ARTICLES BY DR. ANDY NEILLIE, CSP
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Leadership: well-lived or just well-read?
I read. A lot. 50 to 60 books a year. Several hours of blog surfing weekly. Newsletters, trade publications and Google Alerts. etc. etc. etc. I read a lot. Much of it about effective leadership.
It’s not that I’m a bibliophile, it’s just that I spend a lot of hours in airplanes, I’m not a real fan of movies and, other than sports, don’t watch television much. But I like to read.
The good news is that I’ve learned a ton of business acumen and leadership insights from all this reading.
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Read MoreLeadership of self is the most important leadership . . . and the hardest. Here are 3 thoughts to keep in mind.
Who’s your most difficult leadership challenge? If you are honest and have at least a degree of self-awareness, you will join every good leader in realizing the most challenging leadership challenge you face is the one in the mirror.
Self-deception. Taking short-cuts. Being inconsistent. Holding others accountable when you don’t hold yourself accountable. Placing blame. Being clueless about the real issues.
Call it what you want: your biggest leadership challenge is yourself.
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Read MoreLeadership Insights from Joshua: 3 timeless principles
I just re-read the book of Joshua in the Hebrew Scriptures. It is the story of how the Jewish God helped them to begin the conquest of the Promised Land. For me, this book is one of the most inspiring books in the Hebrew Scriptures, mainly because of Joshua and his fellow leader, Caleb. Toward the end of my reading, I saw three clear leadership lessons emerge.
Leadership Lesson #1
Sometimes goals take a long time to accomplish.
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Read MoreLeadership Powerlessness
Leadership sounds wonderful. It’s not. Sometimes it’s downright scary.
She’s not making her numbers. More precisely, her division is significantly off our year-to-date forecast. She was strong through the first quarter, but started dipping at the beginning of the second quarter. Her third quarter is off to a very challenging start.
We had a very hard, very productive conversation about it recently. She owns the responsibility. She sees the reasons and doesn’t use them as excuses.
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Read MoreLeadership Resiliency
Redford is old. We rescued him when he was just over a year old. This Fall he will be 13. For a Golden, that’s old. And while he’s still in good health, he moves slowly these days. Despite his age, he’s still teaching me about leadership. Let me explain.
Two months ago Mickey came into Redford’s life. Approximately five, Mickey is still a young and energetic dog. While no longer a puppy, he sure acts like one sometimes.
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