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    The following is from Leadership expert Jon Gordon and his Monday August 23, 2021 post in his weekly newsletter. When many first hear the term "positive leadership" they assume that I'm just talking about a nice ideal way to lead that sounds great in theory but doesn't address reality. I assure you this couldn't be further from the truth. Positive leadership is not Pollyanna, impractical or theoretical. Positive leadership is powerful, real and practical. In this spirit I want to...

    The following post is from Thursday August 19, 2021 by John Eades in his LearnLoft News letter. Courtesy of john Eades LearnLoft https://learnloft.com/2021/08/19/why-confidence-is-required-to-be-a-successful-leader/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Why+Confidence+is+Required+to+Be+a+Successful+Leader&utm_campaign=Newsletter+8%2F19&vgo_ee=QJufdBmiqNvBm4JFqivkpSgFfsHX1KtEQ6so2w%2BCYb0%3D To be successful in almost anything requires confidence, leadership included.  Brand new research from Predictive Index’s 2021 People Management Report asked a series of questions around what makes a world-class manager. They found that the #1 skill employees value from their managers is confidence. Most people know confidence is essential, but it’s fascinating to learn how important it is in today’s...

    The following post is from John Eades' "Building The Best" from July 30, 2021: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/you-want-successful-leader-know-its-going-hard-john-eades/?trk=eml-email_series_follow_newsletter_01-hero-1-title_link&midToken=AQGgWYn8AI_qww&fromEmail=fromEmail&ut=00KsGSbl269FU1 Doing hard things isn't easy.   Most people avoid challenging things altogether. Others choose to start, but when they figure out the difficulty of what's ahead of them, they decide to take the path of least resistance.  Take Mike, a former front-line manager in a manufacturing facility as an example. After seven years of honing his skills as an engineer in the plant, he applied for an...

    Courtesy of John Eades https://learnloft.com/2021/07/14/what-bad-managers-consistently-get-wrong-about-leadership/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=What+Bad+Managers+Get+Wrong+About+Leadership&utm_campaign=Newsletter+7%2F15&vgo_ee=QJufdBmiqNvBm4JFqivkpSgFfsHX1KtEQ6so2w%2BCYb0%3D The following article is from July 14, 2021 by John Eades at the LearnLoft: https://learnloft.com/2021/07/14/what-bad-managers-consistently-get-wrong-about-leadership/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=What+Bad+Managers+Get+Wrong+About+Leadership&utm_campaign=Newsletter+7%2F15&vgo_ee=QJufdBmiqNvBm4JFqivkpSgFfsHX1KtEQ6so2w%2BCYb0%3D. If you are like most people, you don’t often think about bad leaders unless you had or currently have one. However, studying or experiencing them can be a more effective teacher than learning from some great ones.   Take former Enron CEO Jeff Skilling as an example. His management and leadership style was built on the foundation of fear....

    The following is courtesy of Robert Glazer's Friday Forward post on June 18, 2021. When the history books chronicle the last two years, we will learn about many crucial decisions that were made. We’ll see how many lives were saved with heroic and bold actions, and how some were lost because of decisions scuttled by incorrect assumptions, politics, misinterpreted data or even just poor timing. As is often the case, these decisions will be evaluated with the benefit of hindsight,...

    This post is courtesy of Karl Bryan from "Six Figure Coach Magazine and his daily post from June 16, 2021.https://thesixfigurecoach.com/karl-bryan/ Enjoy. Your ONE COACHING THING today is: ‘Leadership’ If I am honest with you the term leadership drives me crazy. So over done and improperly used. Many look to the loud ongoing charismatic types for “Leadership” when in reality… the quiet reserved types like Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, Charlie Munger, Mark Zuckerberg often create magic. Doesn’t matter is you like or hate...

    The following post is from John Eades at LearnLoft from June 8, 2021. Skill development is a never-ending process. Not only do the great ones in any field recognize this, but they have a borderline obsession to develop and improve their skills daily. Merriam Webster defines a skill as “the ability to use one’s knowledge effectively and readily in execution or performance.” Skills are often divided into domain-general and domain-specific. For example, golf is a general skill; driving, putting,...

    The following is courtesy of Dr. Ivan Joseph, V.P. Student Affairs: Wilfrid Laurier University, a Keynote Speaker, Award-Winning Coach and Author from June 1, 2021.   3 ideas for excellence: 1) Raise expectations gradually As an educator, I decided to bring out the best in my team on the academic level. So, I set the GPA minimum at 2.25 as a requirement to make the team. As expected, I was met with grumblings, but sure enough, everyone met the standard. The...

    Courtesy of "Building the Best" Weekly Newsletter The following is from May 27, 2021 by John Eades: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-top-skills-make-great-leader-john-eades/?trk=eml-email_series_follow_newsletter_01-hero-1-title_link&midToken=AQGgWYn8AI_qww&fromEmail=fromEmail&ut=2Les0hDZ08G9M1 Skill development is a never-ending process. Not only do the great ones in any field recognize this, but they have a borderline obsession to develop and improve their skills daily. Merriam Webster defines a skill as “the ability to use one's knowledge effectively and readily in execution or performance.” Skills are often divided into domain-general and domain-specific. For example, golf is a...

    Image courtesy of The Guardian https://amp-theguardian-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/amp.theguardian.com/football/2021/may/27/importance-of-confidence-in-football-how-cultivate-it Excerpts of the following story by Ben Welch for the Blizzard https://theblizzard.co.uk/ are courtesy if The Guardian from May 27, 2021 https://amp-theguardian-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/amp.theguardian.com/football/2021/may/27/importance-of-confidence-in-football-how-cultivate-it Psychologists and players share their tips for staying self-assured – and explain why the trick could be in your left hand By Ben Welch for The BlizzardBen Welch Kepa Arrizabalaga is on his knees, hands on hips, watching Southampton’s Che Adams wheel away to an empty corner of Stamford Bridge. Celebratory screams echo around a...