A couple of weeks ago we shared how the art of adherence is a lot like growing Indian Thorny bamboo, which is native to Asia. It takes up to two years of careful attention for the plant to build a strong root structure, none of which is visible above ground. However, once the sprout finally…
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What’s Your One Thing?
The most important decision is to decide what is most important. For the purposes of sharpening focus, your “one thing” is the one activity that most directly helps you execute your plan. Each day, each week, each month, each quarter, and each year, there is just one thing that is most vital for you to…
Adherence and Bamboo
The art of adherence is a lot like growing Indian Thorny bamboo, which is native to Asia. Like many bamboo species, when this particular seed is planted, it requires just the right amount of watering, sunlight, care and feeding. It takes up to two years of this careful attention for the plant to build a…
What is Adherence?
In business and in life, the game is usually won by those who can consistently execute a well-thought-out strategy. In other words, winners stick with it – they practice adherence. Adherence is the ability to consistently execute. Not coincidentally, the word “adherence” appears to have originated in the 1500s from the French word “adherer,” which…
Mastering the Art of Adherence
By this time of year, nearly 70% of all we are resolving to change is on the brink of dissolving. Mastering the Art of Adherence can make a difference for you this year. World-class leaders and organizations use this time-tested, real-world validated formula for winning: When you consistently sharpen Focus, build Competence and ignite Passion,…
Legacy
Here is an excerpt from Lee’s latest book, Leadership Matters. It contains 31 daily insights to inspire extraordinary results. day 20: Legacy Inheritance is what we leave to others. Legacy is what we leave in them. Here is one of my favorite, true stories of really leaving a legacy. In the early 1900s, Al Capone…
Knowledge
Here is an excerpt from Lee’s latest book, Leadership Matters. It contains 31 daily insights to inspire extraordinary results. day 19: Knowledge I heard this story about a member of America’s “greatest generation” that illustrates the matter of knowledge. A friend’s grandfather came to America from Eastern Europe. After being processed at Ellis Island, he…
Investment
Here is an excerpt from Lee’s latest book, Leadership Matters. It contains 31 daily insights to inspire extraordinary results. day 18: Investment Two young men were working their way through Stanford University in the late 1890s when, during the semester, their funds got desperately low. So, they came up with the idea of engaging Ignacy…
Integrity
Here is an excerpt from Lee’s latest book, Leadership Matters. It contains 31 daily insights to inspire extraordinary results. day 16: Integrity Without a doubt, your personal integrity is your most prized possession. Each day, that integrity is constantly tested, and you have an opportunity to prove it or lose it with every decision you…
Humor
Here is an excerpt from Lee’s latest book, Leadership Matters. It contains 31 daily insights to inspire extraordinary results. day 13: Humor Natural disasters, disease, war, interpersonal conflict, demanding customers, rising costs. No laughing matters for sure ... well, maybe. I contend that facing adversity 100 percent seriously won’t help you reverse the situation any…
