Crushing 5 Urgent Leadership Challenges

#1 Productivity:

1. The difference between success and failure is doing things others put off.
2. Protect time with priorities. Some things feel urgent but they don’t matter. Urgencies control weak leaders. Courageous leaders bird-dog priorities.
3. Mission and vision are the purpose behind productivity. What are you really getting done?
4. Daily persistence is the secret to long-term success.
5. Set deadlines. Today’s most important deadline is the one that achieves tomorrow’s goal.

Drama distracts unless priorities prevail.

#2 People:

1. People are leadership’s priority. They produce results.
2. You are the most important person. Understand and develop yourself so you can serve others. This is effectiveness not self-indulgence.
3. Understand others before asking them to understand you. Value them by understanding their values. Passion expresses values. Tapping into their values generates passion.
4. Diversity creates richness. Hire people who aren’t like you.

You can’t lead people until
you know what’s important to them.

#3 Pessimism:

1. Reject blaming…