Challenge 80: The Art of Leadership

Challenge 80: The Art of Leadership
Leaders should be fit for duty.

• In your journal, make a plan to:
• Meditate/reflect daily.
• Eat well.
• Exercise.
• Implement your plan.

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IGNITE: Giving Thanks

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"Gratitude helps us remember what is good in our lives." - Dr. Robert Schachter, "Mindfulness for Stress Management 

Share your expressions of gratitude here. 

We will start with ours: We are grateful for the support and encouragement we get from our followers. 

Message of Gratitude

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"Gratitude helps us remember what is good in our lives." - Dr. Robert Schachter, "Mindfulness for Stress Management 

Share your expressions of gratitude on our Facebook page or Twitter feed. Respond to the similar post.

We will start with ours: We are grateful for the support and encouragement we get from our followers. 

Red Cup - Yellow Cup - Green Cup

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During the 1990s, I taught business education in a jr./sr. high school in a small Idaho town. It was during that time that I took a Dr. Harry Wong. Dr. Wong was renowned for classroom management techniques. One of the techniques I learned from him was the use of colored party cups as a communication technique. (I would see this communication technique years later at our local Brazilian grill.)

Challenge 79: The Art of Leadership

Challenge 79: The Art of Leadership
Effective leaders are good followers.

• Read Col. Phillip S. Meilinger’s article “The Ten Rules of Good Followership." [http://bit.ly/2o2d5z6]
• Write the 10 rules in your journal.
• Share the rules with your team.

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IGNITE: The Virtue of Kindness

“Kindness is the virtue that the deaf can hear and the blind can see.”

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Challenge 78: The Art of Leadership

Challenge 78: The Art of Leadership

Successful leaders lead change to leave the organization stronger than they found it.

• Are you or have you been an agent of change?
• Is the organization stronger because of your efforts.

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DANG ANGER DANGER

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[This blog first ran on December 22, 2015.]

Much of what we are shown our culture about leadership is depicted usually by a person which you don’t want to disappoint. We’re shown examples of leadership from many sources directly and indirectly. The common representations are a leader that has a short fuse ready to blow up and belittle our esteem being so easily triggered by our mistakes. This is what is accepted as normal and all we can expect. Is it effective? Somewhat, but is it ideal?

Challenge 77: The Art of Leadership

Challenge 77: The Art of Leadership
Reflect on the last year by reviewing your journal.

• Do you feel you have advanced your leadership art?
• Are there unfinished challenges you would like to complete?

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IGNITE: Learn from Others

“Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself.” ♦ Matthew Syed, “Black Box Thinking” ♦
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