Let’s review the key steps to developing rituals and establishing change and introduce key number five – enlisting support. Here are the five keys:
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Topics: Discipline, change, leadership, rituals, habits, support
Green You Grow, Ripe You Rot - Leadership Discipline Requirement
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Mar 24, 2011
Last blog, Tortoise or Hare, Which Discipline do you Follow, we discussed three fundamental principles for sustaining high performance. Let’s look at the first principle, that we cannot expect growth or improvement in any dimension of our lives without intentionally and regularly challenging our current capacity.
Topics: leadership, use of energy, stress
One of my clients reminded me this week of an important leadership lesson. Quit answering your subordinate’s questions. I’ve blogged on this before The Problem with being the Chief Problem Solver, yet it bears repeating. My client had one of his managers ask him “what should I do?” Many leaders and managers would immediately provide an answer. It’s fast, painless, and allows you to move on to your own issues. Yet what does that teach? What’s more what does it continue to do?
Topics: Discipline, leadership, meeting rhythms, questions