Who are the leaders you look up to? What are their traits? How do they do business? Who are their role models? What are their goals, priorities and key motivations? What do they do that makes you believe in them and want to follow them? The following infographic profiles the leadership traits of three unquestionably [...]
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“The average difference between the gold medal winner and fourth place is just 1 percent.” In any type of competition the margin of victory is slim, and it can seem overwhelming to even try to compete. The key premise in The 1% Solution: How to Make Your Next 30 Days the Best Ever is that [...]
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The following quote by Dee Hock, founder and CEO emeritus at Visa, is spot-on for anyone seeking to become a great leader: Control is not leadership; management is not leadership; leadership is leadership. If you seek to lead, invest at least 50% of your time in leading yourself—your own purpose, ethics, principles, motivation, conduct. Invest [...]
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As discussed in a previous post, the practice of love in the context of leadership is both powerful and necessary. Steve Farber describes this clearly in his audio book Extreme Leadership: In Pursuit of the OS!M. What does it mean to love the people you lead? My definition for the acronym LOVE embodies the actions [...]
Filed under: Leadership, Purpose, Team Building, Trust | Tagged: action, Jason Jennings, motivation, positive behavior, progress, respect, Steve Farber, Think Big Act Small, value | 1 Comment »
Sports analogies are few and far between on Lead on Purpose. However, with the 2008 baseball season coming to an end last night, and NBA basketball starting up, and football (at least American) in full swing, sports analogies seem fitting. A kind older gentlemen was discussing the end of the baseball season with me last [...]
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The word vision has several meanings and is used in many different contexts. Even within the context of leadership you will find varying meanings; things like goals, objectives, mission statements and motivation to name a few. While they are all important and have meaning in their particular contexts, the foresight of leaders might be among the most [...]
Filed under: Leadership, Product Management / Marketing, Team Building | Tagged: Communication, decisions, direction, Extreme Leadership, foresight, goals, motivation, vision | 3 Comments »
The number of leadership blogs that take up space in my feed reader is growing. Two recent posts struck a chord with me: In his post The Opportunity to Influence, Mark Sanborn points to the passing of the torch from Mark Spitz to Michael Phelps. Mark quotes Spitz’s comment that Phelps now has the burden [...]
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An important aspect of leading on purpose is knowing well the people you lead. For this to happen you have to know them, understand what motivates them, values their strengths and be aware of potential weaknesses. All of this requires face-time. Product managers interact with many different people who most often do not report to [...]
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I recently wrote a post about the great new book Tuned In: Uncover the Extraordinary Opportunities That Lead to Business Breakthroughs. This book has wide application to different types of organizations, markets and individuals. Anyone looking for ways to improve their success will be well-served by reading and applying the principles in Tuned In. I [...]
Filed under: Knowledge, Leadership, Learning, Market-driven, Product Management / Marketing, Team Building, Trust | Tagged: confidence, customers, decisions, motivation, potential customers, principles, product direction, resonator, roadmap, success, tuned in | 1 Comment »
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