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What is a Leader?
Leading is simple. That is the premise of Random Acts of Leadership. One way to remind us of this is to talk to children about what leadership means and what a leader is. Kids don’t tend to...
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From Idea to Action: 7 Steps to Getting Unstuck
Have you ever had a really great idea, something you just knew you should do, yet somehow you did not act on it? Perhaps you even wrote it down while sincerely thinking to yourself, “I am going to do...
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Be Your Own Brand of Leader
In some professions and organizational cultures there is a disdain for the positional leader. In some circles, rising up the hierarchy means selling out on your craft. Others observe the behavior of...
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What’s Your Brand of Bold?
The following article was first published on Switch and Shift’s blog, where I am honored to be among their League of Extraordinary Thinkers. Now more than ever, we need people who have the courage to...
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What Skills and Abilities are You Over-relying On?
There are probably a lot of things we all just take for granted. Perhaps it’s because we naturally assume there are just some people (or things) that will always be there. When suddenly they are not,...
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Are You Challenging Yourself Enough?
If you are a living, breathing human being, you have already likely faced many challenges and have many more to come. Some challenges you consciously chose. Others were brought on by circumstances...
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The Simplest Gift
The end of the year always seems to rush in as though it were, strangely enough, unexpected. This is a time of completion and an opportunity to begin to ponder the year ahead. It can also be a time...
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What is the Source of Your Power?
Beliefs about power and where it comes from have gone through a transformation in recent history. Popular culture supports the answer that power comes from “the inside”, but do our actions truly...
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Is Your Focus Narrow Enough?
For the motivated and ambitious, it is easy to, as they say, “bite off more than you can chew.” For the curious and entrepreneurial at heart, the world can seem like an ever-growing candy store,...
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The Big Little Leadership Idea
While John Bell attained the position of CEO, I was drawn to his message because he exemplifies the every day leader. Following is a guest post from John where he shares some wisdom from his newly...
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3 Simple Steps to Achieve High Performance
As a professional the demands on your time and attention are intense. Unfortunately, the commitments you make to yourself likely get put aside more often than you intend. Of course, it is your level...
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The Power of Declaring Your Purpose
Every few years I reconsider my purpose. Each time I am reminded of two things. First, few people achieve clarity of purpose without working hard for it. Said another way, your purpose doesn’t usually...
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A Leadership Method Available to Everyone
A young boy was sitting in church with his parents. He noticed there were large brass plates being passed up and down the rows and saw that people were putting money into them. He asked his father if...
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How Energized Are You?
On a scale of 1 – 10 how energized are right now? …Do you wake up Monday mornings ready to seize the day? …Are you using your gifts to make the difference you want to make? …Are you experiencing that...
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May 2015 Leadership Development Carnival
Welcome to the May 2015 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival. The theme for this month’s carnival is Leading Yourself. When asked his greatest leadership challenge, renowned leadership...
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Upgrading How the World Sees You
As the summer begins, I am reminded of the adjustment it always was to come home from college for the summer. On the one hand, it was always great to be home and unplug from the pressures of school...
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3 Prerequisites for Being a Leader
Anyone can lead. When I say this, I am not suggesting that everyone in this moment has the capabilities to be THE leader of an organization or cause. What I am suggesting is that anyone can provide...
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Are You All In?
“Are you all in?” is a pivotal question to ask yourself if you want to achieve anything remarkable. Of course, “yes” is the answer that will put you on the road to success. However, the difference...
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Is The Payoff Worth More Than The Cost?
One of my favorite quotes is from T. Harv Ecker, author of The Secrets of the Millionaire Mind: “You can have your reasons or you can have results.” Reasons are essentially your explanation for why...
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What Will Your Next Step Be?
I’m reading a book called Destiny by T. D. Jakes. It’s one of those books that is taking me a long time to read because with every chapter I find there is something worthy of reflection. To me that is...
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7 Steps to Break the Cycle of Inaction
Have you ever had a really great idea, something you just knew you should do, yet somehow you did not act on it? Perhaps you even wrote it down while sincerely thinking to yourself, “I am going to do...
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Are You Playing Big?
A friend recently commented on how my daughter seems so much bigger on the field these days. Now she is 5’3″ and weighs 105 lbs, and has only grown an inch since he last saw her play, so this is...
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The Key to Being Resilient
To understand what it really means to be resilient, it is helpful to consider resiliency juxtaposed with what it is not. Resiliency is being flexible vs. rigid, changeable vs. fixed, and malleable vs....
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How to Overcome the Tyranny of Your To Do List
Do you sometimes feel like your to do list is managing you rather than the other way around? To be honest, there are times when my to do list makes me miserable. My to do list can become like a...
View ArticleThe Power of a Pocket Notebook
Mark Miller’s desire to encourage and equip leaders has taken him around the globe. His writing has reached around the world as well. Today's post is just a glimpse of all the wisdom he has to offer on...
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