Dec

7

2011

“Jolt” Your Business & Your Life

I love to read well written, insightful works that make you think … and change! “Jolt: Get a Jump on a World that’s Constantly Changing” by Phil Cooke did both.

I loved the way Phil flowed the jolts through the book from your direction, what matters, your potential, your heart, and perhaps most important, your future.  Through wonderfully personal stories and powerful illustrations, Phil takes you on a very reflective yet practical journey that will literally “Jolt” the way you live, work, and will be remembered.

One of his most powerful quotes…of the many I highlighted in my iBook… is”You don’t solve exisitng problems with existing rules. To do something new, you can’t keep doing something old.”  That’s great advice for anyone in any situation.

I do recommend you buy and read “Jolt.”  It is a refreshing and energetic guidebook to leveraging life’s chaos.

(PS – Jolt #4: Start at the Finish Line” is worth your entire book investment by itself.)

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Nov

15

2011

TaHL Leadership is Measured through Commitment

(This post is excerpt #4 from my free white paper entitled ‘Taking Leaders to a Higher Level.”  Click here to download the entire this free white paper).

The fourth virtue of a higher level leader is commitment. Commitment is the dedication to a long-term course of action. Without such dedication, initiatives, actions, or activities become a one-time-event rather than an all-the- time-occurrence, an exception rather than a rule.

Be careful not to confuse motivation with commitment – they are not the same.  Motivation is something that helps satisfy an external, short-term want (e.g. – monthly sales bonus, movie tickets, contests, etc.).  Commitment, in contrast, helps satisfy a long-term internal need (e.g. – respect, security, partnership, learning, freedom, etc.).

Higher level leaders focus on three things to maintain their teams’ commitment: purpose, passion, and payoff. They continually remind their teams of the reasons why they are doing what they do – their purpose.

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