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My 90 year old Vietnam Veteran Father Remembers One Pilot’s Selflessness
This is a combat memory from a “chronologically superior” Army Ranger. When you turn 90 years old, you tend to reflect on the people in...
Dave Anderson
Apr 11, 20234 min read
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...
Dave Anderson
Nov 15, 20222 min read
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....
Dave Anderson
Nov 8, 20223 min read
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...
Dave Anderson
Nov 1, 20223 min read
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...
Dave Anderson
Oct 18, 20223 min read
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...
Dave Anderson
Jun 21, 20224 min read
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...
Dave Anderson
Feb 15, 20223 min read
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...
Dave Anderson
Feb 8, 20222 min read
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...
Dave Anderson
Feb 1, 20223 min read
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...
Dave Anderson
Jan 25, 20223 min read
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...
Dave Anderson
Aug 31, 20213 min read
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...
Dave Anderson
Aug 24, 20213 min read
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...
Dave Anderson
Aug 17, 20213 min read
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...
Dave Anderson
Aug 10, 20213 min read
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...
Dave Anderson
Mar 9, 20213 min read
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...
Dave Anderson
Mar 2, 20213 min read
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...
Dave Anderson
Feb 23, 20213 min read
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...
Dave Anderson
Feb 16, 20213 min read
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...
Dave Anderson
Sep 22, 20203 min read
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...
Dave Anderson
Sep 15, 20203 min read
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