VLOG - Most Leadership Failures are Character Failures
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Dave Anderson
Aug 134 min
Scarred by Your Previous Leader
If you make the new leader continue to pay for the sins of the previous one, will things ever get better? Heads up! This is a story...
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Dave Anderson
Jul 303 min
If You Are Inconsistent - They Won’t Follow
When we work on our consistency, we are working on our character. “Walking on eggshells.” “Not one of her people.” “Never knowing...
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Dave Anderson
Jul 22 min
West Point's 4th of July Prayer for Leaders
Forty years ago this week, I entered the United States Military Academy at West Point. We were the Class of 1988. In our first week, we...
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Dave Anderson
Jun 113 min
Why Do Leaders Lie on Performance Reviews?
“You can’t fire them.” “Why not?” “Because they have never had a negative performance review.” Ask any HR professional, and you will hear...
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Dave Anderson
May 274 min
Memorial Day Tribute to Donnie - KIA Operation Desert Storm
My best friend, Donnie Tillar, was the one who convinced me to go to West Point. Donnie was a year older than I was. Thanks to his...
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Dave Anderson
Apr 301 min
VLOG - This Week’s Character Clip April 16, 2024
How do you get the Courage to have that hard conversation? It's not by studying books on conflict. It is something much more practical...
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Dave Anderson
Apr 232 min
To Win You Have to Risk Losing
If you live by the law of averages, that’s what you will be - average. A fourth quarter comeback won’t happen if a team looks at the...
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Dave Anderson
Jan 23 min
Bullies at Work - Bold Resistance is Needed
Bold resistance shuts down bullying better than a carefully worded policy in the workplace. Our society has put a lot of needed emphasis...
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Dave Anderson
Nov 14, 20233 min
Courage is the Key to Character
Without Courage, any talk of character is just theoretical. You need Courage to put those words into action. Name one good thing you have...
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Dave Anderson
Aug 8, 20233 min
Leaders - Are You a Warrior or a Worrier?
The only way a Worrier becomes a Warrior is by facing his/her fears. Some people stress out and stay put. Others face their fears and...
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Dave Anderson
Aug 1, 20233 min
3 Steps to Take After Failure
Failure is only a pit stop. The race is still going on! So Plan A didn’t work! What are you going to do? Failure is not the end of the...
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Dave Anderson
Jul 11, 20233 min
The Moral Courage That is Lacking in Politics and Ourselves
“It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.” – Mark Twain King Solomon once stated,...
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Dave Anderson
Jun 13, 20233 min
How Fear Limits Your Ability to Lead
When we do nothing, fear has won the day, and we have lost our opportunity to grow. Courage or Cowardice? It is the leader’s choice....
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Dave Anderson
Feb 7, 20233 min
How Medal of Honor Recipients Answer the Courage Question
Courage is about stepping across the gap in the face of fear, and doing what needs to be done anyway. Guest Blogger - Dr. Kevin Basik As...
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Dave Anderson
Jan 31, 20233 min
Courage: Rebuilding after a Police Department Faces Trauma
Our department was suffering, and no one was talking about it. - Guest Blogger Police Chief Stan Standridge With 26 years in policing and...
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Dave Anderson
Jan 24, 20235 min
Two Army Colonels Battle Alzheimer’s - Courage Beyond the Battlefield
My dad, a 31-year soldier, is living the Army values every hard day. - Guest Blogger Colonel (Retired) Bob McAleer In 1995, General...
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Dave Anderson
Aug 16, 20222 min
Why Do Some Executives Do Courage Well and Others Don’t
You have to DO what you want to BE. In history, we can look back at executive level leaders who exercised Courage in the face of...
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Dave Anderson
Aug 9, 20222 min
The Courage it Takes to be a Middle Manager
The common denominator was Courage…or the lack of Courage. Middle Manager literally means you are caught in the middle. You need an...
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Dave Anderson
Aug 2, 20223 min
Every New Leader Faces this Courage Test
The first time I faced this test, I failed miserably. How do you lead people who used to be your peers? New leaders in large...
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