You always feel busy? Here's a funny anecdote with some food for thought. For more on Luud check www.luudberings.com

No matter what our perspective is, basically we will almost always prove ourselves right. So we had better choose our perspective very carefully!

With a fun example Luud explains why we might want to give our perspective some careful thought.

Influence is a gift. People can choose to give it to or withhold it from their leaders.

In a series of 3 podcasts Luud will dive into this important issue. This is part 1.

Our subjective interpretation, not the objective reality, dictates our behavior. And in that lies a risk.

It could lead leaders to poor judgment or illogical decisions. That is why leaders need team members not afraid to speak truth to power.

Ever thought about buying a yacht and sailing around the world, or selling your house and moving to France? Pretty major steps! And...don't let me stop you. But before you do, please do not overlook the power and leverage hidden in small things. Because it is so often the small things that have the biggest impact.

Influence is gift. People can choose to give it to or withhold it from their leaders as we have heard in the first episode.

In this 2nd episode Luud states that Leadership is not so much about a set of qualities in a leader as it is about a set of feelings or needs in a follower.

He identifies 5 needs, introduces the first of them, and gives clues on how a leader could accommodate that need. 

This is part 2 of a series of 3 podcasts on why people give you influence..

In this final episode of a series of 3 podcasts Luud comes full circle on why people give leaders influence. He discusses 4 more basic needs people have and how leaders can ‘earn’ the gift of influence, if they effectively address these needs. He uses Microsoft’s Satya Nadella in more than one example to make his point.

In this podcast I describe some thoughts and experiences that shaped my own career. In doing so I touch on 4 different career types and what each can bring.

Time Management is sold as the way to get more done. But what if you don't want to get more done but you want to get the right things done? And what if Time Management doesn't get you there? In this podcast Luud explains why Time Management is only a 'first stage' solution.

What more do you know, or are you capable of? And that is, apart from what you do every day in your job or what you were educated for.

Luud gives some surprising examples of how answering that question can sometimes point us to new and unexpected career opportunities.