People can process 700 words per minute. You can speak at 150 words per minute. Therefore, your listeners have 600 wpm excess capacity that competes against your 150 wpm. Your competition sounds like: Did I email Louise back? . . . What's for dinner? . . . I like her shirt, I wonder where [...]
In a video game: - A car pulls alongside of you, and the driver yells, "Hey a**hole, learn to drive!" - A snooty lady with a toy poodle in her purse makes a disparaging remark about your hair. Would these events activate your trigger points of anger, rage, insecurity, or embarassment? I hope not. What [...]
Football teams do not stumble onto the field on Sunday and hope for the best. They prepare - all week. 40 hours at least. Win or lose on Sunday, what follows? Evaluation. On Monday, the team absorbs the film of Sunday's game . . . pause, rewind, question, pause, slow down, play . . . [...]
Grandiose plans to change, fail dramatically. Proof? How are you doing on your New Year's resolutions? What works? One push-up a day. Why ? Because sustainable change occurs from incremental and consistent pressure. A mountain can withstand any singular water surge, but creeks move mountains through incremental and consistent pressure. Back to the push-up - Larry does [...]
How do you measure leadership results? How do you spend our leadership capital? Consider the 20/60/20 Rule. (The "rule" hasn't been passed through the rule committee yet). 20 percent of your group will be resistant to your efforts, regardless of what you say or do. These are your crabs in a bucket. 20 percent of [...]
Who are our "household names"? – Michael Jordan? Kobe Bryant? David Letterman? Jerry Seinfeld? Lady Gaga? Jennifer Lawrence? Chris Rock? Jay Leno? Clint Eastwood? We agree that each has achieved MASSIVE success in their crafts. But what is the impact of their success on our lives? What is common denominator of their success? Hmm. . . I was unwinding in [...]
Noise . . . Metallica's "Master of Puppets" blasted at 140 dB (audible noise) A concentrated blast of a skunk's defensive aroma. (olfactory noise) A cluttered desk, conference room, lobby (visual noise) These noises would reduce productivity. Clearly. Less clear is "Organizational Noise" – the figurative noise that is created by inefficiencies, poor communication, drama, [...]
The groups you lead are composed of diverse personalities. Your success as a leader is largely dependent on your ability to apply different leadership techniques to different personality types at different times in different contexts in your group. Few would agree that one size fits all. Leadership styles that excel with some personalities, take [...]
I ordered a pair of cufflinks online. When they arrived, the size of the box was disconcertingly massive. Did I order a microwave in error? Having been through this drill before, I assembled the requisite tools required penetrate the barriers between the cardboard and my cufflinks -a razor blade, scissors, a screwdriver, a hatchet, and [...]
