Archive for 'motivation'
Quote of the Week: Apple
My team and I are close to finishing our first deliverable for a new client: a comprehensive social media and website audit. This is only the beginning. The next steps are to develop an integrated, strategic marketing plan to grow and leverage their Internet presence with the goal of saving lives! Truly, a project [...]
Full StoryQuote of the Week: Sun Tzu
One fact about leadership is that you can’t lead a team if you don’t have a team to lead.
Another fact is that the team needs to be rewarded for a job done well. This doesn’t necessarily mean monetary incentives. It means providing them an opportunity to grow, learn, be heard regardless [...]
Quote of the Week: Eisenhower
In order to be a leader a man must have followers. And to have followers, a man must have their confidence. Hence the supreme quality for a leader is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, football field, in an army, [...]
Full StoryLead and Learn
I’m a manager who not only runs a very large and visible account, but I also head up my company’s interactive communications team. Serving in these dual leadership roles, I’m always working on how to become a more effective leader. I want people to follow me not because they have to, but because they [...]
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“A leader is a visionary that energizes others. This definition of leadership has two key dimensions: (a) creating a vision of the future and (b) inspiring people to make the vision reality.” — F.A. Manske
Full StoryLeaders vs. Managers
Who are leaders? Who are managers? What are the differences? How important are these differences? These are questions I ask myself all of the time.
As I mentioned before, I love to read. And I love to read for a purpose. Currently, I’m reading F.A. Manske’s Secrets of Effective Leadership: A Practical Guide to [...]
Unplug, Clear Out, Kick In
It’s bad. Every day seems the same. I’m at the point now that I don’t even know what day of the week it is. It’s October, right? What happened to September? 2009?
Let’s face it. I’ve been working non-stop for a year now. And I mean non-stop. Vacation? I accumulate vacation [...]
The One Thing
Movies. Is it me or do you find certain movies being more than just entertainment? Do you find yourself watching some of the same movies and scenes time and time again? Are there certain scenes that inspire you to be a better leader, to take a chance, or become a more creative thinker? For me, [...]
Full StoryIs Too Much Reading Bad For You?
Let me start off my saying that I love to read. I’ll read anything I can get my hands on. This includes books (I enjoy the business variety), newspapers, magazines (Fast Company is a must), blogs, tweets, retweets, status reports, RFPs, street signs, funny t-shirts, takeout menus, movie credits, and even those tags one finds [...]
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