Dave, How fitting it seems to write this as we approach Memorial Day. You will understand why. You came to me after receiving the charge to transform your yellow pad. If I remember correctly, it was something like; You are really good at carrying around the yellow pad with tasks that must be done. I [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Desire’
The Client Letters – Two (Dave)
Posted in Communication and Connection, The Client Letters 2011, tagged 21st Century Leadership Skills, Commitment, Desire, Experience, Intent, Larger Story, Purpose, Story, Storytelling, Understanding, Voice on May 23, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Confident Charity
Posted in The Skill of Confidence, tagged Accountability, Collective, Desire, Intent, Presence, Present, Strengths, Values, Voice on February 21, 2011 | 5 Comments »
To be charitable – to act with charity – is to contribute, to furnish. One’s authentic intent connects with the act of contributing and the follow-through of furnishing. Rhonda is not alone in describing the events of the most recent months as “craziness.” The individuals in her organization are struggling with a new understanding of [...]
Confident Vision
Posted in The Skill of Confidence, tagged Collective, Desire, New Confidence, Presence, Present, Purpose, Values, Vision on February 5, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Marilyn’s gift has been with me now for more than fifteen years. I am a strong visual thinker; and she knew that. We would be in a conversation and I would begin to talk about some future desire regarding our work as leaders. Marilyn would look at me with expectation and ask, “Jeff, what does [...]
Confident Interaction
Posted in The Skill of Confidence, tagged Authenticity, Commitment, Desire, Intent, Interaction, Respect on January 30, 2011 | 3 Comments »
There are many portals to pass through in order to nurture an authentic flow and unfold your Desire & Intent. Your Desire & Intent made real creates the prerequisite safety which opens the dialogue portal. Your authentic leadership is sustained as you commit to an organic form of transparency: Confident openness which flows from your [...]
A New Conversation
Posted in Trust, tagged Accountability, Desire, Evolution, Innovation, Trust, Understanding on August 15, 2010 | 6 Comments »
When it comes to the moment of truth, both the organization and the individual are equally afraid of the creativity, the passion, and the courage that accompany those powers hidden within them and that are central to their vitality. This meeting place of creative anticipation and fearful arrival is the elemental core of a new [...]
Skill 7 – Part A: Your Story
Posted in 7 Skills for 21st Century Leadership - Discussed, tagged Desire, Impact, Intent, Love, Story, Storytelling, Values, Voice on July 13, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Purpose provides direction. Your first order of purpose is to be yourself consistently as you embrace and leverage who you are and make choices in light of the authentic self. The voice of a larger purpose resonates in your core where your deepest values reside. From the discipline of these purpose-giving values, your voice has [...]
Skill 2 – Part A: The Credibility Factor
Posted in 7 Skills for 21st Century Leadership - Discussed, Communication and Connection, tagged 21st Century Leadership Skills, Desire, Focus, Impact, Intent on April 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Desire & Intent of an individual leader, when stated, is a commitment from the core of that person. The leader’s Desire & Intent is an authentic energy capable of strengthening the connection between leader and those being led, influenced, and served. Desire affects your language and your expectations. When conscious of desire, you become [...]
What I’ve Learned as a Leadership Coach #7
Posted in 21st Century Skills, Confidence, Credibility, For Your Confidence, tagged balance, Desire, Focus, Freedom, Impact, Intent, Judgment, Purpose on March 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Judgment Freedom Focus Purpose Balance Desire & Intent Impact Let’s review the six previous points in order to best understand number seven. We must move through the barrier of judgment. Without this breakthrough, there is no freedom. The freedom we truly seek is internal – an energy from our core. This core energy [...]
What I’ve Learned as a Leadership Coach #3
Posted in 21st Century Skills, Confidence, Credibility, For Your Confidence, tagged Desire, Empowerment, Freedom, Intent on March 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Judgment Freedom Focus Purpose Balance Desire & Intent Impact The third learning has been about empowerment in the 21st Century. An individual leader is empowered (freed) when their uniqueness is embraced. As Dan Pink points out in his book, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, traditional empowerment is really about controlling [...]
What I’ve Learned as a Leadership Coach #1
Posted in 21st Century Skills, Confidence, Credibility, For Your Confidence, tagged Authenticity, Behavior, Desire, Judgment, Practice, Respect on February 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In this series of 7 posts, I will be navigating around these words: Judgment Freedom Focus Purpose Balance Desire & Intent Impact I will begin in the upper left corner with a most powerful barrier to the individual leader; judgment. The first learning is that a leader needs someone to talk to. A [...]
