Posts Tagged ‘driven leaders’
10 Signs Your Leadership Is Driven By Selfish Ambition
Let’s ask an awkward, difficult, and at times piercing question: What motivates your ambition? That’s an important question to ask. Why? Because if you don’t ask it, I promise everyone else around you will. Mostly I don’t like that question because I don’t like the answer to that question. Sometimes my motivation is selfish. I recently interviewed…
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How to Avoid Ruining Your Christmas Break (A Post For Driven People)
So Christmas break (following your Christmas services) is almost here and you’re trying to take some time off. Ever notice that’s what driven leaders say all the time? I’m going to try to take two weeks off. I’ll try to unplug. I’m trying to relax. We A-types suck at vacation, don’t we? It also really sucks if you’re married to…
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7 Signs What’s Driving You Is Beginning to Destroy You
There are a thousand fine lines in leadership. Perhaps the most subtle and dangerous line is the fine line between what drives you and what destroys you. Being driven is not an inherently bad thing. In fact, leveraged well, it’s a huge leadership asset. You get things done, mobilize people around great causes and make things happen.…
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