One Way a Leader Avoids the Us versus Them Mentality
My boss cared enough about staying connected that he set up a system to do it. Many of us have a hard time remembering names and details...
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Dave Anderson
- Nov 8, 2022
- 3 min
Three Priorities for Middle Managers
When you retire, nobody will ever talk about what a huge impact your perfect admin record or a stellar Project had on their career....
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Dave Anderson
- Nov 1, 2022
- 3 min
How to Avoid being a Selfish New Leader
Morale was low and the boss was blaming them. Martin (name changed) was never wrong. He’d won a bunch of awards working in one of the...
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Dave Anderson
- Oct 18, 2022
- 3 min
The Difference Between Selfish and Selfless Teammates
Selfish teammates ensure mediocrity for the team. She never did anything for anyone – unless there was a payoff. I am not talking about a...
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Dave Anderson
- Jun 21, 2022
- 4 min
How to Exercise Selflessness - Leading in Your Twenties Series
Selfishness or Selflessness - practice makes perfect! On our best days, most people will look in the mirror and realize they did...
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Dave Anderson
- Feb 15, 2022
- 3 min
West Point: How a Good Follower in their 20’s Becomes a Good Leader Later
Followership is the foundation of leadership. Before West Point expects cadets to become leaders, they train them how to be good...
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Dave Anderson
- Feb 8, 2022
- 2 min
The “Unimportant People” Could Determine If You Get Hired
“How did he treat the unimportant people you saw that day?” When I hired new salespeople, I always had them spend a day with one of our...
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Dave Anderson
- Feb 1, 2022
- 3 min
Selflessness - Avoiding the Entitlement Trap
Warning! Don’t do what I did! I was mad. I was dissatisfied. I deserved better. Or so I thought…. During a company restructuring, people...
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Dave Anderson
- Jan 25, 2022
- 3 min
Selflessness in Your 20s – Who Will You Follow?
Selflessness Definition: Putting the needs of others before our own needs, desires or convenience. Have you ever felt like someone was...
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Dave Anderson
- Aug 31, 2021
- 3 min
Selflessness - Join the Rebel Movement
Maybe it’s time for a rebellion of a different sort. “What do you need? What do you want? What do you desire? Chase after these...
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Dave Anderson
- Aug 24, 2021
- 3 min
How Do We Coach Selflessness?
We need to treat everyone like they were our customers. The old saying “the customer is always right” is a lie. When I was leading sales...
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Dave Anderson
- Aug 17, 2021
- 3 min
A Rookie Cop Sets the Example for His Agency and for Us
It takes Humility to take the time to stop and listen to the problems of a person who is different from us. A young white cop in Texas...
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Dave Anderson
- Aug 10, 2021
- 3 min
Selfish People Don’t Get Respect or Trust
Selflessness - Putting the needs of others before our own needs, desires or convenience. Marty didn’t know it, but nobody wanted to...
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Dave Anderson
- Mar 9, 2021
- 3 min
Our Society Needs Selfless Leaders
What you can’t do for all, you can do for one. I am overwhelmed by the issues in our society. The news for 2020 was dominated by...
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Dave Anderson
- Mar 2, 2021
- 3 min
Leaders Must Give Trust if They Want to Get Trust
The first step in building trust on a team is for a leader to actually trust their team. Teams live or die based on trust. I am often...
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Dave Anderson
- Feb 23, 2021
- 3 min
Leaders Don't Multitask People
We cannot consider ourselves selfless if we prioritize the tasks on our “to do” list before the people we are called to lead. I remember...
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Dave Anderson
- Feb 16, 2021
- 3 min
Selflessness – You have to DO what you want to BE
Selflessness Defined: Putting the needs of others before my own needs, desires or convenience. Time. That is one of the greatest gifts...
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Dave Anderson
- Sep 22, 2020
- 3 min
A Team Needs To Know Their Common Goal
Most people do not go to work thinking, “Today, I am really going to drive share-holder value!” How many people work in teams, yet are...
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Dave Anderson
- Sep 15, 2020
- 3 min
Building Teams When People Work Alone
How could I get a group of people who rarely saw each other, barely knew each other and were competing against each other—to act like a...
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Dave Anderson
- Sep 8, 2020
- 3 min
“Us Versus Them” Inside One Organization
Mediocrity is the best result a divided team can achieve. “The dispatchers don’t know what the hell they are doing!” “Patrol treats us...
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