Leaders are not afraid of their teammates or subordinates taking their jobs.
Quite the contrary, leaders reacting the best people they can find and train them thoroughly so they can not only do their job, but so they can fill in for the leader when necessary.
This ensures that the team and the leader gets maximum performance, maximum results and success into the future. Maxwell calls it the Law of Succession.
Quality followers, teammates, and subordinates are a result of, and a course of, strong true leadership.
There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.
Robert Half
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Monday, February 21, 2011
Friday, February 18, 2011
Common Sense
Leaders Exhibit Good Common Sense
Are people born with common sense? Maybe.
It is the result of experience? Possibly.
Is it the combination of IQ, acquired knowledge and personal experience?
Probably!
Experts and know-it-alls can argue what constitutes common sense until the end of time but the fact remains that a true leader has it and uses it. Period!
Common sense is the knack of saying things as they are, and doing as they ought to be done.
Josh Billings
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Are people born with common sense? Maybe.
It is the result of experience? Possibly.
Is it the combination of IQ, acquired knowledge and personal experience?
Probably!
Experts and know-it-alls can argue what constitutes common sense until the end of time but the fact remains that a true leader has it and uses it. Period!
Common sense is the knack of saying things as they are, and doing as they ought to be done.
Josh Billings
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Monday, January 31, 2011
Taking Risks
Leaders take calculated risks.
Leaders are not foolhardy, wild-eyed maniacs who throw away the rule book.
On the contrary: leaders continually evaluate the elements of a risky project in comparison to the potential for gain from taking those risks.
They speak out in the heat of controversy. They take a stand when right, but not necessarily popular. They dare to try new ideas, sure in their own minds that their ideas will work.
They do not risk the safety of their subordinates or someone else's career-- only their own.
If nothing is ever ventured, then nothing is ever gained.
It is impossible to win the great prizes of life without running risks.
Theodore Roosevelt
The Social Leader on Orrin Woodward
Leaders are not foolhardy, wild-eyed maniacs who throw away the rule book.
On the contrary: leaders continually evaluate the elements of a risky project in comparison to the potential for gain from taking those risks.
They speak out in the heat of controversy. They take a stand when right, but not necessarily popular. They dare to try new ideas, sure in their own minds that their ideas will work.
They do not risk the safety of their subordinates or someone else's career-- only their own.
If nothing is ever ventured, then nothing is ever gained.
It is impossible to win the great prizes of life without running risks.
Theodore Roosevelt
The Social Leader on Orrin Woodward
Friday, January 21, 2011
Strive to be the Best
Leaders strive to be the best in everything they do.
Leaders also instill this attribute into their subordinates.
Leaders seek to be the best-- for their own satisfaction in knowing they can be.
Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until it's done and done right.
Walt Disney
The Best Leadership Nuggets
Leaders also instill this attribute into their subordinates.
Leaders seek to be the best-- for their own satisfaction in knowing they can be.
Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until it's done and done right.
Walt Disney
The Best Leadership Nuggets
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Take Responsibility
True leaders are in charge, and they are responsible for every facet of the project or task at hand.
When it is successful, they are the ones responsible. When it is unsuccessful, they are also responsible.
Taking responsibility relieves others, and shows them who the true leader really is. Anyone can choose to be a leader and accept responsibility.
A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says, "I was beaten." He does not say, "My men were beaten." Thus speaks a real man.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
When it is successful, they are the ones responsible. When it is unsuccessful, they are also responsible.
Taking responsibility relieves others, and shows them who the true leader really is. Anyone can choose to be a leader and accept responsibility.
A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says, "I was beaten." He does not say, "My men were beaten." Thus speaks a real man.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Friday, January 07, 2011
Adversity or Opportunity
We've all heard "When handed a lemon, make lemonade."
The leader follows this advice and looks for any opportunity to combat, and thrive against, adversity.
Every cloud has a silver lining. True leaders look for that silver lining at every opportunity of adversity.
Since the house is on fire, let us warm ourselves.
Italian Proverb
The Social Leader on Orrin Woodward
The leader follows this advice and looks for any opportunity to combat, and thrive against, adversity.
Every cloud has a silver lining. True leaders look for that silver lining at every opportunity of adversity.
Since the house is on fire, let us warm ourselves.
Italian Proverb
The Social Leader on Orrin Woodward
Friday, December 31, 2010
Leading the Pack
Leaders stay a little more progressive.
The do so by:
Being a little more innovative. A little more creative.
By taking that extra step.
Spending a little more effort.
Getting a little more accomplished.
Getting a few more results.
However, leaders can't run too far ahead of the pack without bringing others with them. They need support from others to be successful themselves. Leaders stay ahead but make sure others are with them.
It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.
Winston Churchill
The do so by:
Being a little more innovative. A little more creative.
By taking that extra step.
Spending a little more effort.
Getting a little more accomplished.
Getting a few more results.
However, leaders can't run too far ahead of the pack without bringing others with them. They need support from others to be successful themselves. Leaders stay ahead but make sure others are with them.
It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.
Winston Churchill
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Keep Moving Forward
Leaders are always going forward making progress in some fashion. Sometimes in tiny steps, but often in quantum leaps.
A leader's group is the first to adopt new ideas, first to try new technologies, and first in efficiency and productivity. They pay attention to percentage points of increase and decrease. They pay attention to the score.
True leaders make things happen.
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
Arthur Godfrey
A leader's group is the first to adopt new ideas, first to try new technologies, and first in efficiency and productivity. They pay attention to percentage points of increase and decrease. They pay attention to the score.
True leaders make things happen.
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
Arthur Godfrey
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Example
One Fortune 500 executive told his people, "You may do anything you see me doing."
People will emulate, consciously or subconsciously, their leaders, bosses, and managers. If you are forward-thinking, innovative, and progressive, then your team or department will move consistently forward.
True leaders are also willing to roll up their shirt sleeves and do whatever is necessary to make a project succeed. Their commitment and dedication in such a situation sets the example for all of their people.
True leaders are excellent role models.
The example of good men is visible philosophy.
English Proverb
People will emulate, consciously or subconsciously, their leaders, bosses, and managers. If you are forward-thinking, innovative, and progressive, then your team or department will move consistently forward.
True leaders are also willing to roll up their shirt sleeves and do whatever is necessary to make a project succeed. Their commitment and dedication in such a situation sets the example for all of their people.
True leaders are excellent role models.
The example of good men is visible philosophy.
English Proverb
Monday, December 13, 2010
Having Vision
To be able to visualize the completed project or task, the final goal and all of its rewards and consequences, is the ultimate test for true leaders.
In addition to visualizing "the dream," they must also be able to visualize each task that must be completed, and the integration of those tasks to successfully complete the project. They must also be able to effectively communicate this vision to the group.
To true leaders, vision defines the final goal, and action is the path that leads to the vision.
We have always help to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
In addition to visualizing "the dream," they must also be able to visualize each task that must be completed, and the integration of those tasks to successfully complete the project. They must also be able to effectively communicate this vision to the group.
To true leaders, vision defines the final goal, and action is the path that leads to the vision.
We have always help to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Sunday, December 05, 2010
Blame
When in a position of leadership, everything that occurs in your responsibility, even the errors.
Rather than spending effort in placing the blame on others, your job is to mitigate the damage, and to learn from the mistakes, take steps necessary to solve the issue, and make sure the problem does not recur in the future.
The buck stops here!
Harry S. Truman
Rather than spending effort in placing the blame on others, your job is to mitigate the damage, and to learn from the mistakes, take steps necessary to solve the issue, and make sure the problem does not recur in the future.
The buck stops here!
Harry S. Truman
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Jealousy
True leaders focus on their own career and accomplishments. Others, including those in competition with you, will also garner accomplishments and awards.
Rather than wasting energy on jealousy, share their joy of accomplishment. Seek them out as friends and colleagues. Learn from them.
Winners associate with winners!
Of all the passions, jealousy is that which exerts the hardest service and pays the bitterest wages.
Charles Cabet Colton
Rather than wasting energy on jealousy, share their joy of accomplishment. Seek them out as friends and colleagues. Learn from them.
Winners associate with winners!
Of all the passions, jealousy is that which exerts the hardest service and pays the bitterest wages.
Charles Cabet Colton
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Excessive Pressure
Leaders prevent excessive pressure on both themselves and them members of their team. Set realistic goals for yourself and your team. You should be able to see the end in mind the means of achieving it.
If an unrealistic task is given, realize it and break it down to a realistic, seeable, achievable goal. Expectations set the motivation of the group. Excessive pressure on members serves no purpose and often kills initiative and creativity at all levels.
We are more often frightened than hurt; our troubles spring more often from fancy than reality.
Seneca.
If an unrealistic task is given, realize it and break it down to a realistic, seeable, achievable goal. Expectations set the motivation of the group. Excessive pressure on members serves no purpose and often kills initiative and creativity at all levels.
We are more often frightened than hurt; our troubles spring more often from fancy than reality.
Seneca.
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Humility of a Leader
Don't be caught up in the power and prestige of your position. Nothing is beneath a true leader. You must always be willing to help your team and teammates, even in what may seem to be the most mundane tasks.
Remember that you and your fellow co-workers will occasionally make mistakes. You know that, and they know that. If you have an arrogant attitude, you can expect no help from your fellow teammates in preventing or correcting your errors or theirs.
To be vain of one's rank or place, is to show that one is below it.
Stanislas I
Remember that you and your fellow co-workers will occasionally make mistakes. You know that, and they know that. If you have an arrogant attitude, you can expect no help from your fellow teammates in preventing or correcting your errors or theirs.
To be vain of one's rank or place, is to show that one is below it.
Stanislas I
Sunday, November 07, 2010
Leaders Don't Lose Their Temper
There is little in the world worthy of losing your temper. Yet frustrations in every aspect of our personal and professional life are common and can be difficult to deal with.
As a leader, always try to stay in control. Discuss problems openly with the people involved. Be open in thought and firm in your demands, but remain in control.
Superiors, suppliers, peers, customers, teammates, and subordinates will sometimes (often times) be infuriating, but losing your temper will probably only compound the problem instead of solving it.
When angry, count ten before you speak. If very angry, a hundred.
Thomas Jefferson.
As a leader, always try to stay in control. Discuss problems openly with the people involved. Be open in thought and firm in your demands, but remain in control.
Superiors, suppliers, peers, customers, teammates, and subordinates will sometimes (often times) be infuriating, but losing your temper will probably only compound the problem instead of solving it.
When angry, count ten before you speak. If very angry, a hundred.
Thomas Jefferson.
Monday, November 01, 2010
Leaders of Today
True leaders have an understanding of the present, and a vision for the future. To be successful as a leader in any industry, you must:
Leadership is about reaching for the stars, and when you reach one, reach for the next one, It's exciting, it's fun, and it's the essence of life.
The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well. and doing well whatever you do. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Prepare to be a leader.
- Understand leadership.
- And then be prepared to assume the leadership role in your organization.
Leadership is about reaching for the stars, and when you reach one, reach for the next one, It's exciting, it's fun, and it's the essence of life.
The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well. and doing well whatever you do. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Leadership Gurus 2011
The Best Leadership Gurus Voting for 2011:
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Leadership Gurus is your ultimate compass in directing you to the world's Top 10 and Top 30 leadership gurus, leadership speakers and leadership trainers across the globe 2010. If you are looking for the best presenters in leadership, change management, leadership development, leadership training, change leadership, leading leaders, and MORE, then let Leadership Gurus International be your guide.
by Orrin Woodward on Thu 16 Sep 2010 12:59 PM EDT
The voting is now taking place for the Top 30 and Top 25 Leadership Guru list. I will attach the links if you would like to vote. Thanks in advance and keep leading and learning on your journey to success. God Bless, Orrin Woodward http://leadershipgurus.net/index.html - Vote for Top 30
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From the Leadership Gurus 2011 Poll:
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Leadership Gurus International, combined with public feedback, independently rates leadership trainers and leadership speakers from Asia, the Americas, Australia and Europe to determine if they have attained “guru” status. Only those leadership speakers and trainers who have attained “guru” status are featured on this site. Each of them has also been bestowed the GURU Award of Excellence based on our criteria.
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Wednesday, March 24, 2010
More on Reading
"A man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read." - Samuel Clemens
If you're not a reader, then what Mark Twain is saying here should hit you like a cold slap in the face. A lot of people you and I know almost proudly proclaim that they "haven't read a book since high school"! Amazing! That's like saying "Let me tell you how stupid I really am. Even though I have the ability to read, I don't, and I'm proud of that!"
You have time to do what you choose to do. The more you read, the better you read -- and the more you enjoy it. One of the most attractive elements of the MonaVie Team leaders is their passion for reading. And it shows - in their writing as they share their experinces and views with us in their books and on their blogs.
People who don't read cheat themselves. By not reading, you limit what you can achieve, make mistakes you could avoid, and miss opportunities that could improve your life. Soon, as the gaps in your knowledge will become apparent to you and to others. Think about that.
Why read?
Read to learn the lessons of history.
Read to keep up with the issues.
Read to understand why others succeed.
Read to avoid mistakes others have made.
Read for your personal enjoyment.
Read to familiarize yourself with what interests others.
Read to increase your value to an employer.
Read to improve your vocabulary.
Read good writing to learn to write well yourself.
Read to share wisdom with others.
Read to lead.
Read to improve your life. Whatever your circumstances, YOU created them by the accumulation of decisions you have made over time. Question: Would your decsions possibly have yeilded bettter results if you had had more and better quality information on hand when you made them?
The great news is that your future decisions can be better decisions. Why not make one now and decide to be a reader?
If you're not a reader, then what Mark Twain is saying here should hit you like a cold slap in the face. A lot of people you and I know almost proudly proclaim that they "haven't read a book since high school"! Amazing! That's like saying "Let me tell you how stupid I really am. Even though I have the ability to read, I don't, and I'm proud of that!"
You have time to do what you choose to do. The more you read, the better you read -- and the more you enjoy it. One of the most attractive elements of the MonaVie Team leaders is their passion for reading. And it shows - in their writing as they share their experinces and views with us in their books and on their blogs.
People who don't read cheat themselves. By not reading, you limit what you can achieve, make mistakes you could avoid, and miss opportunities that could improve your life. Soon, as the gaps in your knowledge will become apparent to you and to others. Think about that.
Why read?
Read to learn the lessons of history.
Read to keep up with the issues.
Read to understand why others succeed.
Read to avoid mistakes others have made.
Read for your personal enjoyment.
Read to familiarize yourself with what interests others.
Read to increase your value to an employer.
Read to improve your vocabulary.
Read good writing to learn to write well yourself.
Read to share wisdom with others.
Read to lead.
Read to improve your life. Whatever your circumstances, YOU created them by the accumulation of decisions you have made over time. Question: Would your decsions possibly have yeilded bettter results if you had had more and better quality information on hand when you made them?
The great news is that your future decisions can be better decisions. Why not make one now and decide to be a reader?
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Reading
A vice-president of a Fortune 500 company was getting to know a newcomer in his division, so he asked him what he liked to read. "I'm not really interested in reading," the man said. To which the vice-president said, "Then you aren't really interested in succeeding around here."
Morton Blackwell of the Leadership Institute said: "People who don't read cheat themselves." In a speech titled "Read to Lead" Blackwell continued: "By not reading, they limit what they can achieve, make mistakes they could avoid, and miss opportunities that could improve their lives. Finally, as the gaps in their knowledge become apparent, they must reconcile themselves to not being taken seriously." (emphasis mine)
Glad that's not the case with the leaders of MonaVie Team. As near as I can tell, the top 10 leaders devour 75-85 books a month between them and they've been doing that for the past 7-10 years. How confident are you that the leaders in your organization are that committed to self improvement?
Leaders are readers. Period. If you're not a reader, you're NOT a leader. You may be a manager, but you are no leader. And if that bothers you (as it should) then start reading. Find a mentor who you know is well read and ask for guidance in selecting books. I suggest you begin with these 5:
The Magic of Thinking Big by David Schwartz, PhD
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
How I Raised Myself from Failure to Success in Selling by Frank Bettger
How to Have Confidence and Power in Dealing With People by Les Giblin, and
Positive Personality Profiles by Robert Rohm, PhD
Don't like to read? Then start with Read and Get Rich by Burke Hedges. The info in this book will blow you away! And if you haven't read the top 10 books ever written, he gives you the list. Any person who wants to be taken seriously would have these ten in his or her library - and will have read them!
So, how's your reading going?
Or have you just decided to not be taken seriously?
Morton Blackwell of the Leadership Institute said: "People who don't read cheat themselves." In a speech titled "Read to Lead" Blackwell continued: "By not reading, they limit what they can achieve, make mistakes they could avoid, and miss opportunities that could improve their lives. Finally, as the gaps in their knowledge become apparent, they must reconcile themselves to not being taken seriously." (emphasis mine)
Glad that's not the case with the leaders of MonaVie Team. As near as I can tell, the top 10 leaders devour 75-85 books a month between them and they've been doing that for the past 7-10 years. How confident are you that the leaders in your organization are that committed to self improvement?
Leaders are readers. Period. If you're not a reader, you're NOT a leader. You may be a manager, but you are no leader. And if that bothers you (as it should) then start reading. Find a mentor who you know is well read and ask for guidance in selecting books. I suggest you begin with these 5:
The Magic of Thinking Big by David Schwartz, PhD
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
How I Raised Myself from Failure to Success in Selling by Frank Bettger
How to Have Confidence and Power in Dealing With People by Les Giblin, and
Positive Personality Profiles by Robert Rohm, PhD
Don't like to read? Then start with Read and Get Rich by Burke Hedges. The info in this book will blow you away! And if you haven't read the top 10 books ever written, he gives you the list. Any person who wants to be taken seriously would have these ten in his or her library - and will have read them!
So, how's your reading going?
Or have you just decided to not be taken seriously?
Thursday, March 11, 2010
ACTION
A couple of great quotes:
"We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once."- Calvin Coolidge
"An idea not coupled with action will never get any bigger than the brain cell it occupied."- Arnold Glasow
One thing I've always admired about the MonaVie Team leaders is that they are men and women of action. They get things done. Because they take action, the MonaVie Team has become an idea whose time has come. There is no stopping it. It will become the biggest business on the planet.
That's pretty big.
Thanks for your example Team. Keep moving.
"We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once."- Calvin Coolidge
"An idea not coupled with action will never get any bigger than the brain cell it occupied."- Arnold Glasow
One thing I've always admired about the MonaVie Team leaders is that they are men and women of action. They get things done. Because they take action, the MonaVie Team has become an idea whose time has come. There is no stopping it. It will become the biggest business on the planet.
That's pretty big.
Thanks for your example Team. Keep moving.
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