______________________ ______________________ Legacy
“Your significance in this world is not measured by what you have attained, or what you have left behind; rather, it is realized by what continues on without you.”Quality Deliverables
"The quality of a team's output is in direct relationship to their leaders' willingness to encourage, empower, and embrace their input." (Graphic)Leader or Manager?
“An analysis of whether your most essential assets are anything other than your employees will be evidence of whether you are a leader or simply a manager.”
The Key …
"Behind every storm cloud, there is a bright tomorrow. The key is in knowing how to find tomorrow, today." (Graphic)Perspective
"Our perception is greatly based upon our point of view. Create a new perspective, by changing your POV." (Graphic)By Example
“Why would we ask our employee’s to perform a task that we ourselves are not willing to do?”
Where is your passion?
“Our passions originate from experiences which have altered our perception …”
Staff Motivation
"Your staff is not motivated by how much you know, but by how much you know, they know. " (Graphic)Control & Power
"If control and power is what you cherish, you will be no good to those under it. " (Graphic)Patience
“Patience often surrenders to time, and dreams go unfulfilled… act as if time is fleeting, as it is.”
Be Yourself
“No matter how hard you try, you can never be something that you’re not.”
Author Archives: David Mills
IQ vs. EQ
IQ – a number used to express the apparent relative intelligence of a person that is the ratio multiplied by 100 of the mental age as reported on a standardized test to the chronological age. IQ is the measure of … Continue reading
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Employee Success is the Manager’s Responsibility
Speaker, trainer & coach Roger Reece speaks to a group of managers in a Leadership Development seminar in 2011, describing how “victim monologues” – his term for the mental model that causes a person to unconsciously cast him- or herself … Continue reading
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Executive Presence Leadership Skills
Leadership requires so many skills and talents, but without executive presence, you may not be projecting yourself as the leader you wish to be known. Leaders embody a presence that immediately delivers an important message. It tells their team they … Continue reading
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Definition of Leadership
Leadership speaker Jean Gatz shares the definition of leadership (and it’s not what you might think!) She invites audiences to learn the CHOICES leaders need to make in today’s busy world to succeed and understand that EVERYONE is a leader … Continue reading
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Teamwork on the Fly
Amy Edmondson, Harvard Business School professor, describes how to manage intellectually diverse and geographically dispersed groups.
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Coaching Employees: 5 Coaching Power Words
Learn what coaching is exactly in this video. Also learn how to coach and how to determine if you are a good coach.
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The rarest commodity is leadership without ego …
Bob Davids is a provocative American entrepreneur and visionary who has launched six highly successful companies over the course of a storied career. Website
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Leadership and Organizational Change
John H. (Jack) Zenger is the co-founder and CEO of Zenger Folkman, a professional services firm providing consulting, leadership development programs and implementation software for organizational effectiveness initiatives. He is considered a world expert in the field of leadership development, … Continue reading
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Leadership Means Responsibility
In his View from the Top speech, Dean Robert Joss defines what it means to lead: “It’s any position where you take responsibility for a group with a mission to fulfill.” He told students that In order to have the … Continue reading
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How to Know Your Life Purpose in 5 Minutes
Adam Leipzig has overseen more than 25 movies as a producer, executive and distributor. and has produced more than 300 stage plays and live events, and he was one of the founders of the Los Angeles Theatre Center. Who are … Continue reading
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Leaders Set the Tone
Sam Glenn shares a learning lesson on life and leadership
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The Motivation that Drives Results
Leaders are constantly looking for ways to drive better results and develop more innovative solutions. But, the question is HOW? The answer… intrinsic motivation, and at it’s very core, is choice.
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Interview with Prof. Barbara Kellerman on “Leadership”
Barbara Kellerman, the James MacGregor Burns Lecturer in Public Leadership at Harvard Kennedy School, provides some insight into the process and purpose of her latest work: “Leadership: Essential Selections on Power, Authority, and Influence.”
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Leadership and the Balanced Scorecard
Robert S. Kaplan is the Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School.
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