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Explore three different perspectives on leadership - Leadership50, Leadership25, and LeadershipSHORT - and learn valuable insights and strategies for effective leadership.
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Three Takes on Leadership: (1) The Leadership50; (2) The Leadership25; (3) LeadershipSHORT
2.Great Leaders on Snorting Steeds Are Important – butGreat Talent Developers(Type I Leadership)are the Bedrock of Organizations that Perform Over the Long Haul.
3. But Then Again, There Are Times When This “Cult of Personality” (Type II Leadership) Stuff Actually Works!
“A leader is a dealer in hope.”Napoleon (+TP’s writing room pics)
The Golden Leadership Triangle: (1) Talent Fanatic … (2) Creator-Visionary … (3) Inspired Profit Mechanic.
“A body can pretend to care, but they can’t pretend to be there.”— Texas Bix Bender
“I’m not comfortable unless I’m uncomfortable.”—Jay Chiat
“If things seem under control, you’re just not going fast enough.”Mario Andretti
The Kotler Doctrine:1965-1980: R.A.F.(Ready.Aim.Fire.)1980-1995: R.F.A.(Ready.Fire!Aim.)1995-????: F.F.F.(Fire!Fire!Fire!)
A man approached JP Morgan, held up an envelope, and said, “Sir, in my hand I hold a guaranteed formula for success, which I will gladly sell you for $25,000.”“Sir,” JP Morgan replied, “I do not know what is in the envelope, however if you show me, and I like it, I give you my word as a gentleman that I will pay you what you ask.”The man agreed to the terms, and handed over the envelope. JP Morgan opened it, and extracted a single sheet of paper. He gave it one look, a mere glance, then handed the piece of paper back to the gent.And paid him the agreed-upon $25,000.
1. Every morning, write a list of the things that need to be done that day.2. Do them.Source: Hugh MacLeod/tompeters.com/NPR
“If Microsoft is good at anything, it’s avoiding the trap of worrying about criticism. Microsoft fails constantly. They’re eviscerated in public for lousy products. Yet they persist, through version after version, until they get something good enough. Then they leverage the power they’ve gained in other markets to enforce their standard.”Seth Godin, Zooming
Hackneyed but none the less true:LEADERS SEE CUPS AS “HALF FULL.”
Half-full Cups:“[Ronald Reagan] radiated an almost transcendent happiness.”Lou Cannon, George (08.2000)
“When assessing candidates, the first thing I looked for was energy and enthusiasm for execution. Does she talk about the thrill of getting things done, the obstacles overcome, the role her people played—or does she keep wandering back to strategy or philosophy?”—Larry Bossidy, Honeywell/AlliedSignal, in Execution
15.BUT … Leaders Are Realists/Leaders Win Through LOGISTICS!
“I used to have a rule for myself that at any point in time I wanted to have in mind — as it so happens, also in writing, on a little card I carried around with me — the three big things I was trying to get done. Three. Not two. Not four. Not five. Not ten. Three.”— Richard Haass, The Power to Persuade
JackWorld/1@T: (1) Neutron Jack.(Banish bureaucracy.) (2) “1, 2 or out” Jack.(Lead or leave.) (3) “Workout” Jack.(Empowerment, GE style.) (4) 6-Sigma Jack. (5) Internet Jack. (Throughout) TALENT JACK!