If I’d had more time, I would have written you a shorter letter – Mark Twain. Brevity – being concise, precise, succinct – makes communication crisp and effective. As a leader can I practice brevity, so that people get easily, clearly, what am trying to communicate?
You get what you look for – Anonymous. When I look for opportunities, possibilities – I get them. When I look for Challenges, constraints – I get them. When I look for positives, I get them. When I look for negatives, I get them. I get what I look for.
People who are right a lot listen a lot, and they change their mind a lot – says Jeff Bezos. It’s about listening. It’s about being open. Being open to changing scenarios, new points of view, new insights, new ideas, conflicts and challenges (with our earlier views) that may come up…
Overcoming criticism is one thing, overcoming the fear of criticism is another. Often, the fear of criticism kills creativity, innovation and new ideas. It’s important therefore to deal with the fear of criticism. In-time. How am I dealing with the fear of criticism?
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If you could do only one thing, what would it be? Asks Steve Jobs. True prioritization starts with answering this difficult question. Am I devoting most of my time, attention and energy to that one thing right now? If am not, why?
Learnt from one of my fellow-Coaches recently about a couple of powerful questions that a leader could ask his team members (on a weekly basis): 1. What support can I provide for you this week? 2. Where do you need me to give you more space? Where am I crowding you? This opens up powerful
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Albert Mehrabian (psychology professor at UCLA) says when we interact with people, we are perceived by others in three ways: 55 percent visually (our body language) 38 percent vocally (our tone of voice) 7 percent verbally (the spoken words) A massive 93% of perception happens outside of words! Could we use this finding in a
Great minds discuss ideas, average ones discuss events, and small minds discuss people – Eleanor Roosevelt. What am I discussing?
Those who want to sing, always find a song – Swedish proverb. Agree. When my want is intense, I find a way.
Often status quo is riskier than taking a leap into the unknown – anonymous. Moving out of comfort zones – stretching one-self beyond (self-imposed) limits – how comfortable I am, doing that? How do I build that ability? A coach could help.