart and breathing, raise… Continue reading →]]> Wed, 30 Nov 2022 14:01:47 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHuj5tJsr_HimhKeetMRuZbW https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHtkdxFwQPxCzbkdRKkm2PJP Lead with heart to get above the fog. 6 ways to lead with heart: #1. Get above the fog. Purpose is about heart. Declare the purpose of meetings before people show up, for… Continue reading →]]> Tue, 29 Nov 2022 13:59:42 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHtkdxFwQPxCzbkdRKkm2PJP https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHvmIPX5dFqbk-m6srrLMsqK Two-year olds do what they feel. You’re doomed until you learn to live beyond feelings. You’re unstable when feelings control you. You’re unpredictable until character – not emotion – guides action. When you… Continue reading →]]> Mon, 28 Nov 2022 15:12:33 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHvmIPX5dFqbk-m6srrLMsqK https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHvhgc30ZkCcU-4sICfMfkNm I woke up to the smell of stuffing being made. I don’t know if you say ‘dressing’ or ‘stuffing’. It’s all delicious to me. My wife started preparing ‘the bird’ before I got… Continue reading →]]> Sat, 26 Nov 2022 14:35:55 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHvhgc30ZkCcU-4sICfMfkNm https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHuor3HQYhxY5_dczOo_8W9B Happy Thanksgiving]]> Thu, 24 Nov 2022 15:02:17 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHuor3HQYhxY5_dczOo_8W9B https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHsgGvUWukW_vyVCAQLB0bf5 #1. Bob Betterman. Bob is an expert faultfinder. He’s ungrateful because no one measures up. He sees weaknesses in everyone. #2. Sam Firstboy. Sam won’t say it, but he believes people exist to… Continue reading →]]> Wed, 23 Nov 2022 13:31:47 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHsgGvUWukW_vyVCAQLB0bf5 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHt1JfToB8afsUGb1Jh49AJn “We’re all stories in the end.” Steven Moffat Tell your story even though every human story already happened. You are the only unique thing in your story. 3 reasons smart leaders tell stories: #1.… Continue reading →]]> Tue, 22 Nov 2022 12:31:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHt1JfToB8afsUGb1Jh49AJn https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHvoZK9bEh7RDDRQaTQYXBS9 It comes every year, but winter is always a surprise in Pennsylvania. The leaves are glorious one day and the next the birch out back is bare and cold. I like winter. I… Continue reading →]]> Mon, 21 Nov 2022 13:23:30 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHvoZK9bEh7RDDRQaTQYXBS9 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHs9QdyxGhc1QETXPGaG87AR Joe Friday, from the TV show Dragnet, said, “Just the facts, Ma’am.” But a sage is known for stories that change lives. 10 reasons to tell a story: Stories are gifts that go… Continue reading →]]> Sat, 19 Nov 2022 14:31:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHs9QdyxGhc1QETXPGaG87AR https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHvfGPsX51z7ceGrEXdXG_66 Marionettes resemble reality but comically fall short. That’s us when others pull the strings. The person you dance around controls you. Realities of control: Governments: Governments control us with fear and reward.  Police… Continue reading →]]> Fri, 18 Nov 2022 15:17:34 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHvfGPsX51z7ceGrEXdXG_66 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHu6oKol8tbUMHHnycKeoCpf You love giving answers, but great answers to wrong questions are wearisome. Irrelevance is annoying. Wrong questions: Don’t expect honest responses for accusations. “Why did you do that?” might feel genuine to you,… Continue reading →]]> Thu, 17 Nov 2022 13:31:56 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHu6oKol8tbUMHHnycKeoCpf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHs0ZAAYihu0oAC0qH-r7xlT God and nitwits never feel inferior. Normal folk grapple with feeling inferior. Feeling like you’re not there yet is reality, not inferiority. Feeling like you’ve arrived is delusion. The dog who barks the… Continue reading →]]> Wed, 16 Nov 2022 13:31:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHs0ZAAYihu0oAC0qH-r7xlT https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHv7x3XrvzLTcPdczOo_8W9B The imposter syndrome is feeling like you don’t belong at the table, even though there’s good evidence you do. The imposter syndrome includes nagging fear of being found out. “I am always looking… Continue reading →]]> Fri, 11 Nov 2022 14:34:18 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHv7x3XrvzLTcPdczOo_8W9B https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHu_xan6aFoOayVCAQLB0bf5 You can be right in many ways and dead wrong in others. I asked a world-renowned leadership expert what humility had to do with success. He said, “Nothing.” Teach humility if results matter.*… Continue reading →]]> Thu, 10 Nov 2022 13:31:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHu_xan6aFoOayVCAQLB0bf5 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHv7pZgGoSiFYQSngkwrdsok Hire someone who doesn’t fit. A team of round-edges needs a few square-pegs to shake things up. But fasten your seatbelts when you integrate new team members. Hire someone who doesn’t fit if… Continue reading →]]> Wed, 09 Nov 2022 14:09:46 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHv7pZgGoSiFYQSngkwrdsok https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHvl0INZJUH_WN3hDS9njgCr Book Giveaway!! 20 copies available!! Leave a comment on this guest post by Libby Hoffman to become eligible for one of 20 complimentary copies of her new book The Answers Are There: Building… Continue reading →]]> Tue, 08 Nov 2022 13:49:54 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHvl0INZJUH_WN3hDS9njgCr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHvRs4ZT-zwNR6bel3Iu4GjH Leading isn’t like a box of chocolates. It’s not all sweet. Leading is filled with confusing contradictions. Should you close your door so you can do deep work or open it to be… Continue reading →]]> Mon, 07 Nov 2022 15:04:39 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHvRs4ZT-zwNR6bel3Iu4GjH