Leadershift Flashcards
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To be successful people need to learn
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Leadership
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Leader ship is complex and adaptive because it involves
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People
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Leadership walks into the
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Unknown
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Principles of management relied on stability + known factors. Because of this it tends to be
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Linear
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Fast is now ___. Forward is___.
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Faster. Shorter.
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Because of the pace of change leaders need to be
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Flexible
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An ability and willingness to make a leader ship change that will positively enhance organizational and personal growth is a
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Leader shift
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Brian Matrinuzzi cited three qualities of leader ship in years ahead. The ability to do what three things M.W.Fc.
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Motivate, work well across cultures, facilitate change
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Motivating, working well across cultures, facilitating change all require
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Adaptability
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91% of future recruiting will be based on ability to deal with
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Change and uncertainty/ambiguity
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What strength is based upon confidence in oneself and one’s own judgment and abilities
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Adaptability
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To move around an object but also move the object is to be like
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Water
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Every advance you make as a leader requires a leadershift that changes the way you (3)
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Think, act, lead
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Because the world doesn’t remain the same you can’t be
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The same
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Malcolm Gladwell said you have a responsibility to be constantly
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Updating your positions
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Malcolm Gladwell said if you’re not contradicting yourself on a regular basis you’re not
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Thinking
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Use this to get rid of old thinking and promote health of our leadership
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Mental floss
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This moves us forward in the face of temptation to be mentally rigid
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Leader shifting
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Every leader shift has potential to make you
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Better leader
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Leader shifting will create a struggle/tension between
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Stability and adaptability
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Leader shifting requires that you rely on your (Two)
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Values and principles
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This pushes you to rely on innovation to seek options and harness creativity
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Strategy
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Number one in seven things to leader shift successfully is continually do what with learning
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Learn, unlearn, relearn
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Number two in things to leader shift successfully is value yesterday but
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Live in today
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Number three in seven things to leadershift successfully is rely on speed but thrive on
Timing
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Speed is___, but timing is___.
Required, a choice
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Number four in seven things to leader shift successfully is see the big picture as the picture keeps
Getting bigger
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Everything rises and falls on
Leader ship
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With respect to layered learning, growth is
Continual
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Number five in seven things to leadershift successfully is live in today but think
About tomorrow
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Positive future = good___+ good___
Dream, team
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If you are aware of what you need or want you will be better able to (2)
See it and attract it
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Number six in seven things to leader shift successfully is move forward courageously in the midst of
Uncertainty
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More courage = more___.
Expansion
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Courageous decisions can lead to
Greatness
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Uncertainty about future isn’t going away. That is why there are
Leaders
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Number seven in seven things to leader shift Is realized today’s best will not meet
Tomorrow’s challenges
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Best way to have good choices tomorrow is to make
Right choices today
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Good is the enemy of___.
Best is the enemy of___.
Great, better
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To get better you must learn something
New
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To get better you must try something
Different
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To get better you must find something
Better
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To get better you must see something
Bigger
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The shift of soloist to conductor is the___shift
Focus
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Who said you can get everything you want in life if you will just help enough other people get what they want
Zig Ziglar
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Another phrase for soloist to conductor is___to___
Me to we
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Go slower so you can go___together
Farther
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Don’t be___ At the top
Lonely
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Leaders have a natural biased toward
Action
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Travel___others not___
With, ahead
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In the leadership dance step___,___,___
Ahead, beside, behind
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Good organizations are not about the leaders it’s about
All the people in them
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To help others reach their potential slow down and
Take the journey with them
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Recognize that you need
Others
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When competing you have a___mindset
Scarcity
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When completing you have an___Mindset
Abundance
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Competing involves___thinking
Single
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Completing involves___thinking
Shared
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To lead, you must understand how it feels to be
Led
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Good leaders do what they can to put others in the position to
Win
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Highlight___
Others
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See the possibilities in all___
People
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Honor in___
Public
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Thank people and let them know they are
Valued
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Invite others to help achieve
Vision
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Take the focus off your self and help others to become
Better every day
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Three questions followers ask of leaders
Do you care for me
Can I trust you
Can you help me
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If people are skeptical of leaders they likely don’t want to
Become leaders themselves
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Change focus from receiving
Giving
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Don’t ask yourself well I reap a harvest today but have I
Sewed seeds today
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The soloist - conductor shift changes you from a___Focus to___focus
Self, others
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Never wait to add
Value
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Add value when
Daily and as often as possible
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Give without keeping score and motives stay
Pure
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Welcome any return as an unexpected
Blessing
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Who wrote leader shift and what was his profession
John Maxwell, Pastor turned leader ship speaker
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James crocker and his lobsters… What you keep you___; what you lose you___
What you keep you lose; What do you lose you keep
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Anticipate opportunities to add value and you’ll
See them
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The cycle of finding and adding value BAIFOAP
Belief, anticipation, intention, focus, opportunity, action, passion
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Be the___to give or add value to another
First
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People remember who helped them___
First
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This should not be the motive for giving
Receiving
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Keeping score will lessen the joy of
Giving
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Which is greater? Recognition of giving or return for giving? But do even if not?
Recognition, Being recognized
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Goals to growth is the___ ___Shift
Personal development
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What were Maxwells two goals at the beginning of his career
Help his congregation members
Grow church to 500
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Lessons learned along the way are more important than
Hitting the goal
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Goals help you___better
Growth helps you___better
Do, become
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With Growth change, Shift of mindset from Growth outward to
Growth inward
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Growth on the inside fuels
Growth on the outside
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Growth changes from
Growth in everything to growth in
Growth in a few
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Qualities of successful people
___attitude
Ability to develop___ ___
Positive, strong relationships
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Lead others to become leaders for an organizations
Sustainability
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Four areas to focus your growth
R. E. A. L.

Relationships, equipping, attitude, leadership
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 Growth with a timeline versus growth without a finish line. Not how long will it take, but how
Far can this go
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Does growth oriented culture value development or achievement
Development
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Does growth oriented culture focus on status or stretching
Stretching
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Does growth oriented culture honor serving or privilege
Serving
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Does growth oriented culture emphasize the teacher or the student
Student
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In growth oriented culture is the target growth or arrival
Growth
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In goal oriented culture is the value in development or achievement
Achievement
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Goal oriented culture focus on stretching or status
Status
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Does goal oriented culture honor privilege or serving
Privilege
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Is goal oriented culture emphasizing the student or the teacher
Teacher
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In goal oriented culture is the target arrival for growth
Arrival
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Which is greater? Goal oriented culture or growth organic culture
Growth
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Growths highest reward is not what we get from it but what we
Become from it
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If you get better that makes you
Bigger
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The only thing that can guarantee tomorrow will be better than today
Growth
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To become a growth oriented person you must embrace
Change
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To become a growth oriented person you must adopt a___ ___
Teachable spirit
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To have a teachable spirit with regard to learning you must have P. I. And R. A. (learning related)
Passion to learn
Intention to learn
Reflect on what you learn
Apply what you learned
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Your love for learning should be greater than your
Fear of failure
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Failure isn’t failure if you ____
Learn
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Action reduces___and increases___
Fear, courage
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Fail how?
Early, often, and forward
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Developing relationships and surrounding yourself with other growing people put you in
Growth environments
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Elmer towns, mentor/author said a hot poker remains hot if
Kept near fire
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To develop greater___, you don’t have to deny your strengths but be honest about your weaknesses
Humility
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This is the essence of humility
Being able to admit when you’re wrong
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Believe in yourself. This is the law of the mirror:
You must see value in yourself to add value to yourself
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What you think of yourself determines the investment
You make in yourself
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Embrace what type of learning
Layered learning
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Layered learning requires these two things
Time and intentionality
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Layered learning gives you a bigger
Picture
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Layered learning determines four things of principle D. L. C. Ci.
Depth
Length
Consistency
Compounding impact
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Not only does layered learning give you a bigger picture but it gives you a
Better picture
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CS Lewis said learning is not like a train but like a
Tree gaining new rings while keeping the old ones
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Growth perspective.Few things have a greater impact on shifting from ___To___
Goals to growth
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Your level of success will never exceed your level of
Personal development
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Perks to price shift is also known as the
Cost shift
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Napoleon Hill said Strength and growth come through
Continuous effort and struggle
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Why do you want to be a leader? For the perks? No because of what you can
Do for others
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People will listen when
The real leader speaks
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Focus on perks leads to the misuse of
Leadership
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The price is what stands between you and
Your potential
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If you want to be a better leader you need to
Pay for it
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Number one of the three common costs is reality that everything worthwhile is
Uphill
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Navy vice admiral James Stockdale and the Stockdale paradox. The optimists died of
Broken hearts
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Jim Collins writes about James Stockdale and says retain faith that you will_____regardless of the difficulties and at the same time confront the most brutal facts of your_____
Prevail in the end
Current reality
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When you don’t prepare for the worst the worst
Wins
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When taking others on a journey be upfront about the
Hard part
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You must be an example and acknowledge you must climb the hill
First
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All leaders must see things___others and see___than others
Before, more
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Being first isn’t a perk it’s a
Cost to be paid
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Follow me leaders believe in themselves___and___than others do
Before and more
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Don’t expect anyone to believe something
You don’t believe yourself
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Paul Harvey said if you don’t live it you don’t
Believe it
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A leaders belief must be backed by
Successful action
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Follow me leaders set___for themselves before and more than others do
Expectations
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Embrace___expectations
Exceeding
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Success is in proportion to what you do after
What is expected
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Follow me leaders must make____to themselves before and more than others
Commitments
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Good leaders first make commitment to them self to act/live with I.R.S.
Integrity responsibility selflessness
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Destination disease is that you just arrive and get recognition without
Responsibility
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The price of consistency is understanding that you never get to
Stop climbing
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The three common costs are Ruh.E.C.
Reality that everything worthwhile is uphill
Example – acknowledge you must climb the hill first
Consistency – understand you never get to stop climbing
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The signature of mediocrity is
Chronic inconsistency
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Excellence is relentless___
Consistency
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Consistency provides what for others
Security
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Consistency establishes your
Reputation
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Consistency keeps you in the___game
Leadership
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Consistency does what
Compounds
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If you do unamazing, but productive, things consistently to pay the price every day the results can be
Amazing
165
Stay on top of your game and you don’t have to
Gear up
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Pleasing people to challenge people shift is also known as the
Relational shift
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You cannot lead people if you___people
Need
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Pleasing people does not equal
Leading people
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Good leaders can’t please
Everyone
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To get the best out of people leaders must ask the
Best from people
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You need to shift from pleasing people to___them
Challenging
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hierarchy of prioritization when thinking about what’s best for ….3 things
Organization
Others in organization
For me
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Ask people for commitment. Lose___people, gain___people. Find out___ ___ ___
Uncommitted, committed, who’s with you
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Respect is earned on difficult ground. By making___decisions and leading by___
Difficult, example
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Shift from what you gain to how you can ____ ____ _____. 3 separate
Help people, improve organization, achieve your vision
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Value people as much as you value
Yourself
177
If you value yourself you’re more willing to
Value others and help them
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If you value people you give your___, ___ them, ___them, ___them
Best effort, serve, empower, motivate
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To get the best from others believe
The best about them
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When should you work to establish expectations
Upfront
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Being upfront means you’re
Out front
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Upfront appreciation places___on people and increases___of time together
Value, value
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Upfront expectations increases the value of
A meeting
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Upfront questions is the quickest way for people to
Understand
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Upfront discussion influences the___and___we lead
Way and direction
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Upfront decisions increase the value of
Time together
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It’s not about me or you it’s about the
Big picture
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Law of the big picture: the goal is more important than the
Role
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High talent with low self awareness requires a lot of
Maintenance
190
Servant leadership isn’t hard if we value
People
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The organization grows if the___grow
People
192
Law of the lid: leadership ability determines the level of
Effectiveness
193
Grow together or
Grow apart
194
There’s a difference between conceding that change is inevitable and believing change is
Essential
195
If you believe change is inevitable you have resigned to being
Reactive
196
If you believe change is essential you say
I will make change to improve
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You can’t grow without
Changing
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Everyone has to earn my___
Time
199
What is the 80 20 (80) principal
Give 80% of time to 20% of people that produce 80% of results
200
Always take____
Responsibility
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Most people want empowerment when they first need___and___
Responsibility and accountability
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Picking yourself is taking___
Responsibility
203
People want to be judged by their___not their ___
Intentions, actions
204
Bad energy/attitude drags a team down faster than
Good can bring it up
205
We will not avoid tough conversations. Silence means___. People fill in the blanks___. Unaddressed problems___. Unaddressed problems cause___
Approval
Negatively
Grow/gain momentum
Inner erosion
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What is the law of diminishing intent?
The longer you wait to do what should be done now, the greater the odds you’ll never do it
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Ask yourself the ____ Questions before any potentially difficult conversation
Hard
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When asking is the problem me or external: if it is me___and___
Own it and fix it
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When asking if the problem is me or external: if it is external, which is easier to handle persons attitude/actions or system or process
System or process
210
Why do we have tough conversations with people
Because we care enough to confront and help
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When having difficult conversations have the right___because people remember how they___long after they forget the words
Attitude
Felt
212
Communicate the right attitude by seeking to___
Understand
213
When it comes to People under your leader ship what is the 25– 50–25 principal
25% support your efforts
50% undecided
25% resist change
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What is your job in the 25– 50–25 principle
Help the middle 50% join the top 25%
215
The bottom 25 resist no matter what. how should you respond?
Accept it
216
Who should you keep away from the middle 50%
The bottom 25%
217
What should you give the top 25%
Credibility and a platform to speak
218
Who should the top 25% be encouraging
The middle 50%
219
Balance care with___
Candor
220
What are the five levels of leader ship. Five Ps
Position
Permission
Production
People development
Pinnacle
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Position level of leader ship
People follow because they have to based on rights
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What is the permission level of leader ship
People follow because they want to based on relationships
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What is the production level of leader ship
People follow because you help improve the team based on results
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What is the people development level of leader ship
People follow because you improve them personally based on reproduction of efforts
225
What is the pinnacle level of leader ship
People follow because you help them become leaders themselves based on respect
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Which of the 5 levels of leader ship are most difficult
2 Permission
3 Production
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Care without candor creates
Dysfunctional relationships
228
Candor without care creates
Distant relationships
229
Balance in care and candor creates
Developing relationships
230
The maintaining to creating shift is also known as the
Abundance shift
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Don’t tear down a fence until you know
Why it’s there
232
When in the coasting zone you do
As little as possible
233
When in the comfort zone you do
What you’ve always done
234
When in the challenge zone you attempt
To do something new
235
When in the creative zone you attempt to
Think something new
236
In which zone will you experience abundance and expand potential
Creative
237
Seven mental blocks to keep you out of the creative zone FRA nL R AA Fb DbF NC
Find the right answer
That’s not logical
Follow the rules
Avoid ambiguity
Failure is bad
Don’t be foolish
I’m not creative
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Why is find the right answer a mental block to the creative zone
There’s more than one to any question
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Why is that’s not logical a mental block to the creative zone
Imagination is greater than knowledge
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Why is follow the rules a mental block to the creative zone
Most revolutionary ideas have been disruptive
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Why is avoid ambiguity a mental block to the creative zone
Everything can be understood in more than one way; life is complex
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Why is failure is bad a mental block to the creative zone
Creative people don’t avoid failure, they embrace it
243
Why is don’t be foolish a mental block to the creative zone
To stand up is to stand out
244
Why is I’m not creative a mental block to the creative zone
The real block to creativity is disbelief
245
With regard to fostering autonomy,What undermines creativity
Micromanagement
246
With respect to encouraging courage, People venture if they feel___. Your job is to provide___.
Secure, security
247
You minimize hierarchy because decisions are made closest to
The problems
248
To build a creative culture you need to fuel___
Passion
249
What gets___gets done
Celebrated
250
Who said “never tell someone how to do something; tell them what to do and they will surprise you with ingenuity“
Patton
251
Try and reduce rules because creativity is stifled when spending energy
Minding all the rules
252
you want to fail forward because when you learn what doesn’t work you are…
One step closer to what does
253
Start small because consistency is incremental and one great idea =
Many good ones
254
10-80-10 rule T.P.E.
First 10% is the target – knowing what
Middle 80% is production – find what works
Final 10% is cherry on top – can we make it better/exceed expectations
255
Make plans but look for___
Options
256
Planning is predetermining___
Tomorrow’s results today
257
A good leader is___, because no plan should be followed blindly
Flexible
258
Creativity is not the joy of knowing all the answers but knowing___
That the answers are out there
259
You can always get capital and experience. That being the case, place high value on___
Ideas
260
Do what with ideas G. T. A. A.
Start gathering
Test
Analyze failures
Adapt other ideas
261
What does T. E. A. M. Stand for
Together everyone accomplishes more
262
Seek assessment is from the Latin, Assidere, which means
To sit beside
263
Live on the other side of___. Say it whenever you can
Yes
264
Action creates___
Opportunities
265
Don’t dwell on missed opportunities of yesterday and miss___
What’s in front of you
266
Don’t settle for familiar and comfort shift to___
Abundance
267
Ladder climbing to ladder building shift is also known as the
Reproduction shift
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What are the four steps of the ladder Metaphor
Ladder climbing
Ladder holding
Ladder extending
Ladder building
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What is ladder climbing
Building credibility
270
What is ladder holding
Empowering your people and giving them a secure base.
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With regard to ladder holding, want far more___your people than___them
For, from
272
What is ladder extending
Empowering people to climb higher by intentionally and strategically mentoring them
273
If we teach what we know, we can reproduce
Who we are
274
What is ladder building
Giving another leader permission, equipment, and empowerment to create their own leader
275
Four questions you should ask before you mentor someone H. C. V. L.
Is person Hungry to learn
What is persons Capacity
Persons Values compatible with mine
Is person a Leader
276
Stretch others to their___
Potential
277
Directing to connecting shift is also known as the
Communication shift
278
The goal of connecting is finding___
Common ground
279
Success and failure can be traced to
Relationships
280
In finding common ground, show humility and let people know you
Need them
281
In finding common ground, have curiosity and ask people___
Questions
282
People don’t ask questions because they don’t understand that questions help manage
Expectations
283
Disappointment is the gap between
Expectations and reality
284
In finding common ground you must make an effort and go out of your way to
Connect with people
285
Who said “all you can do is all you can do, but all you can do is enough”
Art Williams
286
When finding common ground show your trustworthiness and be someone others
Can Count on
287
With regards to trustworthiness in finding common ground, if you don’t trust, you don’t___
Connect
288
In finding common ground, be generous. Give___, give___
First, continually
289
In finding common ground, you open the best door to connecting with people by___
Listening
290
People stop talking to you if you never___
Listen
291
With regard to finding common ground, this is the oxygen for peoples soul
Encouragement
292
The team uniformity to team diversity shift is also known as
The improvement shift
293
Which shift requires the greatest leap
Team uniformity to team diversity/the improvement shift
294
Who can make a positive difference in you
People different from you
295
The definition of team is
Small number of people with complementary skills, committed to a common purpose, who hold each other accountable
296
The definition of team implies
Diversity
297
Diverse teams fill what 2 gaps
Knowledge and perspective
298
This is the art of thinking independently together
Diversity
299
With regards to barriers to diversity, diversity is
Uncomfortable
300
A barrier to diversity is fear of___
Conflict
301
Lencioni he said all great relationships require this to grow
Productive conflict
302
Lencioni Said that this is the goal of productive conflict
Produce the best solution in shortest time
303
Set aside titles and agenda; everybody should want the___to win, not just___
Best idea, their own
304
As with in marriage, success is based less on___and more on how you deal with___
Compatibility, incompatibility
305
People fear breakdowns and
Irreparable harm
306
The second barrier to diversity is having an insufficient
Personal Network
307
Expanding your net work requires this… H. I. E. T. L.
Humility
Intentionality
Energy
Time
Love
308
The third barrier to diversity is an unwillingness to deal with
Prejudice
309
The fourth barrier to diversity is arrogance. In that regard, looking down prevents you from
Appreciating others
310
The fifth barrier to diversity is personal___
Insecurities
311
The antidote for personal insecurities is to think about___other people and putting them___
Helping, first
312
The sixth barrier to diversity is failing to be inclusive, Because people disconnect when they don’t
Feel included
313
Baby boomers see inclusion as the right thing because of
Compliance and ethics
314
Millennials see inclusion for its
Intrinsic value – all voices have an impact
315
Millennials feel excluded from contributing, making them
Less excited about work and less attached to organization
316
Good leader ship supporting inclusion and diversity will help millennials
Fully engage
317
Leader shift to diversity and inclusion by creating a culture of
Sharing
318
Leadershift to diversity and inclusion by broadening your perspective on Diversity not just by demographics but by
Psychological traits
319
You need to provide solid leader ship for diversity to be effective. Diversity can help but also___a team
Challenge
320
Sampson syndrome is pairing great___with great___
Strength, weakness
321
The strength of diversity is P. I.
Problem-solving and idea creation
322
The weakness to diversity is D. I.
Decision making and implementation
323
Embrace difference by finding___
Common ground
324
The position of authority to moral authority shift is also known as the
Influence shift
325
The true measure of leadership is ___ (the law of ___)
Influence
326
A leadership position does not give a person leader ship___
Authority
327
What is natural leader ship
Person naturally leads better and just steps into roles
328
What is positional leadership
Comes from title it is the lowest level
329
What is knowledge leader ship
Knowing more can give the influential edge
330
What is situational leadership
Situation can require most qualified person to lead
331
What is relational leader ship
You can give influence if relationships are built with others
332
What is proximity leader ship
When someone is close to a real leader they borrow from that leaders influence to lead others
333
What is success leader ship
Person has credibility from their successes
334
What is mentoring leader ship
When people are developers of others they increase their influence with whom they mentor through credibility
335
What is seniority leader ship
Being an elder/senior gives authority
336
What is the highest level of authority/influence
Moral 
337
Having moral authority is the ability to convince others of how
The world should be
338
Lack of moral authority breeds
Distrust, cynicism, kills initiative, overtime I can be fatal
339
What is moral authority
Recognition of a persons leader ship influence based on who they are more than the position they hold
340
How is moral authority attained
authentic living
341
Moral authority is granted by
Others
342
Position prompts hands, moral authority inspires
Hearts
343
Moral authority has the implicit power to transfer what is into
What can be
344
This is the core of moral authority
Competence
345
Moving forward in the face of fear is
Courage
346
 Nothing compensates for this type of authority
Moral
347
to have moral authority you need these two Cs
Competency and consistency
348
Having strong character is being bigger on the___than the___
Inside, outside
349
This is the new authority in leader ship
Authenticity
350
To be authentic you only teach these three things
What I believe, experience, live
351
When practicing humility you need to first possess self awareness. Second be confident and comfortable that you don’t need what
Attention
352
Having humility is reveling in others
Accomplishments
353
The shift of trained leaders to transformational leaders is also known as the what shift
Impact shift
354
 if only one shift, this is it. It brings the greatest change to your life and others
The impact shift end trained leaders to transformational leaders
355
In the impact shift your top priority is
Others
356
Ramsey says “organizations are not limited by opportunity; but by their…”
Leader
357
Focus on your own___before leading others to theirs
Transformation
358
You can’t help others if you’re not willing to
Change
359
Transformation is a result of___, not education
Application
360
Good values are T___& R___
Teachable and reachable
361
Most people need help to find path to better life… Therefore, give
Resources
362
The Colombian prison corruption study shows that transformational movements follow 3 patterns
Top down
Small to big
Inside out
363
The career to calling shift is also known as the
Passion shift
364
Vocation lies where our___and the needs of the___meet
Talents, world
365
You don’t need to chase a calling it
Captivates you
366
Having a responsibility perspective feels
Heavy and is a burden
367
Opportunity perspective feels
Light and exciting
368
You’re calling gives you
Purpose
369
Calling is discovered through___and___
Observation and reflection
370
Ego___you. Calling___you.
Ego drives you
Calling draws you
371
Ask others to join with you and you’re calling because success leaves___for others
Inheritance
