In this week’s issue, I want to share with you why talking the right language is the most important aspect in leadership.

People tend to underestimate the power of language.

This is a mistake.

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Welcome to Lightbulb Moments, a weekly newsletter where I provide actionable ideas to help you be an accomplished and confident leader.

In this week’s issue, I want to share with you the framework used by the military which has dramatically helped make improvements at work.

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Welcome to Lightbulb Moments, a weekly newsletter where I provide actionable ideas to help you be an accomplished and confident leader.

In this week’s issue, I want to share with you my best analogy & why it works so well.

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Today at a Glance:

* The formula for success as a Leader. More accurately, there isn’t one but we can get pretty close.

* 9 habits to desperately avoid as a Leader in 2023. Some of these are more common than others, but all will devalue your stock as an organisational figure head.

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When looking at what constitutes good leadership, it’s impossible to go more than 3 mins before the topic of soft skills enters the conversation.

And this is where the issue begins.

Let’s face it, whether we like it or not, the term ‘soft skills’ has negative connotations. Soft skills implies these skills are somehow less important than others.

That's why in this weeks episode I argue we should call them core skills and how recruitment is all wrong.

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Listen time: 6 mins 40 secs

Contrary to popular belief, Leaders cannot do it all on their own.

In this episode, you hear why not and the 3 lesser known steps to remember when building a great team.

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In this episode, I look at why leadership felt easy one day and then impossible the next.

The answer was frustratingly simple.

Have a listen and see if you agree with the 5 step process.

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In this episode we explore the leadership lessons from running up Colorado's highest peak.

It's fair to say more is learned from an endurance event like this than any text book will ever teach you.

See if you agree.

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There's nothing worse than coming back from holiday to an inbox full of messages.

Well there is actually.

An inbox full of poorly written emails.

That's why this episode gives a very simple 6 step process to writing killer emails that generate massive action.

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Leading meetings as an introvert can be scary. All eyes are on you. Everyone is expecting great things.

It doesn't need to strike fear in the heart of anyone with introverted tendencies.

This episode looks at what makes an introvert & gives 6 tips an introverted leader can use to hold effective meetings.

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