I would suggest that flourishing is in short supply because of lowered standards. Customers have become accustomed to airlines and railways that regularly delay flights/trains and dismiss passenger frustration; they’ve come to expect banks and other financial institutions to be more concerned with the bank’s financial wellbeing than the customers.  Also, political narratives has been degraded to unimaginable levels. Let's explore in more depth.....

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Are you, your workers and customers flourishing? Are you faring well, prospering, highly productive, excelling, and living boldly? Let's explore and see what that means to you and your stakeholders.

Resource:
Flourishing at Work and Flourishing in Life
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/human-flourishing/202109/flourishing-at-work-and-flourishing-in-life

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If you are a financial advisor, accountant, attorney, engineer, IT professional, Human Resources specialist, or in any technically trained profession, you need to fall out of love with what you do and change your Focus to falling in love with making your clients’, customers’, and worksrs’ lives better for having worked with you. 

This sends a powerful message that this person can improve the quality of my life. This is transformational leadership in Action.

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In many organizations the word project creates a negative response. Too many projects are
cumbersome and lumbering. They’re populated with people who view the project as a time suck and who lack creativity and enthusiasm for doing meaningful work.

Also, because they feel over scheduled, overworked, and overwhelmed, they want to check off the project team meeting on their to-do list and go back to more important work. 

Let's explore what this really means from a Transformational Leadership perspective.....

Resource:

Mind Maps for Effective Project Management: Free Online Access to 40 Mind Map Templates Kindle Edition by Maneesh Dutt (Author)



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When everythig is a priority, nothing is a priority

What is a priority? The word priority comes from the Anglo-Norman French word priorie, which means “elder or superior of a religious order.” A priory is a small monaster y or nunnery governed by a prior or a prioress. In today’s world, a priority is something governed by a higher order.

In this podcast I’ll make the case that your highest priorities are best derived from your purpose and promises. Doing this purposefully as opposed to accidentally is the purpose of our podcast....

Resource:
Force Field Analysis https://asq.org/quality-resources/force-field-analysis

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When you work through the exercises of the Purpose Principle, you come to the Promises Principle with high hopes of having your purpose become real.

This is a substantial piece of leadership development that while challenging, will provide you with 10 significant advantages. When viewed together these advantages become the catalyst for you accomplishing transformational work and creating a mindset of passion, innovation, and growth.....

Resource
The Meaning of Life: Letters from Extraordinary People and their Answer to Life's Biggest Question, James Bailey
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Meaning-Life-Letters-Extraordinary-Question

 

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Promises influence people’s behaviour in one of two ways:

1. A promise kept builds trust, respect, and credibility.
2. A promise broken does the opposite. 

Broken promises not only have an impact on the task and technical aspects of work, but they also have a much greater negative impact on the relational aspects of leadership. 

In order for promises to have a positive influence on other people there are three must have aspects of a promise that have to be considered. Let's explore....

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What is the root of apprehension, ambiguity, and uncertainty?

At the centre of each word is fear. If I am apprehensive, I am afraid of the unknown. When ambiguity is present I am unsure of what might happen. With uncerainty, I might be afraid about what I should do next. I don’t want to fail or lose something important, so I hold back.

In each case, smart, talented, and well-meaning workers stand on the sidelines rather than running onto to pitch and 'having a go". This is a recipe for underperformance.

Far too many of us live in fear when it comes to our business lives - let's see "what we can do"...

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A promise is an abiding commitment, an assurance to others that we will or will not do something. 

Promises are voluntary and not ever forced. Promises must be voluntary. When promises are made solely to placate someone or to get a foot in the door only to turn the tables and renegotiate the outcome, the promises come across as hollow and manipulative.

They are about so much more - let's explore.....

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Can every day be an ideal day? No, it can’t. 

Will the choices we make increase the possibility that the number of days we experience as an ideal day increase? Yes, most certainly

Here’s my bold ascertion: living an ideal day is a choice. There’s no way around the fact that we have a choice as to how we choose to plan and live our days.

Let's Explore this principle in more depth.....

Reference:

Mans Search for Meaning, Viktor  Frankl
https://archive.org/download/frankl-viktor-mans-search-for-meaning-1963/FRANKL_Viktor_Man%27s_Search_For_Meaning-1963_text.pdf

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