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The mistake you must not make. Lying isn’t a responsible mistake but missing a deadline might be. Catastrophic mistakes spring from character flaws and irresponsibility. It’s a disaster when you lie or cheat. But skill-development REQUIRES responsible mistake-making. Fawn The alternative to failure is doing it right the first time. " data-medium-file="https://leadershipfreak.files.wordpress.com/2020/01/the-alternative-to-failure-is-doing-it-right-the-first-time.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://leadershipfreak.files.wordpress.com/2020/01/the-alternative-to-failure-is-doing-it-right-the-first-time.jpg?w=584" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-38045" src="https://leadershipfreak.files.wordpress.com/2020/01/the-alternative-to-failure-is-doing-it-right-the-first-time.jpg?w=584&h=238" alt="" srcset="https://leadershipfreak.files.wordpress.com/2020/01/the-alternative-to-failure-is-doing-it-right-the-first-time.jpg?w=584...

Facing the Greatest Struggle of Leadership Say, “I’m learning,” not “I’ve learned.” “I’ve learned,” gives the impression of arrival and we both know you ain’t there yet. Learning or learned: Learning is a matter of the heart, not the head. You’re learning or you’re getting stupid. Learning reflects courage, openness, and humility. Arrogance makes you stupid. What have you learned: What have  you learned recently about leading , “What have you learned about leadership?” Everyone wants to know ‘how to’ solve a problem, answer a struggle, or eliminate stress.  Learning new leadership techniques, strategies, methods, and skills is easy compared to the battle that lies within. The greatest struggle of leadership is in your heart – between the power of humility and the seduction of arrogance. Humility practices vulnerability. A vulnerable heart learns.  You remain as you are until you open your heart. An arrogant heart thinks it knows wh...

The 12 Toughest Challenges of Leadership The challenges of leadership are  inside  leaders. Stop blaming organizations and others for your shortfalls and failures. Take the bull by the horns.  You  are the bull. The 12 Toughest Challenges of Leadership: Humility during success. Confidence during setbacks. Stepping back so others can step up. Putting plans into action – Follow through. Experience shows up to 90 percent of strategic plans never achieve execution. Leading change.  Leaders don’t just do things, they change things. Admitting mistakes. One contributor suggests that self-awareness and honesty are essential to saying, “I was wrong.” Listening with the goal of learning. Encouraging constructive dissent. Learning from criticism. Asking for feedback. Maintaining focus on the future. Building the team. You not situations: Leadership challenges always involve changing situations. You, however, are the common factor. Your a...

Everyone is primarily a doer, dreamer, or feeler. Everyone is all three, but you’re great in one area, average in another, and weak in the third. Choose: Choose your primary lens. Dream, doer, or feeler? There are only two options after that. Suppose you’re a dreamer. You are either a: Dreamer-doer-feeler Dreamer-feeler-doer Illustration: I’m a dreamer-feeler-doer. My primary lens is the future. Doers and feelers expand my leadership. Dreamers energize me. Dreamers nudge people to try new things and learn as they go. Anyone who has ever worked with me experiences the nudge. To be honest, I can be pushy but you may not realise it quickly. Timing and context: Talk to doers, if you want to finish something. Talk to dreamers, if you want to start something. Talk to feelers, if you want to build culture.

Transformational Leadership:  lesson I got by listening to John Maxwell In his word this week, John Maxwell talked about transformational leadership. I love this topic. Helping others become transformational in their leadership lights a fire in me like nothing else does. John is right in saying, “We need men and women who are committed to take action in order to make a difference in the world. We need transformational leaders.” I wanted to respond to what John wrote because I believe this is one of the most important things we could be talking about as leaders. It is timely and it is necessary. John taught us 5 characteristics all transformational leaders possess. How I apply each characteristic is by asking myself a question: 1. What or who is being overlooked? I have come to realize that how I view things determines how I do things. Dave Ramsey said, “Organizations are not limited by their opportunity; they are limited by their leader.” This all begins with what the le...

Deciding Isn’t Enough by Tunde Ajayi Success is not sometimes in the actualization phase; it’s always in the actualization phase. The longer I lead, the more I understand this to be true. My mentor(John Maxwell) shares a story about a lesson he learned from his dad as a kid. Melvin said to John, “Five frogs were sitting on a log and four decided to jump off. How many frogs are left on the log?”  “One!” John responded with great confidence. Then Melvin surprised John with the point of the story: “All five frogs remain on the log, son. Deciding isn’t enough! You have to take action.” Did you catch that? Deciding isn’t enough. In order to be successful, you have to take action. Here are four keys to becoming a person of action: 1. Overcome Your Fears. Fear has the power to paralyze you and keep you from taking action. How has fear hindered your progress? Has it held you back from pursuing a new career, a job promotion, innovating a product, or reinventing your business? Where does tha...

5 Areas of personal growth Every year, it has been my culture, to come up with a word that will serve as a focusing thought for the year. It’s a habit that I’ve had for a long time now. This year, one of my team member chose the word “expertise” and for this reason: he wants to become the expert of his own life. Isn’t that interesting? Each person’s journey to personal growth is different; there are principles and practices that apply to every leader’s journey, but there is no such thing as a one-size-fits-all approach to personal development. Only you can decide what’s necessary for your journey. Only you can be the expert of you. The good news is, it’s simple to do.  someone once told me that if I spent one hour a day studying a topic, within five years I’d become an expert. Over time I went from being intense in my studies to being intentional with my life. It’s made all the difference—so much. Playing off that idea, here are five areas of personal growth where you sho...