Ascendent Leadership

10/12/2021

The network’s down! What would your people do if they were suddenly cut off from all ability to contact you?
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10/12/2021

This is a great dialogue on Sun, Sep 8, 2019, between Fareed Zakaria (CNN) and General Jim Mattis (Former Secretary of Defense) on the importance of continuous learning by leaders.

Zakaria:

You have said that if someone in a leadership position has not read hundreds of books, that person is functionally illiterate. Explain why…

Mattis:

Life is too short and leadership roles too short, sometimes as short as 2, 3, 5 years in a corporation, a country, a political system or military unit. Life is just too short to learn everything you need based on your own experience.

You’re going to have to sharpen yourself and many of the best ideas I’ve gotten were recovered from old books. Those were great new ideas I thought when I employed them. But they were all out of old books.

I'm not here to say that there’s only one way to lead. Everyone's got to lead in their own way, but I would say you have to have curiosity about life. You need to have a thirst for learning. You have to be committed to your own development if you're going to be a leader.

This is true, I think, in any competitive walk of life. It’s true about football coaches, and football players. It’s true about business leaders. It’s certainly true about political and military leaders…

10/12/2021

Ascendent Leadership is certified by Multi-Health Systems to offer a wide variety of their EQ-i 2.0 assessment and development programs.
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10/11/2021

When trying to understand others’ motivations, why do most of us assume that others intend to act contrary to our best interests? Great relationship builders do just the opposite. They assume positive intent. They probe to discover the positive driver.

We can be quick to jump to conclusion sometimes without giving people a chance. Assume positive intent always and give everyone the benefit of the doubt.

10/11/2021

“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” (John C . Maxwell)
Knows the way: Leaders must have expertise, but that's not enough. The leader must know themselves, their strengths and weaknesses and still have a high level of self regard.
Goes the way: The leader earns the credibility and confidence of their team by walking the talk.
Shows the way: They engage with their team across the 360 degrees of work, personal, and family objectives.
Ascendent Leadership offers custom workshops and the Hogan family of assessments to help you develop your leaders.
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10/10/2021

10/10/2021

Thinking about a new prospect? What would you discuss with them? How could you discover what they thinking about or worrying about? Great article from HBR on using social media smartly to find some conversation starters and sources of great questions.
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10/09/2021

As advisors, we use questions and dialogue to help our clients develop greater clarity on both current state and future state. By doing so, we earn their trust. That trust gives us permission, later, to help them inform, or even challenge, their vision. Once their vision is clear, they might let us help them evaluate a number of possible paths forward, including that offered by our solution.

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10/09/2021

Triage your time management decisions – Three tips to find the win-win in balancing your activity

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10/08/2021

Two gems to share in this post! 1) The blog article is written by long time colleague and personal branding adviser Valerie Sokolosky. (since 1990). If you are looking for a proven consultant in personal branding, read the article and give her a call or mail. 2) Her article is found on a blog site managed by William Aruda, founder of Reach Personal Branding. William is a globally recognized force in the personal branding space and you will probably want to sign up for his newsletter. Enjoy!
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10/08/2021

Five traps that get in the way of active listening, and how to avoid them.

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