Bring Me A Rock People often miss Expectations due to the “Bring Me A Rock” syndrome. This occurs when a leader has a very explicit idea of what should be done but fails to provide the level of specificity needed for the followers to comply with the expectation. As noted in the discussion of the…
The Leadership Foundation has three elements – Honesty, Courage, and Talent. Talent is where most effort is spent, but it is the least important of the three for preventing catastrophic leadership failures.
Inspiration – Aspirational and Confirmational The achievement level of the Power of 3 Paradigm has three parts characterized by the acronym “AID”. They are Assist, Inspire, and Depend. Inspiration comes in two kinds, aspirational and confirmational. Aspirational inspiration emphasizes the purpose of the activity and each team member’s role in the activity. Confirmational inspiration recognizes…
Leaders need followers. Leaders cannot do everything. If they could, there would be no need for followers. Leaders MUST rely on others for success of the common goal. The operative maxim is, “You can delegate authority, but you cannot delegate responsibility.
When we are faced with actions that clash with our moral compass, conflict occurs. The three choices for dealing with conflict are fix it, accept it, or leave it. A dramatic demonstration of how actions during a conflict of moral ethics affected the entire world follows.
A humorous lesson in communication. Insertion of spin on a repetitive basis can distort the original intent beyond all recognition.
Leadership Foundation HONESTY is one of the three parts of the Foundation in the Power of 3 Leadership process as pictured below. It is defined as seeing the world and your situation in it the WAY THAT IT IS. Not the way you want it to be, not the way you think it should be,…
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