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Reward The Effort
Posted on 14. Dec, 2011 by lollydaskal.
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This past week I had the privilege of sitting down and consulting with a well known CEO. He was visibly upset and some what disillusioned.
He spoke about his dissatisfaction with his team and his disappointment with the organization's results of the past year.
As he talked and I listened, I heard him say, “I do not believe in the idea of effort. I believe in rewarding results only.”
I had a hard time believing my ears. This is what I call a fixed mindset.
Here was a leader of a very large organization who expects his employees to work hard, put in long hours, make great sales, and grow the company, but then not be rewarded for their efforts. Could this be possible? Was there a way of showing him that his beliefs were the root of the problem?
For me, he was suffering from what I call “CEO DIS-EASE.”
He believed that effort was not to be rewarded. He believed that effort was for those with deficiencies. He believed that effort reduces you. He believed that people should come fully prepared and their work should be “effortless.”
Could this CEO see that he was the one keeping his organization playing small? Could he see how it was his fixed mindset that was holding them back?
Did he actually believe that we’re supposed to be perfect from the get-go; that we are born with qualities that need no effort to be cultivated?
Did he imagine that Picasso came out of the womb painting? Did he believe that Michael Jordan was an athletic superstar from birth?
How could I make the CEO understand that, even if we are a genius, even if we are the most talented, even if we are the most qualified, we still need to work at it? Improvement is a life-long pursuit. Effort is an endless process. The truth is being a genius takes effort.It is effort that ignites the ability and turns that ability into accomplishments.
I waited until he finished speaking, and then I challenged his thinking.
I wanted him to understand that effort was and is the direct link to growth and results.
I needed him to see that, if you challenge yourself, you are open to development. When you are open to development, you are oriented towards learning. And when you are open towards learning, you have a greater chance of succeeding.
But if you’re afraid of trying; if you’re afraid of taking chances; and if you’re frightened by challenges, how will you grow? How will you take yourself to the next level? If you have to be perfect, or if you have to appear to know everything, how does anyone expect you to succeed?
In order to achieve success; in order to manifest creative achievement, and in order to be rewarded with results, you need the kind of perseverance and resilience that produces a mindset of growth.
A mindset of growth begins with a knowing that you can challenge yourself; that you can take chances; that you can give it your best effort; and you can be resilient in the face of setbacks. Once you’re free to take those risks, you will achieve results, and you will create greater success.
Why is effort so scary for some?
Because when you actually try and you don’t succeed, who can you blame; what excuse can you give, and how will you acknowledge your shortcomings?
Without effort, you can say “I could have been…” However, once you try and you don’t succeed, you can’t say that anymore. You cannot delude yourself anymore.
I left the CEO with some thoughts:
You do not want to say: “This organization could have been and should have been.” When you want people to grow, to succeed, to achieve results, then you have to focus on their development. You have to focus on challenging them and acknowledging their efforts.
In order to grow his organization into something meaningful and to get it to where he wants it to be, he will have to give it his all for the things he values most. Once he begins to acknowledge the people who make the effort, and recognizes their risks, their challenges, and their failures, only then will he be rewarded without reservation.
Lead From Within: You must realize that you have to work the hardest for the things you love the most. You have to fight for it with your whole life. Being resilient and pursing with perseverance is taking yourself to the next level. And the secret ingredient to making it all work is… EFFORT.
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Synchronicity Leadership
Posted on 31. Oct, 2011 by lollydaskal.
Most of us have noticed those moment when things go just exactly right ...
When the right person turns up at exactly at the perfect moment to save the situation.
When it feels as if the stars have aligned miraculously to move us from where we are to where we need to be.
Those moments can be called luck or coincidence. I call it synchronicity.
Many of us are quick to dismiss those serendipitous moments as flukes but when they do happen they feel as though they are hidden hands of the universe giving us what we want in a harmonious way.
What would happen if we as leaders understood that nothing of real substance happened without our say.
What would happen if we as leaders trusted that we could stop controlling every minute of our lives and in doing so... we would manifest the world around us to unfold magically.
What would happen if we as leaders detached from our assumptions so we could lose sight of what we thought we wanted and actually allowed our world to give us what is good for us. ......no great for us.
That I would say is....... Synchronicity the inner path of leadership.
Be the one that creates Synchronicity Leadership- the one who allows your inner manifestation to create an outer world of greater destination.
Lead From Within: As leaders why not allow ourselves to be led by the generating depth of consciousness which evoke ourselves to manifest a mind, heart and soul of synchronicity?
This would allow us to remove the blocks and barriers and tap into the knowledge where we know and feel we would and could create the kind of future we want.
Join us this week on #leadfromwithin tweetchat as we engage and explore Synchronicity and Leadership Tuesday at 8pm est.
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Untapped Leadership Potential
Posted on 11. Sep, 2011 by lollydaskal.
All people have untapped and untouched leadership potential. Just as all people have untapped athletic and artistic potential.
It is a given that there are clear differences due to nature and nurture and not everyone can be the CEO of a multi billion dollar corporation just as not everyone can be an Olympian or tennis winner of Wimbledon but with coaching and practice we can all be a lot better than we are.
It is never to early...It is never to late....for untapped leadership potential.
- Invest in yourself
- Take time to think
- Learn to listen lovingly
- Prepare to pursue your passion and purpose
Leadership starts from within, as you learn, love and live for yourself you will be better able to love, learn and live with others.
Take on the challenge of improving your leadership abilities and developing yourself.
Do not be the one who is Untapped in their potential.
Lead From Within: This journey of life begins with you. Leadership is an affair of the heart. Tap into your heart's desire and untap into your full potential
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Principles of Leonardo Da Vinci
Posted on 01. May, 2011 by lollydaskal.
1-Curiosita - You need an insatiable curiosity for life.
Great minds have one characteristic in common: they continuously ask questions throughout their lives.
2-Dimostrazione- A commitment to test knowledge through experience. Wisdom comes from experience and the principle of Dimostrazione helps you get the most out of your experience
3-Sensazione- The continual refinement of the senses, especially sight, as the means to clarify experience. According to Da Vinci, we can best practice Dimostrazione through our senses, particularly sight.
4-Sfumato- A willingness to embrace ambiguity, paradox, and uncertainty. An essential characteristic of Da Vinci's genius is his ability to handle a sense of mystery.
5-Arte/Scienza- The development of the balance between science and art, logic and imagination ("whole-brain thinking"). The development of the balance between science and art, logic and imagination". This is thinking with the “whole brain”.
6-Corporalita- The cultivation of ambidexterity, fitness, and poise. Corporalità is "the cultivation of grace, ambidexterity, fitness, and poise". Leonardo had amazing physical ability that complemented his genius in science and arts.
7-Connessione - A recognition and appreciation for the connectedness of all things and phenomena; "systems thinking." In other words, is systems thinking. One main source of Leonardo's creativity is his ability to form new patterns through connections and combinations of different elements.
Genius is made, not born.
Human beings are gifted with an almost unlimited potential for learning and creativity. You can uncover your own hidden abilities, sharpen your senses, and liberate your unique intelligence—by following the principles of Leonardo Da Vinci.
Join us this Tuesday 8pm est: Tweetchat #leadfromwithin Topic: Leading From the Principles of Leonardo Da Vinci
Source Material “How to Think like Leonardo Da Vinci” by Michael Gelb
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