Outward Focus: Retain Your Team by Updating Expectations
Tuesday, August 1st, 2006Everyone wants to know where they stand. Steve talkes about how clarifying expectations can help your organization retain people.
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Digging Deeper On Your ‘Amazing-ness’
Thursday, July 27th, 2006Yesterday I encouraged you to begin to ponder the thought, “What am I amazing at in life?”
Upon thinking that through I realized that to throw out a second point would fall on deaf ears. That first point isn’t something that you can discover overnight by any means unless you are unemployed and score 25 Intuitive […]
Clarity: “Don’t grow weary in well-doing”, pt. 2
Thursday, June 8th, 2006It is vital that you clearly define what you will and what you won’t do to serve those in need, because it pretty much comes with the territory that when people are hurting they will “hear” promises when none were made, they will assume things when nothing was signaled clearly by you or your team. […]
Clarity: “Don’t grow weary in well-doing”
Wednesday, June 7th, 2006I’ve had one of those weeks where it seems a theme has popped up time and again wherever I turn. I keep hearing this story, this verse being repeated over and over again. “I have given and given and given but I have seen precious little return for my labors. What am I to do.” Some of those have […]
Listening for Clarified Inspiration
Tuesday, June 6th, 2006As citizens of our global village we sadly lack the ability to take in through our senses what is going on around us. For the most part, we aren’t good at listening – in particular, most Americans are lousy at listening.
In my European travels I have learned that Europeans are much, much better listeners than […]
Clarifying Your Mission Statement
Monday, June 5th, 2006Discovering one’s personal and corporate “mission statement” has been all the rage for the past several years. I have read a number of books that aim to help a reader specify his or her statement.
If the number of articles and books that are being released equates to the numbers of conversations and the amount of […]
Communicating Your Clarified Vision
Friday, June 2nd, 2006One of the huge keys to seeing forward progress, both at a quantitative and qualitative level, is the ability to capture your absolutely clear message succinctly, enthusiastically and continually.
First, spend the needed time capturing your unique vision, your “distinctives.” This can be challenging. I don’t use this blog as a forum to drum […]
Clarity, in spite of depression
Thursday, June 1st, 2006Perhaps the most common reason leaders lose track of their original vision-definition is the onset of depression. When I use the “D” word I’m not referring to something spiritual, something ethereal, but in all likelihood something physical, something biochemical that is happening chemically in our systems.
As Stuart Smalley was prone to say on Saturday Night […]
Clarify, Clarify, Clarify
Wednesday, May 31st, 2006The name of the game is to go from the “shotgun” approach to become a laser beam when communicating to your people and your city who you are and what you stand for. Move from using a chainsaw to surgical precision!
As I am communicating to the gathering crowd who are jumping on my new “bus”, […]
More on Gaining Clarity
Tuesday, May 30th, 2006I hope you enjoy the blog entry today and yesterday – this is stuff I normally charge big bucks for… So why am I giving this away to you at no cost? The clarity of vision is one of the main issues that prevents forward progress.
This lack of clarity will prevent us from putting our heart, […]
