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The 12 Week Year - Getting More Done

The 12 Week Year – Getting More Done

At the prompting of a mentor of mine, Karl LaPan (CEO of the NICC here in Fort Wayne, Indiana, last week I bought and started reading The 12 Week Yearby Brian P. Moran.  If you are wanting to become more efficient and get more done in business and in life, buy this book.  I’ve provided the Amazon link above. It is excellent.  Here are some excerpts that are causing me to think and act…

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Habits Decide Futures

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The Transformation "Doings" by Jim Johnson

The Transformation “Doings” by Jim Johnson

Transformation requires work.  We all know that.  Years ago I read that to realize change, we need to start doing some things and stop doing others to get us to where we want to be.

Transformation requires these 2 “doings”  – START and STOP

If you want to transform an area of your personal and/or work life, you will need to START doing something new, in different ways.  Why?  As I wrote last…

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Write a Great 2020

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TRANSFORMATION: change...seriously...change by Jim Johnson

TRANSFORMATION: change…seriously…change by Jim Johnson

Day after day…month after month…year after year it is the same.  You keep doing the same things in your life and yet you wish things were different.

“Why can’t I lose weight?”             “Why didn’t I get that promotion?”

             “Why do I feel stuck financially?”              “Why is my relationship with my kids better?”

Deep down inside, we already know the answer.  We have not seriously…

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TRANSFORMATION in 2020 by Jim Johnson

TRANSFORMATION in 2020 by Jim Johnson

We are fast approaching 2020.  Many of us are looking ahead and formulating new goals and direction.  Resolutions will be made.  Later they will be broken.

What causes us to do this year after year? And when so many of us fail to follow through?

Lack of discipline?

Incorrect goals?

This is more than wishful thinking?

Why do we even set goals for ourselves?

To feel better about ourselves?

To make…

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Get Better in 2020

Get Better in 2020

As we prepare for 2020, take some time to ask yourself some key questions.  When many think of goals, they become overwhelmed by the sheer number of goals they believe they “should” have.

I’ve asked my own leadership team these basic questions.  Try them on for size…

What things have you identified that you need to change to make you a better manager of people?

What plans do you have in place to…

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I was featured in an article from our local paper about goal setting.

“Holiday shopping, impeachment hearings, trade tariffs and the volatile stock market may be capturing many of the headlines, but in many workplaces, the year-end also means looking ahead.

It’s goal-setting season.

And that’s also true in many nonprofit organizations, even though they bear the challenge of realizing goals not…

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Keys to Being Focused by Jim Johnson

Keys to Being Focused by Jim Johnson

I came across these notes I wrote over 2 years ago.  I thought I would share them here.

KEYS TO BEING FOCUSED:

Understand your goals – what is needed to make your company successful?

Align your activity around those goals.

Make sure your team understands the corporate goals.

Filter – if a project, activity, or attitude doesn’t move you, your team, or the company forward, ditch it.  You don’t…

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Meaningful Coaching & Evaluations

Meaningful Coaching & Evaluations

We’ve all experienced a coaching session and written evaluations.  As you think back on your best and worst experiences, what stands out?

Have you left a coaching session and/or evaluation meeting feeling motivated to achieve more and innovate more?  Do these meetings challenge you to perform at your best?

Or do you leave wondering why your manager didn’t mention your recent initiative that…

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Management Tool

Stay tuned to this blog. In just a couple of months I plan to reveal the new management tool I am working on now. It will provide a simple to use app or website. It will allow you to record observations and provide feedback that moves your team forward.



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Invest in Praising Someone

Invest in Praising Someone

I am currently reading Big Potential by Shawn Achor.  It is a great book, and Shawn is challenging my thinking and reminding me of some great truths.

In today’s reading (chapter 5), Shawn shared some strategies to “enhance your resources.”  One of these resources is praise.  “Praise,” as Shawn states, “is actually a renewable resource…praise primes the brain for higher performance, which means…

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Global Leadership Summit 2019 Registration Make an investment in your leadership development. The GLS is coming to a city near you! I participate in the largest remote site in the world here in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

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James Clear on: How Experts Practice Better Than the Rest

James Clear on: How Experts Practice Better Than the Rest

This is a great article by James Clear, author of the book Atomic Habits.  Here is an excerpt and the link to his entire article.  

  What Do Experts Do For 10,000 Hours?

Malcolm Gladwell published his blockbuster book, Outliers, in 2008 and the most talked-about idea from the text was the 10,000 Hour Rule. Gladwell, citing research by K. Anders Ericsson, explained that the key to becoming…

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Leadership is About Impact by Jim Johnson

Leadership is About Impact by Jim Johnson

I met with my leadership team the other week to talk through a “what if” scenario.  The possibilities, as I explained, were exciting.  It would require more work.  It would require being challenged and stretched.  It would require change.

My leadership team then met (without me) a few days later to talk through this scenario.  They individually have shared with me some of what they discussed.

Not…

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