Are you a leader or a manager?

This Forbes article – How To Get From Manager To Leader – resonated with me.

Here is one point that stood out:

Finally, rally your people around a common goal or vision. One of the most important things you can do to make sure you’ve aligned your people around a common objective is to communicate your intent—early, often and simply, say Chip and Dan Heath, co-authors of the best-selling book Switch. They say that what looks like resistance from your team is often just a lack of clarity. You may be so invested in your vision and agenda that you don’t realize that it’s not as clear to others as it is to you

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If you’re hesitant to ask for help – you’re an amateur

href=”https://www.amazon.com.au/War-Art-Steven-Pressfield-ebook/dp/B007A4SDCG” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>The War of Art, by Steven Pressfield.

‘A professional does not hesitate to ask for help

Tiger Woods** is a the greatest golfer in the world. Yet he has a teacher: he works with Butch Harmon. And Tiger doesn’t endure this instruction or suffer through it – he revels in it. It’s his keenest professional joy to get out there on the practice tee with Butch, to learn more about the game he loves.’

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LEARN how NOT, to DAYDREAM

You never get a second chance to listen to someone the first time.

Because if you’re daydreaming that might be the precise moment they’re sharing the key bit of information.

In Module #3 of The Art of communication through video conferencing, Series One, you’ll learn a field-tested powerful anti-daydreaming technique.

Here’s the 1:59 minute CLIP.

Own the Conversation

For 15+ years my clients have told me that the DBAE (Don’t Be Anywhere Else) technique has paid-off for them again and again… and again.

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GENERAL C. Powell’s BEST under-PRESSURE techniques

Colin Powell, former United States four star general and Secretary of State, lists 15 lessons on handling the media on pages 132-133 of his book, It worked for me. He shared these Lessons with a person named Cal, whom he was mentoring.

Many of the techniques can be applied to other-under pressure situations.

Media handling techniques:

  1. They get to pick the questions. You get to the pick the answers.
  2. You don’t have to answer any question you don’t want to.
  3. Never lie or dissemble, of course; but beware of being too candid or open.
  4. Never answer hypothetical questions about the future.
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Colin Powell’s 15 Lessons on media handling

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Colin Powell, former United States Secretary of State, lists 15 lessons on handling the media (on pages 132-133 of his book, It worked for me). He shared these Lessons with a person named Cal, whom he was mentoring, in the following manner:

“Cal, with respect to the press:

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HOW to use B. OBAMA to PREPARE for an INTERVIEW

**Here is the LINK to prior post explaining how I channeled former U.S. President Barack Obama, prior to a Nine Network television interview with Karl Stefanovic. My performance goals for the interview were:

  1. Answer the question asked (versus jumping ahead to another comment related to the question)
  2. Take more time when speaking
  3. Speak in grammatical sentences
  4. Relax my face (versus having a ‘hard’ face)
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