Sunday, January 18, 2009

Week Three - XLR8 The Passionate Leader

Congratulations to Keith Grierson – he was first to make a comment and won Zig Ziglar’s Inspiration: 365 Days A Year. Thanks also to Pam Erb, Jerry Shelly, and Dave DeMascole for their comments. Don’t forget to subscribe (box to the right) and get this blog directly when I post a new one.

  • Zig Ziglar’s Inspiration: 365 Days A Year: Watch the Video @ Inspiration 365
    • My favorite quote for the week of January 18 – 24: Don’t be afraid to take a big step if needed. You can’t cross a chasm in two small jumps – Anonymous.
      1. What is your BHAG for 2009 (Big Harry Audacious Goal – from Good to Great)?
      2. Recommended Reading: Hot, Flat & Crowded by Thomas Friedman – he has a BHAG for everyone on the planet.
      3. Please share your BHAG – we are all here to help!

  • The Best Year of Your Life
    • Week Two Assignment – Singing Your Praises

1. Award yourself 50 points for every person you shared your strengths with, plus 50 points for watching this music video from Wayne Dyer’s just released movie “Ambition to Meaning” (I’ll talk about the movie next week)

    • Week Three Assignment – Play!

1. FISH!!!!!!!!!!!. Playing is essential. Not only is it fun, but it also renews and refreshes us, helping us better focus on more serious aspects of our lives.

        • You are hereby ordered to schedule an activity that has no usefulness other than its enjoyment to you. Notice how your fun-loving attitude translates into other aspects of your life. Blog your FUN!

  • Creating a Culture of Leadership Development – Let me know if you need contact information.
    • Dave DeMascole & Lance Miller are doing great things with the XLR8 Teams!!! process
    • Jerry Shelly has a great “Happiness List” – an assignment from What Got You Here Won’t Get You There.

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3 comments:

  1. Hi Tom,

    I wanted to share an XLR8 forward story with our leadership community. At RSC we are working on team building with our managers due to all the new faces and all the new challenges. Our team has chosen a level 2 storm issue of Team members resolve conflicts openly and honestly. By following the XLR8 stories and processes we had a breakthrough at our last managers meeting. The topic we where discussing was team leader reviews and expectations. This topic before our XLR8 work would have met silence and or taken a months worth of conversation. However, we where able to come to an agreement on the what, the how and the when during the meeting. We have a long way to go on our journey together, but we are off to a great start.

    Thanks for helping us in our journey.

    Lance

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  2. Honesty and feedback are crutial to building a team. I see it every day as being so necessary for keeping the foundation of any relationship strong. Being able to share tough things is difficult - but if you create an environment that it is welcome and appreciated - doors will open for you 10 fold. Appology's and Thank you's are go a long way as well.

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  3. Hello all,

    Powerful, riveting, a must see! No, not the latest box office hit but “Ambition to Meaning, finding your life’s purpose”, with Dr. Wayne W Dryer. This is a wonderful movie that shares Dr. Dryer’s views on the purpose of life and the importance of service to others. What makes it unique is that he looks at 3 different people, theirs lives, careers and stage they are in life. He speaks opening and freely of Love, Spirituality and the importance of finding our calling. He covers Ego, and the negative effects it has, not only on us, but all of mankind. When we are motivated by Ego and attachments, we can never let go, to find our true purpose in life. When we feel that we can only trust ourselves, we are living a shallow, selfish life. We must trust and not compete with each other for all of us to be the best we can be. When we embrace this we can experience our “shift” to a higher place both personally and professionally.

    Tom this would be a great addition to leadership week.
    Thanks for sharing
    Chris
    p.s how do you post something to get you name there? and not just anonymous!....stop laughing:)

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