Leaders must clearly express a strategic plan for others to follow.

Do you have a vision for yourself, for your team, for your goals??

It’s needed that a leader have a vision.

It is required that a leader have goals.

But while a powerfully compelling vision and a set of SMART goals will get a leader moving in the direction of result, a solid strategic plan is required for others to participate.

How clearly have you laid out the plan to achieve the goals?

How well do team members and those contributors outside your team understand their role?

Have you articulated the role, activities and expectations for each individual who will bring this vision to life?

This may not yet be a white board planning session or video conference with every participant - IT MUST BE FIRST A CONVERSATION IN YOUR MIND.

If you have not thought it through and meditated on the execution of the dream or vision - it is still not more than a wish.

GET BUSY THINKING LEADER!

What happens when you skip a step? “How bad could it be?” Right?

There is power and purpose in the process. Sometimes the process is the purpose more than the completed project.

Short cuts and hacks abound in today’s instant millionaire world of social media gurus. Everyone has an easier way, a path to riches, a faster way to get the thing done - whatever the thing is.

Trust me when I say, skipping a step could prove fatal. Take time to evaluate the process and review every step. It is often the smallest piece or part which carries the highest price when over looked.

This audio course will inspire and instruct you to create a vision which will become a significant driving force in your life. It is my passion to help you find your purpose. I want to see you become successful, but more than that to be free!

Without vision people perish.

Without vision, we seem to be lost, mind numb robots following the herd into the abyss that is everyday life. We do not live intentionally without a vision for our future. We do not live passionately without a vision for our future. We do not live productively without a vision for our future. We certainly cannot lead without a vision for our future and a vision for the future of those we lead.

Download the full course here https://www.jlorennorris.com/store/p8/vision-workshop-audio-download.html

Attitude Hack is a leadership development course for teams from 5-500 people. Attitude Hack has been trained for Parliament Members in the DRCongo, Graduate Students of the University of Kinshasa, the National PTA, Georgia State PTA and GE to name a few.

I am J Loren Norris host of Leading Leaders Podcast. I am an Independent Certified Leadership Coach with the John MAXWELL Team. I would love to bring Attitude Hack training to your leadership team.

If Attitude is going to have a deep impact on your business and bottom line, make it a positive attitude with a positive impact.

Visit jlorennorris.com/attitudehack and let’s get the conversation started today.

“Just remember the fruit of the youth tomorrow will be born of the seeds your words plant in the minds of today’s toddlers.” J Loren Norris

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Emotional resonance for communicators is a powerful way to connect. To use it, you must prepare yourself to match the vibration or energy of the crowd.

Marching the crowds energy does not mean you have to stay with them. If they are slower, like after lunch or dinner you should be intentional about energizing then with your pace and presentation.

If they are revved up from a strong intro or music interlude you should start at the same level and prepare to help them ride the wave like a roller coaster.

But you must be aware of the revelation of your story, your teaching, your emotional connections and the energy level they will produce.

Picture an oxen in the yoke or harness next to a chihuahua - that’s what happens in the mind of the audience when your emotional pace doesn’t match their current state. It’s also a tool of mirror neurons to emulate the other person.

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The superpower in your story must be discovered and mastered. Do you know the difference between Thor and Hancock?

It’s important to master the details of your story.

It’s critical to master the articulation and delivery of your story and it’s crucial to dissect your story to know which parts to tell to which audience.

It’s important to be respectful of your audience.

Beyond all of these, it’s important to be authentic, vulnerable, honest and true to yourself.

Hancock had super human strength and speed, but as a man, he was a jerk.

Thor, on the other hand, had to demonstrate his worthiness of character before the mighty hammer could be wielded by him.

We live in a day when there is a “HACK” for everything! There is shortcut to access power, a faster way to produce wealth, a trick to influence people, a prize at the end of every persuasion.

The superpower in your story could be used as a manipulative form of abuse. Only integrity of character keeps that superpower in check.

“YOUR STORY IS YOUR SUPERPOWER, WEAK CHARACTER IS YOUR KRYPTONITE!” J Loren Norris

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RAS - you might think it’s clueless.

Doesn’t know real from imagined.

Doesn’t know future from past.

Doesn’t know time or space.

What does this have to do with communication as a leader??

This part of the brain allows us to “forget” things consciously and still recall them without effort. The trick is, in order to recall, you had once to know.

This applies to being a leader, speaker or trainer because you cannot recall what you never learned. Or as John Maxwell says, “You cannot give what you haven’t got.”

It also applies to your team or audience because they have “learned things” from their own past which may be other than true right now. Perhaps they have been abused, lied to, taken advantage of of manipulated. The result is tragic when you trigger their past experience and they hold you accountable.

Have you ever heard someone say, “The last person who told me...” then they lay out some dire consequences?

Or perhaps after your making a comment, or asking a specific question someone responded with an unprecedented, unpredicted emotional response. You had no idea they would react to your words so strongly. THATS RAS!

If you lead or communicate and don’t know RAS from KSA you will find yourself apologizing for being honest and confused as to why your words have unintended impact. Time to learn some additional skills in communication.

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Word choice is one of the biggest traps in communication. Choosing the correct words which truly mean what your intend to say will altar the outcome. Speaking fast and loose may feel like you’re in control but the words might carry a different meaning for someone else.

Have you ever had to say something like:

“That’s not what I said!”

Or “Yes, those are the words I used but that’s not what I MEANT by them.”

Speaking “from the cuff” is a constant risk, especially if you are speaking to or leading a new group, team or audience. The chances are higher that you will say something they hear differently.

Take time to get to know yourself and your hearers before you communicate important messages. Leaders can not afford to be misunderstood.

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