Dave Anderson | Leadership Training and Consultation
Small goals are uninspiring. If a leader wants a motivated team, setting the bar low or downplaying the difficulty of a tougher task is a big mistake.
“People do not exert themselves for little, unimportant goals. They work hard, take great risks, and let nothing stop them only for big goals.” – MG William A Cohen Continue Reading…
Dave Anderson discusses HOW to develop leaders within your team, with Gordon Curphy best selling author of Leadership-Enhancing the Lessons of Experience.
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Entrepreneurs, Small Business Owners, Middle Managers and Frontline Leaders eliminate bad attitudes, politics, and distrust on your teams! Changing the culture of a team requires the leader to change.
Listen to IMPACT Talk Radio today for no fluff, straight talking solutions designed to IMPACT high IMPACT leaders who want to lead high IMPACT Teams. Every show goes beyond theory and gets into HOW to make an IMPACT that matters.
“I know what I am doing now.” That is what I thought after a few years leading sales teams. I thought I had arrived. But each time I allowed myself to think that, I was proven wrong.
Someone or something always surprised me. A new challenge would surface that I was not prepared for. It took awhile, but I finally realized becoming a leader has no end point.
Unfortunately, some leaders fall into a rut and stop growing. To be a lifetime leader, leaders need to never stop growing. If leaders stop growing, over time people will stop following. Continue Reading…
I believe every one of us needs to keep score of how we are doing. We need to know if we are achieving our stated goals.
But, be careful! What you measure becomes your master. I see leaders and entire organizations mastered by what they measure. Often this is not a good thing.
Many leaders and organizations measure the means of reaching admirable goals and lose site of the end — the goal itself. The result are teams characterized by bureaucracy, micro-management and mediocre results. Continue Reading…
Use a blog to build leaders! Really? My answer is yes. Leaders need simple, actionable tools for leadership development. How does a leader find time to build leaders when there are so many other tasks that demand a leader’s time and energy?
Blogs are a great resource, and they are not labor or time intensive. Continue Reading…
Critiquing a basketball team or soccer team the day after a game is easy. ESPN has built a television empire by analyzing the mistakes made by coaches and players.
The scrutiny is often insightful with multiple lessons for other coaches and players to consider. It is much easier to diagnose why someone failed AFTER the failure.
But, what can we to do identify an impending failure? How can we see it before it happens and make changes? Continue Reading…
Dave Anderson discusses what’s wrong with business leadership today and how to fix it, with Gordon Curphy best selling author of Leadership-Enhancing the Lessons of Experience.
All past and current podcasts also available on iTunes. (Over 3 Million downloads to date!) Please rate us on iTunes as well.
Other resources -free PDF downloads of character-based interview questions are available at Overwhelmedmanagersguide.com.
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Entrepreneurs, Small Business Owners, Middle Managers and Frontline Leaders eliminate bad attitudes, politics, and distrust on your teams! Changing the culture of a team requires the leader to change.
Listen to IMPACT Talk Radio today for no fluff, straight talking solutions designed to IMPACT high IMPACT leaders who want to lead high IMPACT Teams. Every show goes beyond theory and gets into HOW to make an IMPACT that matters.
Untrustworthy? Poor communication/listening? Micromanaging? Selfishness? Uncaring/Demeaning? When I ask people about the worst leaders they worked for, these are some descriptions I receive.
Many people believe if you fix these things you will be a better leader. We go to seminars and listen to podcasts (mine included) looking for answers. We read blogs and articles and books about improving in all these areas. “The 12 Skills Leaders Need to…”
The solutions presented are treatments to the symptoms of a disease that runs deeper. I believe the root issue needs to be identified so the treatment plan can actually change the leader and not just treat the symptom. Continue Reading…
Dave Anderson discusses the frustration of coaching someone who is happy to just meet the minimum standards with Tony Ezell of Accelerated Leadership Group.
All past and current podcasts also available on iTunes. (Over 2,500,000 downloads to date!) Please rate us on iTunes as well.
Other resources -free PDF downloads of character-based interview questions are available at Overwhelmedmanagersguide.com.
Listen Here Now!
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Entrepreneurs, Small Business Owners, Middle Managers and Frontline Leaders eliminate bad attitudes, politics, and distrust on your teams! Changing the culture of a team requires the leader to change.
Listen to IMPACT Talk Radio today for no fluff, straight talking solutions designed to IMPACT high IMPACT leaders who want to lead high IMPACT Teams. Every show goes beyond theory and gets into HOW to make an IMPACT that matters.
Problem finders are everywhere. It does not take a PhD, a MBA or even a GED to be a good problem finder. It takes no skill or advanced education to point fingers. Problem finders usually wallow at the lower levels in organizations and rarely make it past middle management.
However, problem solvers are rare. Problem solvers get great jobs and earn good money. Problem solvers are what companies need in leadership. Leaders of character who are great problem solvers always use the same tool when diagnosing a problem. Continue Reading…