VLOG – The Duty and Obligation of a Leader to Develop Their Team
Early on in a career is the most important time to address character issues. It’s the duty of a leader or supervisor to not ignore issues because they don’t want to bother with it. It is their moral obligation and duty to address it immediately. We need to develop our people early on so that they will be ready and deserving of a promotion later on and not just promote people based on a test score or an interview process. Do your duty; focus individuals early on in their career and avoid having leaders of low character within your departments.
VLOG – Humility – Compromise is Not a Weakness to
Compromise is not a weakness. Don’t let your pride get in the way of compromise. Being unwilling to compromise prevents progress and can break down relationships. Comprise is something that confidant and humble leaders practice. Learn to. compromise, learn to put your pride away and act humbly you will be amazed at the outcomes you can achieve.
VLOG – Your 1st Instinct Will Get You In Trouble as a Leader
What is the difference between our first instincts and our second instincts? Character. Our first instincts can get us in trouble. We need to pause and develop our second instincts – our character. Watch for 120 seconds and think about your own instincts and character.
VLOG – Where Leadership Separates from Management
We manage resources and processes. We lead people. In the next 90 seconds I discuss a leader’s moral obligation to the people on the team. If the people are not growing, that leader is not fulfilling his/her Duty to lead those people. They are just managing.
VLOG – Moral Drift – How Did I Get Here?
You never drift towards excellence. Excellence is only achieved with intentionality. Becoming a Leader of Character takes intentionality. Watch my story in this 106 second video and think about where you can become more intentional with your choices.
VLOG – Leaders Lead Change They Don’t Manage the Status Quo
Nobody is inspired by a leader who says “I’m going to fight to keep everything exactly the way it has always been!” Change is coming. Fighting for the status quo insures you are falling behind everyone else. When a leader fights for the status quo, they are uninspiring and bound to lose that battle. In the next 120 seconds, hear my thoughts on why leaders fight for the status quo.
VLOG – Three Steps To Strengthening Your Character
Muscles don’t get strong without exercise. Neither will our character. You have to DO what you want to BE. You have to practice character to have character. Here are 84 seconds clarifying the three steps to building our character.
Publish VLOG – A Challenge to Introverts
If you are an Introvert, this 91 second video is for you. What is an introvert’s moral obligation when they are uncomfortable – especially as part of a team?
VLOG – Maintaining Your Standards Tests Your Integrity on
IDo you have standards? Do you hold to those standards? Is this an Integrity issue and how is our Integrity at stake when our standards are challenged? In 94 seconds, here are some of my thoughts.
VLOG – Defining Teamwork – In One Sentence with a live
The type of teammate you are predicts the type of leader you will be. Watch this 97-second video where I discuss what teamwork really is and how you can be that great teammate and leader if you understand one sentence.
VLOG – Why Avoiding Hard Conversations is Selfish with a live
What is more important – your comfort or the other person’s growth? As a leader, if you avoid hard conversations because they make you uncomfortable, that is a selfish choice. Our role as a leader is not to ensure our own comfort. It is to help other people grow. Watch the 85-second video as I try to convince you to lead with Selflessness.
VLOG – When an Excuse Becomes a Lie with a live
“I ran out of time.” Or did I not start early enough? This is an example of when an excuse is actually a lie. Your excuses and my excuses are often just another form of lying. Your Integrity gets weaker each time you make an excuse. In just 85 seconds, this video makes my case for how to protect your Integrity from some common excuses.
VLOG – Character – What You Practice Becomes Who You Are
You get good at the things you practice. That includes your character. Your personality or your biases will influence your choices towards poor behaviour if you don’t pause and make a different choice. That is how you practice character – pause and make a better choice. Watch the next 125-second video and practice something new this week.
VLOG – Attitudes are Contagious – Is Yours Worth Catching?
Whatever attitude you display is contagious. Your role as a leader is to lead with Positivity. Whoever you hang out with will affect your attitude in a positive or a negative way. Do you have Eeyore the Joy Sucker on your team? Watch for the next 95 seconds and see how that person impacts you and the people around you.
When Venting Turns into Whining
We saw him as a whiner, a Debbie Downer, an Eeyore. He claimed he was venting. He believed it was his right to get his thoughts and feelings out of his head so he could move on. He wasn’t wrong. I wanted him to feel like he could vent. The problem was he’d moved from venting to whining. What’s the difference? Venting is a healthy means of letting loose of the pressure that is building up inside. It comes from the idea that a pressure cooker needs to be vented so that it does not blow up. That is a good idea for all of us when we are stressed out or angry about something that is out of our control. But venting a pressure cooker happens once. It is not a continuous, never ending process. This guy was not venting. He was telling everyone he met what was bothering him. He went from office to office, meeting to meeting, day after day and unloaded his issues on others. In other words, he was whining. The more he whined, the more he damaged his reputation inside the team and the more he dragged everyone else down. People started avoiding him. They tuned him out when he spoke at meetings. They began to talk about him behind his back. I had to pull him aside and let him know the damage his attitude was doing to himself and his team. The problem was he didn’t see it. He felt like it was his right to unleash his negativity on the people he ran into each day. The ironic thing was, some of the things bothering him were legitimate. But people had stopped listening because whining became who he was. To paraphrase Aristotle, “You are what you consistently do.” We all saw him as a whiner, a Debbie Downer, an Eeyore. Again, venting is about getting the negativity out of our system so we don’t blow up. It is not a license to wallow and whine. Once we vent, we need to choose Positvity. Positivity: Displaying a positive or “Can Do” attitude in all circumstances. The circumstances don’t change as a result of venting, but our attitudes should. What are we going to do in the midst of the circumstances? What are our solutions to make things better? How are we going to make the situation better even when others are whining? Our attitudes are a choice. After venting, it is time to make a different choice. Question: How can you and your team move from venting to Positivity? When is the next time you can set a positive example for others?
