Action versus Activity

Leaders act, commit, execute. What are your thoughts on this article?

http://pajamasmedia.com/edgelings/the-leap-of-leadership/

Know your personal best, so you can be at your personal best

Personal Best: your individual standard of excellence. Your "record setting" performance, a time when you did your very best. You measure yourself by this peak performance.

Start here: "When I think about this, it makes me smile alot."

Goal of Leadership Development

I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.

Ralph Nader

Inspire

“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.”

– Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Economic Confidence

What’s economic confidence? It’s feeling your standard of living is getting better. The chart above illustrates economic confidence for people whose development is encouraged versus no encouragement.

Encourage every person you can to continue developing their skills.

Effective Communication for Leaders

Henry Paulson, the US Treasury Secretary with the most significant impact on American's in history, on his biggest weakness.

http://www.tubechop.com/watch/66561

What are his options? How could he have communicated important information in a more effective way?

Smart Work and Smart Cities Pay - National - The Atlantic

Smart Work and Smart Cities Pay - National - The Atlantic