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Peer Power Invitation
December 15, 2021
Affective Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Peer Powered Performance, Positive Deviance 
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If you have come to this posting in follow up to one of many keynote presentations congratulations and thank you. Most people have good intentions in the moment but it is easy to fall back into the daily grind of too much to do and too little time to invest in yourself. You are your most important investment.
According to Nobel Prize-winning scientist Daniel Kahneman, each day we are given 20,000 moments.
For most a vast majority of these moments are simply reruns or what has been ...
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Motivation is Misleading
December 15, 2021
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Motivational experts imply that just the right speech can create a shift in awareness that changes everything. And they are absolutely right ……for 2% of the people.
The other 98% need time, attention, conversation and community to create sustainable transformation. The counterproductive effect of this quick fix approach is that the short term sugar high of unrealistic expectations is quickly replaced with a lasting low of knowing that something is missing.
There is something missing but i...
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Permanent Monday Syndrome
December 15, 2021
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Once again Gallop’s survey of 150,000 workers proves what too many already know from daily experience. There is a reason they call it work. NBC News Anchor Brian Williams reported in last night’s broadcast that only 30% of employees reported being engaged, 52% openly admit they are not and 18% are actively disengaged.
This is not new news – roughly the same statistics have been reported for the last three years, which makes you wonder...
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The Science of Emotion
December 15, 2021
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Leadership is a Science
Leadership used to be referred to as an art. Now it is a proven science. Every component of this process has a purpose. Like the endless lines of zeros and ones in binary code, it is not only the content of each component but the space between that produces the results.
Humor with a purpose
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In live presentations I am most often described as a humorist, but my purpose is not laughter. I use humor to share difficult lessons in an entertaining way... -
Energized by Inclusion
December 15, 2021
Affective Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Peer Powered Performance, Positive Deviance -
Old school leaders aspire to the belief that
“he who holds the knowledge, holds the power.”The new paradigm is he who holds the knowledge,
and doesn’t share it, is probably guilty.
We would never consider a sporting event without goals, displaying confusing scoreboards or faceless time clocks. Instead feedback is immediate, concise, compelling, and consistently understood by everyone both in the game and on the sidelines.
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In contrast, many work environments are inundated with ambigui...