Reflections on Leadership

Human nature demands that before people can put their best efforts into work, they must know the objective. Purpose is the guiding motive in life, and we are made so that we seek the purpose in all our efforts. Upon finding it and believing in it, we naturally give it our best endeavors.

In starting any new work, undertaking, or policy, the most efficient thing to do is assemble the whole group of people concerned and explain to them what you and they together are going to try to accomplish.

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About Reflections on Leadership: Leadership advisor, writer, and no BS accountability partner, Karl Bimshas, shares quick reflections on leadership, and interviews other busy professionals, to challenge your perspective, provide inspiration, and give insights to help you manage better and lead well.

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In today's episode of Reflections on Leadership, I'm thrilled to speak with Dr. Bob Nelson.

His latest book, "Work Made Fun Gets Done; Easy Ways to Boost Energy, Morale, and Results," is one you're going to want to add to your library of leadership resources.

"Dr. Bob" works with 80% of Fortune 500 companies, and you're going to want to grab a pen because, in this conversation, you'll pick up a lot of practical tips and ideas you can use in your company, regardless of its size or your position.

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Author Karl Bimshas answers questions about his latest leadership book.

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No one expects perfection, and it is impracticable to take on qualities that are not natural. You must realize that leadership is developed. Absorb its fundamentals into your system, and study yourself while applying them to your position's problems.

Your personality is the one big thing going for you. Learn to appreciate its strong and weak points, its possibilities for doing the right and wrong, and its probable effect on others. Get a handle on it by practicing self-control, and make it work intelligently per your wishes.

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Having an independent spirit, thumbing your nose to convention, and erecting the middle finger to all those you disagree with or feel offended by has a time and place. And let's be honest, if you're a fan of rugged individualism, it's most of the time and in most places.

Collectivism is putting the needs of the greater society (or team) before your own. Candidly, it's not in us to embrace collectivism wholeheartedly.

Positive change will not come from them. Change comes from you once you demand a balance between liberty and responsibility, individualism and collectivism, and possess the wisdom to discern when to turn which dial up or down. Good leaders do this regularly. Lousy leaders refuse to acknowledge the need. Start acting like a good leader.

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In 1920, Lincoln C. Andrews published "Manpower" – a loose field guide created to quickly train many inexperienced men for leadership roles after World War I. The book contained dozens of forthright leadership principles, many of which I believe could serve this century's new and existing leaders equally well, regardless of gender.

We again find ourselves shook by a pandemic, threats to democracy, and a renewed urgency to quickly train a significant number of people for new and ongoing leadership roles. Not to put us on a war footing, though future battles are likely, but to remind us of the central tenets and benefits of good and effective leadership, particularly in defense of democracy, and literally, saving the world.

Five Central Tenets:

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About Reflections on Leadership: Leadership advisor, writer, and no BS accountability partner, Karl Bimshas, shares quick reflections on leadership, and interviews other busy professionals, to challenge your perspective, provide inspiration, and give insights to help you manage better and lead well.

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Not feeling inspired?

Do it anyway.

Waiting for inspiration is like waiting for confidence. It comes later after you have proven you’re serious by taking action.

So make the call, paint the canvas, dare more today than you dared yesterday.

Inspiration is the rare reward you get for doing the basics every single day.

Occasionally, a fresh perspective or new idea flitters past, curious and seeking attention. Enjoy that boost, but never depend upon it to move you forward.

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About Reflections on Leadership: Leadership advisor, writer, and no BS accountability partner, Karl Bimshas, shares quick reflections on leadership, and interviews other busy professionals, to challenge your perspective, provide inspiration, and give insights to help you manage better and lead well.

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You know the phrase, "sometimes you can't fix stupid," that is often uttered by a supervisor or a mid-level manager?

Replace them, and you will see how quickly stupid becomes brilliant.

Find the managers who say some members of their team “simply can’t be taught,” are “a lost cause,” or “just don’t want to work,” and you have found your primary cause of dysfunction.

Now, you won’t have the appetite for this, but instead of the five why’s, ask five who’s.

Questions like, Who hired or promoted that manager, or who thought that attitude was acceptable?

Eventually, if you’re the organization’s head and you’re honest, the uncomfortable “fifth who” will likely be you.

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The kind of leader you aspire to be just walked into the room.

* What do they look like?

* What are they doing today?

* How do they feel?

* What do they have to tell you?

Give specific answers and review them carefully.

From now on, before every decision you make, test to see if your actions move you closer to or farther from that ideal leader.

That leader is within you right now. You could ignore your desires and replace them with regret, or could choose to do the daily work to grow and develop.

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About Reflections on Leadership: Leadership advisor, writer, and no BS accountability partner, Karl Bimshas, shares quick reflections on leadership, and interviews other busy professionals, to challenge your perspective, provide inspiration, and give insights to help you manage better and lead well.

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If you ever feel the need to tell a kid who is pursuing something they appear to love that they will never be good at it, shut up.

For every success story you hear about someone who battled all the naysayers of their youth to persevere to greatness, there are thousands, perhaps tens of thousands who gave up their dreams, happiness, and identity in order to “fit in” with those who couldn’t be bothered to pursue their own dreams and happiness.

The world is full of obstacles. Your “tough-love” to an impressionable child is destructive, not constructive.

Don’t be that idiot.

Work on yourself.

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About Reflections on Leadership: Leadership advisor, writer, and no BS accountability partner, Karl Bimshas, shares quick reflections on leadership, and interviews other busy professionals, to challenge your perspective, provide inspiration, and give insights to help you manage better and lead well.

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