Outward Focus: Creating a Legendary Work Environment, pt. 2
Thursday, February 14th, 2008You’ve heard is said many times, I’m sure, "Everybody is replaceable." In today’s talk Steve encourages leaders to drop that kind of talk. While it has an element of truth, the downside is loss of morale. Rather than being constantly thinking about "moving up or out" why not think instead of longevity, decades of commitment […]
Outward Focus: Creating a Legendary Work Environment
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008Steve talks about what it takes to create a legendary work environment, one in which every decision-maker makes a difference. As a sidenote he speaks against the notion that everybody is replacable. In the final analysis, whether you are making widgets or providing disaster relief, it is not about your products but it is your […]
Outward Focus: Dealing with Disappointments in Planning
Monday, March 19th, 2007Steve talks about dealing with disappointments, failures that come our way. Today’s takeaway points are: 1) Don’t give up planning, the wise person makes goals and plans; 2) Learn from what has NOT happened, when met with disappointment we need to learn to "shake the dust from our feet;" and 3) Find out your rhythm, […]
Outward Focus: More On Bringing God Into Our Planning
Tuesday, March 13th, 2007Steve continues on yesterday’s topic by exploring three important factors in hearing God’s will for our lives and then joining God by praying for those goals. Once we have slowed down, then 1) Ask God to tell us how we should pray; 2) Pray with an expectation (faith) that God will answer; and 3) be […]
Outward Focus: Bringing God Into Our Planning
Friday, March 9th, 2007On today’s podcast Steve talks about bringing the "vertical" into our "horizontal" planning by including God in the process. He references Solomon’s Proverbs and Jesus’ statement that He only did what He saw the Father doing (John 5) to emphasize the importance of being sensitive to divine guidance. Steve encourages us to slow down the […]
Outward Focus: The Importance of Planning
Thursday, March 8th, 2007This week’s topic on Outward Buzz is planning. Steve talks about the importance of injecting wisdom into our planning. Every leader needs "an intervention" of wisdom. Are you working from written goals? What prevents you from committing your goals to paper? Is it the fear of not meeting your goals? These are the questions that […]
Outward Focus: Clues to Better Communication, pt. 10
Wednesday, March 7th, 2007Steve invites listeners and watchers of Outward Focus to send him a "ping" about topics they would like him to talk about on OutwardBuzz, and to give him feedback on past podcasts.
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Outward Focus: Clues to Better Communication, pt. 9
Friday, March 2nd, 2007Steve talks about staying connected by "pinging" your contacts with regular short emails.
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Outward Focus: Clues to Better Communication, pt. 8
Thursday, March 1st, 2007Steve talks about surrounding yourself with a brain trust that will assist you when responding to difficult communications.
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Outward Focus: Clues to Better Communication, pt. 7
Wednesday, February 28th, 2007Steve continues this two-week series on clues to better communication by giving pointers on how to deal with phone calling and voice mail.
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