Lead by Fear or Love?

As a leader, you can choose to lead others by fear or by love.

Fear will motivate and manipulate for short periods, but it will also plant seeds of cynicism and resentment.

Love will also motivate, but it will perpetuate into lasting change, loyalty, and exceptional results.

You have the ultimate power and that is CHOICE.

Choose Love.

YOU Matter!!

The Bridge From Ordinary to Extraordinary

Journeys of any significant distance will require us to cross at least one bridge along the way.

Bridges help us to navigate tough terrain that would normally be too difficult to cross.  We enjoy the convenience of the bridge, but the bridge itself was not convenient to build.  Many bridges take years to complete, but are worth the effort.

The bridge we must construct to navigate life's tough terrain is made out of GRIT. On October 10, Linda Kaplan Thaler, Chairman of Publicis Kaplan Thaler will be speaking at a live simulcast event called L2: Learn-Lead on the topic of GRIT: Guts, Resilience, Industriousness and Tenacity. How ordinary people become extraordinary.  Linda will share some of her personal experiences, inspiring stories and anecdotes of both well-known and everyday individuals, along with scientific evidence about the power of GRIT. Linda has grown a start-up to a multi-billion dollar public listed company and that took a lot of GRIT!

In this simulcast, Linda will be joined by world-renowned leadership expert, Dr. John C. Maxwell and internet pioneer, Tim Sanders.  If you are in Austin, TX, join us for this powerful simulcast event at the Moviehouse & Eatery, in West Austin on RR620 right across from Concordia University Texas.

For more information and to reserve your seat, visit our site at L2Austin.

The Challenge of Leadership

The challenge of leadership is to 
be strong, but not rude; 
be kind, but not weak; 
be bold, but not bully; 
be thoughtful, but not lazy; 
be humble, but not timid; 
be proud, but not arrogant; 
have humor, but without folly. 
~ Jim Rohn

You've read it, now what will you do with it?

YOU Matter!!

Are You Listening?

In every complaint, there is a request.

You must LISTEN, in order to respond.

Otherwise, you are only reacting, making matters worse.

Today, CHOOSE to listen.

Stay fully present, fully focused on what is being said
rather than trying to figure out what you will say next.