Posted on May 18, 2010 by Michael Ray Hopkin
One of the most amazing sports records in the history of all sports is 401 wins and 9 losses. This is the career record of Larry Gelwix, coach of the Highland High rugby team (Salt Lake City) for more than three decades. This team was featured in the recent movie Forever Strong. Larry recently recorded a podcast with [...]
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Posted on March 30, 2010 by Michael Ray Hopkin
The recent theme at Lead on Purpose is trust. This focus has come primarily from reading The Speed of Trust by Stephen M.R. Covey. He discusses the concept of building a trust account, which is similar to a bank account. By behaving in ways that build trust you make deposits, by behaving in ways that destroy trust you [...]
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Posted on March 1, 2010 by Michael Ray Hopkin
How do you effectively develop trust in your organization? Trust is built over time as you follow through with the promises you make. Your credibility — the quality or power of inspiring belief — grows in much the same way. The principles of trust and credibility are tightly linked and build on each other. In his [...]
Filed under: Integrity, Leadership, Trust | Tagged: capabilities, character, competence, credibility, Integrity, intent, principles, results, Stephen M.R. Covey | 3 Comments »
Posted on January 26, 2010 by Michael Ray Hopkin
“How we go about doing the things we choose to do or are called upon to do is what makes a leader the right leader.” In his book The Right Leader: Selecting Executives Who Fit, author Nat Stoddard (with help from Claire Wyckoff) investigates the complex topic of assuring smooth executive transitions, with their primary focus at the [...]
Filed under: Integrity, Knowledge, Leadership, Team Building, Trust | Tagged: courage, humility, Integrity, Knowledge, Nat Stoddard, respect, responsibility, success | 1 Comment »
Posted on October 23, 2009 by Michael Ray Hopkin
One of the five factors of leadership, the tag ‘trust’ has become a hallmark of the Lead on Purpose blog. The act of trusting others and trusting yourself is vital success. Yesterday I received a copy of The Speed of Trust by Stephen M.R. Covey. I had listened to a podcast and read positive reviews [...]
Filed under: Integrity, Leadership, Trust | Tagged: collaboration, commerce, confidence, credibility, Speed of Trust, Stephen M.R. Covey, success | 1 Comment »
Posted on September 24, 2009 by Michael Ray Hopkin
One of the most important characteristics of leadership is integrity. Integrity is a “steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code.” It means you are true to your word in all you do and people can trust you because you do what you say. The word integrity has deep meaning and is often intermingled [...]
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Posted on September 18, 2009 by Michael Ray Hopkin
Last night I had the pleasure of attending the UPMA meeting; the keynote speaker was my former professor and mentor Eric Denna who gave a presentation titled “The Influencer: An Executive Look at Product Management.” The presentation was great and I want to share a few of the key discussion points (in my own words [...]
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Posted on September 8, 2009 by Michael Ray Hopkin
Make communication with employees your priority during times of economic adversity By Albert J. Weatherhead If you’re a business leader, you don’t have to confront tough economic times alone. You have incredibly knowledgeable and highly motivated consultants at your beck and call. These experts are chomping at the bit to help you emerge from the [...]
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Posted on August 25, 2009 by Michael Ray Hopkin
Have you ever noticed that (in most cases) when you receive something for free you put less value on it than you otherwise would? This is especially true when the ‘gift’ comes from a person or entity with whom you have no relationship. No doubt you are thankful to have something new and have the [...]
Filed under: Integrity, Leadership, Purpose, Trust | Tagged: diligent, effort, hard work, resources, success, value, Vince Lombardi | 2 Comments »
Posted on July 21, 2009 by Michael Ray Hopkin
One of the common threads throughout Lead on Purpose is that people are assets. Their skills, knowledge, intellect, character and integrity provide the primary value to their company. Every positive outcome that transpires in any organization is a result of efforts of the people therein. Technology and automation certainly improve the work people do; however, [...]
Filed under: Integrity, Knowledge, Leadership, Product Management / Marketing, Team Building | Tagged: character, Good to Great, intellect, Jim Collins, Level 5 Leadership, opportunities, people are assets, success | Leave a Comment »