It’s here! Tomorrow is the “official” release date for Everyone Communicates, Few Connect. And even though many bookstores actually started stocking it weeks ago, we still want to celebrate by offering something to you now. So over the next few days, look for promotions here on the blog, on Facebook, and on Twitter. TOMORROW (March 30) is an [...]
Entries Tagged as 'leadership'
ECFC excerpt and Twitter GIVEAWAY
March 29th, 2010 · 19 Comments
Tags: Communication · Everyone Communicates Few Connect · Twitter & Social Media · books · leadership · writing
Leaders: Relate before you equip
March 19th, 2010 · 24 Comments
All good mentoring relationships begin with a personal relationship. As your people get to know and like you, their desire to follow your direction and learn from you will increase. If they don’t like you, they will not want to learn from you, and the equipping process can slow down or even stop. To build [...]
Tags: Communication · Equipping · Maxwell Daily Reader · leadership · trust
Pick your battles
March 5th, 2010 · 32 Comments
If you’ve spent any time on this earth, you know that life contains conflict. And there are times in the life of every leader when he or she needs to fight. But if you fight all the time, you can wear yourself out. That’s why it’s important to pick your battles. To gain a better [...]
Tags: conflict · leadership
Be impressed, not impressive
February 11th, 2010 · 35 Comments
Too often we think that if we can impress others, we will gain influence with them. We want to become others’ heroes – to be larger than life. That creates a problem because we’re real live human beings. People can see us for who we really are. If we make it our goal to impress [...]
Tags: Attitude · Communication · Influence · Maxwell Daily Reader · leadership
Leadership answers; no waiting!
July 31st, 2009 · 23 Comments
Three weeks ago, here and on Twitter I sought your input on books that you’d like to see from me in the future. Within minutes, the comments here and the replies on Twitter came pouring in. And when we finally compiled all of your responses, we had close to 30 pages of ideas. So many [...]
Tags: Failing Forward · Leadership Gold · The 360 Leader · The Difference Maker · Today Matters · Twitter & Social Media · dream · leadership · put your dream to the test

