ARTICLES BY DR. ANDY NEILLIE, CSP
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Leadership 101: Three Reasons why Leaders must be Meeters
There’s a growing leadership discussion about minimizing meetings. The argument goes this way, “meetings are a waste of time” “nothing good happens in meetings” “meetings keep me from doing my real work as a leader.”
Let me be perfectly clear: I vehemently disagree
Leaders: we must be “meeters”
I will go so far as to say that one of the most important jobs of a leader is to be in meetings. Lots of meetings. Meetings with direct reports. …
Read MoreLeadership Focus, Karin & the Multitasking Myth
I disagree with Karin. I have for five years. And I’m hoping to win her over. Let me explain why I think this is important for my leadership effectiveness and hers.
As our business expanded five years ago, my wife and I realized that day-to-day operations were growing beyond our abilities. We are both great “starters.” Vision, energy, creating-something-out-of-nothing, putting it all on the line to make something happen: in hindsight, that’s what we did.
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Read MoreSelf-Leadership: Five tools I use to be productive
The First Job of a Leader is Self-Leadership
I’ve shared on several other blogs earlier this year the importance of a leader leading himself or herself first. Much of self-leadership has to do with personal integrity, character and living by a moral compass. But some of self-leadership simply has to do with living in a competent, disciplined way. I use five tools to help me keep the promises I make to others (and myself).
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Read MoreLeadership, Lawn-mowing & 3 Realities
We moved a few years ago. We left behind a half-acre yard and steep hills. In its place: a yard that can be mowed in 30 minutes. Front and back. From putting my gloves on, getting the mower out of the shed, filling it up, firing it up, emptying the grass-catcher a few times, wiping it down and putting it away, I’ve spent no more than half an hour. Read on to see what that has to do with leadership.
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Read MorePersonal Leadership is hard
Discipline is hard – harder than trustworthiness and skill and perhaps even selflessness. We are by nature flawed and inconstant creatures. We can’t even keep from snacking between meals. We are not built for discipline. We are built for novelty and excitement, not for careful attention to detail. Discipline is something we have to work at.
– Dr. Atul Gawande, The Checklist Manifesto: How to get things done right, p. 183
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