How to Exercise Duty - Leading in Your Twenties Series
Reliable, Initiative, Proactive, Accountable, Low Maintenance, Easy to work with, a "Go to" person, a Leader. These are the words and...
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Dave Anderson
- Mar 15
- 2 min
Three Actions that Prove You’re a Leader Before You Earn a Title
Lead with your words, actions and attitude. Do I promote someone who is only 26 years old with two years of experience, or someone who...
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Dave Anderson
- Mar 8
- 2 min
Do More than What You’re Told to Do
"All I ever do is the stuff other people tell me to do!" There is an independent streak in many of us. We want to have control of our...
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Dave Anderson
- Mar 1
- 3 min
Leading in Your Twenties – Be the First to Start
Getting started was more important than getting it right. I was standing in the middle of the restaurant alone. Everyone else was moving...
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Dave Anderson
- Feb 22
- 3 min
How Do You Earn Respect in Your 20s?
Duty Definition: Taking action based on your assigned tasks and moral obligations. When I was a 23 year old Army lieutenant I had a...
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Dave Anderson
- Sep 28, 2021
- 3 min
What if Everyone Did Their Duty?
The moral obligations in our lives are not spelled out for us. That makes them easy to ignore or put off doing. Duty is a topic that...
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Dave Anderson
- Sep 21, 2021
- 3 min
How Do We Coach People to Do Their Duty
Close to retirement, he decided to finish strong. It’s frustrating to have someone on the team who stops short of doing their Duty. They...
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Dave Anderson
- Sep 14, 2021
- 3 min
Failing to Do Our Duty is a Habit
Setting the example for the people around us is a moral obligation for Leaders of Character. The little things matter. I am talking...
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Dave Anderson
- Sep 7, 2021
- 3 min
West Point’s Motto - The First Word Means A Lot
Duty - Taking action based on our assigned tasks and moral obligations. Duty, Honor, Country. Those three words are the motto of the...
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Dave Anderson
- Apr 6, 2021
- 3 min
Leaders of Character Don’t Complain – They Do Something
Sitting back, observing and complaining is not doing something. Viruses, racial injustice, hurricanes, fires – oh my! And that’s just...
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Dave Anderson
- Mar 30, 2021
- 3 min
Three Symptoms of an Unreliable Leader
If we are unreliable, the people we are called to lead may like us or love us, but they won’t trust us. He was late again. The team sat...
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Dave Anderson
- Mar 23, 2021
- 3 min
Nobody Is More Responsible for Our Growth Than We Are
While other people may hold the title of supervisor or trainer, nobody is more responsible for our growth than we are. I was recently...
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Dave Anderson
- Mar 16, 2021
- 3 min
Duty – You have to DO what you want to BE
Duty Defined: Taking action based on both our assigned tasks and moral obligations. Moms know what Duty means. When I write about all...
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Dave Anderson
- Oct 20, 2020
- 3 min
Our Teams Should Be The “Go To” Team For Future Leaders
“The mark of a great team is not just about the numbers they produce. It should also be about the leaders they produce.” Another person...
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Dave Anderson
- Oct 13, 2020
- 3 min
Introverts Can And Should Be Leaders Too
It is everyone’s moral obligation to put our own comfort to the side and do what is best for the team. An introvert on my team once told...
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Dave Anderson
- Oct 6, 2020
- 3 min
Procrastination – Hurts Work Teams And Families
Together, we stepped up by taking care of our assigned tasks at work—and became available for our moral obligations at home....
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Dave Anderson
- Sep 29, 2020
- 3 min
Professionals Do Their Duty – Even When They Don’t Feel Like It
Taking action based on both our assigned task and moral obligations. “The Admin work doesn’t drive sales!” Every salesperson has said it...
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Dave Anderson
- May 5, 2020
- 6 min
A Multi-Generational Perspective - Doing Your Duty & Social Distancing
Where does our Duty lie? COVID-19 created new dynamics which many of us have struggled to grasp. We face health, economic and personal...
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Dave Anderson
- Mar 24, 2020
- 2 min
Case Study – The Results You Get When Everyone Is Expected To Lead
Developing more leaders is the leader’s job – it is the leader’s duty. It took me almost two years to get a face-to-face with Jim. He was...
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Dave Anderson
- Mar 17, 2020
- 3 min
How to Lead a Great Team Inside a Not-So-Great Company
We owe it to the people we are called to lead to make our teams the absolute best place to work—no matter what the rest of the...
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