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By Vernon MyersRecently published1 topic

15 Ways to Know If You Are An Idea Person

1. Ideas come to you effortlessly. • Creating ideas is as easy for you as putting on your shoes in the morning. Thomas Edison said that ideas are waiting to be discovered. You discover ideas constantly by creating ideas without really trying to create ideas. No matter where you look you see unique solutions to improve products, services, your personal and professional life, and the lives of your fellow human beings. 2. You are always trying to find ways to do things better.

Primary topic: Leadership

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By Vernon MyersRecently published1 topic

Leaders Anticipate Change, Prepare For Change, and Lead Change

What is change? Put simply, change is an effort to improve an organization in some way. This change could take the form of new processes and procedures, upgrades to a new system, changes to the organizational structure, or changes to roles and responsibilities. Leaders understand that the only constant in today’s environment is...change! Leaders do not have the luxury of sitting back and waiting for change to wreak havoc on their organizations - a leader has to lead change.

Primary topic: Leadership

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By Vernon MyersRecently published1 topic

Leaders Follow Through

Leaders are responsible for making things happen, on-time and as scheduled. Superiors and subordinates don’t want excuses from their leaders, they want results. When a leader makes a commitment to complete a task or accomplish a mission, follow-through is the guarantee that he provides to all stakeholders that gives them the confidence to believe that the job will get done properly.

Primary topic: Leadership

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By Vernon MyersRecently published1 topic

Leaders Go Above and Beyond - Go the Extra Mile!

Have you ever been in a situation where you saw a leader take a specific action, yet you had no idea "why" or "how" the leader decided to take that specific action? Well, I have too! That's why I decided to study various leaders that I have worked with over 22 years and before long, I started to get insights into why leaders do what they do. More importantly, I started to understand that what a leader does is much deeper than the specific action he takes.

Primary topic: Leadership

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By Vernon MyersRecently published1 topic

You Can Create Anything You Can Imagine

Did you know that you possess the most powerful idea factory in the world on your shoulders? Your thoughts, ideas, insights, and intuitions can be brought to life by using the creative power of your imagination. What is the imagination? Imagination is the ability to create a mental picture of a thought, idea, insight or intuition in your mind. Focus on One Idea

Primary topic: Leadership

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By Vernon MyersRecently published1 topic

Leaders Are Proactive, Not Reactive

Have you ever been in a situation where you saw a leader take a specific action, yet you had no idea "why" or "how" the leader decided to take that specific action? Well, I have too! That's why I decided to study various leaders that I have worked with over 22 years and before long, I started to get insights into why leaders do what they do. More importantly, I started to understand that what a leader does is much deeper than the specific action he takes.

Primary topic: Leadership

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By Vernon MyersRecently published1 topic

Leaders Are Single-minded

What does it mean to be single-minded? How does single-mindedness look? Single-mindedness is the relentless pursuit of a goal, objective or end state. To become single-minded, the leader must make a decision to focus on only one thing, to the exclusion of everything else – one idea, one project, one goal, one end state. Everything else is secondary to the pursuit of this goal or objective.

Primary topic: Leadership

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By Vernon MyersRecently published1 topic

Leaders Take Action!

Have you ever been in a situation where you saw a leader take a specific action, yet you had no idea "why" or "how" the leader decided to take that specific action? Well, I have too! That's why I decided to study various leaders that I have worked with over 22 years and before long, I started to get insights into why leaders do what they do.

Primary topic: Leadership

2,003 views

By Vernon MyersRecently published1 topic

Top 25 Creativity Quotations

What is creativity? Use these quotes from famous people to think about what it means to be creative. 1. "Creativity is the infinite capacity that resides within you. It involves combining information with your life experiences." - Wayne Lotherington 2. "Creativity is not in the execution, but in the exploration." - John Pearson 3. "I have always felt that the highest human expression comes in our creative endeavors, those which draw upon all of our powers of imagination, intelligence, and understanding." - Armand Hammer

Primary topic: Leadership

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By Vernon MyersRecently published1 topic

Leaders Ask Questions to Make Better Decisions

Leaders ask questions to gain clarity, to deepen understanding, and to make better decisions. In fact, questions are a leaders’ best tool for gaining deeper appreciation and increased knowledge of the issues and challenges facing an organization. The better your questions and understanding of the issues, the better your decisions will be. Better questions equal greater clarity; greater clarity equals deeper understanding; deeper understanding equals better decisions; and better decisions equal better results for your organization.

Primary topic: Leadership

1,867 views

By Vernon MyersRecently published1 topic

Leaders Think!

The most important skill a leader possesses is the ability to think. Remember, when you were a student in school, your teacher always told you to put your “thinking cap” on? It’s still true; leaders must always have their thinking caps on to operate at their highest level. Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company and the thinker credited with creating the first manufacturing assembly line said, “Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it.”

Primary topic: Leadership

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By Vernon MyersRecently published1 topic

12 Reasons to Use an Idea journal

1. Using an idea journal is fast, easy, and convenient. It will take you less than 15 minutes each day to record your ideas, goals, and dreams into your idea journal. 2. Your idea journal will motivate you to take action on your most valuable and promising ideas. Use the idea journal to track your creative ideas. These ideas may be the launch pad to your desired future; you must have a system to record each idea in order to capitalize on it in the future. 3. Helps you to maintain a laser-focus on your goals, dreams, and ideas - you must stay disciplined and persistent.

Primary topic: Leadership

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By Vernon MyersRecently published1 topic

Master Your Future - Become An Idea Creator

"A man with a supply of idea fears nothing for he has become the master of his own fate." - Robert P. Crawford How do you use your mind to create ideas that open the floodgates to other opportunities? One way is to set an intention to create a great idea and then to follow the thought up with action. Did you know that your mind is the most awesome tool in the universe? If you didn't, consider the following, your mind can create medicines that save hundreds of thousands of lives, or it can destroy as many souls by the creation of deadly biological substances.

Primary topic: Leadership

1,721 views

By Vernon MyersRecently published1 topic

Leaders Are Responsive

Good leaders must possess the ability to effectively communicate to superiors, subordinates, and peers. Responsive leaders must not only be able to communicate effectively, they must be able to communicate in a timely manner with clear purpose and intent.

Primary topic: Leadership

1,711 views

By Vernon MyersRecently published1 topic

25 Power Questions to Ask Your Mentors

If you have a mentor you need to make sure that you ask the following questions at some point during your relationship: 1. What are your goals and dreams (Short term and long-term)? 2. How can I help you to accomplish your goals and dreams? 3. Why did you choose to pursue these goals and dreams? 4. What books have influenced your ideas and thoughts the most? 5. What ideas or thoughts inspired you or motivated you to get started? 6. What is the one action you have taken that has accounted for most of your success?

Primary topic: Leadership

1,634 views

By Vernon MyersRecently published1 topic

Leaders Have Fun!

Leaders must lead the way in all things, including having fun – the energy and enthusiasm generated by the leader will have an immediate impact on the organization. Employees look to their leaders for cues on “how” to act. If the boss is having fun, employees will pick up the vibe and have fun too. The disposition and demeanor of the leader is a key component of an organizations’ work environment.

Primary topic: Leadership

1,610 views

By Vernon MyersRecently published1 topic

Leaders Conduct After Action Reviews

Leaders are responsible for producing outcomes and getting favorable results; sometimes the results are good, other times the results are not so good. Whether the results are positive or negative, a leader’s objective is to continuously improve organizational performance over time. One way to do this is through reviewing an organizations’ current performance in order to inform and shape its future performance. One way to improve performance is to capture it, review it, and then to share it with your team.

Primary topic: Leadership

1,609 views

By Vernon MyersRecently published1 topic

Leaders Are Readers

Leaders have an unquenchable thirst for knowledge; they have to know; they have to learn; they have to get as much information as possible. Leaders seek to learn from the experiences of other people to include those captured in the form of biographies, autobiographies, organizational histories, and life stories. Leaders want to know how other leaders have fared in their leadership journey; how they thought; what they did; what they learned…they want to constructively use other leaders’ life experience as a model to live by…a model to learn from.

Primary topic: Leadership

1,564 views

By Vernon MyersRecently published1 topic

Leaders Know the First Report is Usually Wrong

As a leader, the requirement to communicate accurate information is extremely important. In a crisis situation the stakes increase, the leader not only requires accurate information, the information needs to be communicated to constituents in a timely fashion.

Primary topic: Leadership

1,541 views

By Vernon MyersRecently published1 topic

Leaders Play the Hand That They Are Dealt

In a card game, the dealer shuffles a deck of cards and deals a card out to each player. The players don’t know what cards they have until they pick up their cards and turn each card over to assess its value. Just like card players, oftentimes, leaders don’t know what resources they have to work with in a given situation. Leaders must assess the situation to get a snap-shot of the tools they have available…and then they have to put these tools to work at the highest level of benefit.

Primary topic: Leadership

1,521 views

By Vernon MyersRecently published1 topic

Leaders Ask For Resources to Accomplish the Mission

As the leader of an organization, you need resources to accomplish your mission. As you execute your daily mission, you may identify gaps or shortfalls that impede mission success.

Primary topic: Leadership

1,516 views

By Vernon MyersRecently published1 topic

Leaders Are Students of Leadership

Leadership is about growth and development, if you are not growing and developing on a continuous basis, you are simply not working hard enough. Leading is like being a student in a laboratory; every day you should conduct experiments to see what works and what doesn’t. After trying your hand at leading, you go back to the drawing board to tweak your style and approach. Students are constantly challenged to look for new ideas and to develop fresh thinking. The key is to keep learning.

Primary topic: Leadership

1,502 views

By Vernon MyersRecently published1 topic

Leaders Are Consistent

The leader of an organization is the standard bearer for what “right” looks like. He would not be in a position of leadership if he did not represent what the organization values and, presumably, wants more of. Naturally, followers seek to emulate the leader because of the prominent position she holds. However, what happens to an organization if, behind the scenes, the leader is a bad example of what the organization is about? What if the leader shines in front of his superiors yet treats his subordinates badly?

Primary topic: Leadership

1,461 views

By Vernon MyersRecently published1 topic

Leaders Think Integration

Organizational Environment Today, large organizations are extremely complex and busier than ever. Because of their size, they face greater challenges, such as increasing competition and an increasingly global environment to operate in. To consistently produce outstanding results, organizations must overcome the challenge of figuring out how to capitalize on the full talent, skill, and ability of its workforce.

Primary topic: Leadership

1,417 views

By Vernon MyersRecently published1 topic

Leaders Care!

Ultimately, a leader who shows that he cares is good for the organization. Some critics may write this off as being touchy-feely, but people are people and an organization is made up of many, many emotional people. A leader has to find a way to show his followers that he cares about them. In fact, showing that you care about your followers is not only necessary, it’s a requirement. Followers don’t really care about how much you know, until they know how much you care.

Primary topic: Leadership

1,415 views

By Vernon MyersRecently published1 topic

Leaders Are Accountable

“Everyone has a boss…,” from the President of the United States, to the assembly line worker in a factory. Leadership and accountability go hand-in-hand, you can’t have one without the other, in fact, leadership without accountability is akin to a dictatorship; accountability without leadership is extremely frustrating at best or an exercise in futility at worst.

Primary topic: Leadership

1,388 views

By Vernon MyersRecently published1 topic

Leaders Are Curious

Curiosity is what makes a leader…a leader. Most people don’t understand that this curiosity is what separates a leader from the rest of us. Immersion is the key – the more you learn, the more connections and insights you will have. Leaders are driven to accomplish the mission. The leader leverages information and knowledge as tools to improve the organization, to increase efficiency, and to create the next innovative idea.

Primary topic: Leadership

1,356 views

By Vernon MyersRecently published1 topic

Leaders Fight for Their Creative Vision

I recently watched the movie, “Saving Mr. Banks,” a Walt Disney film that shows the process that Walt and Mrs. P.L. Travers used in creating the movie “Mary Poppins.” The thing that stood out to me the most is that the creative process is messy, yet, it’s full of joy and happiness. The creative process is frustrating and rife with obstacles and barriers, yet, it’s inspiring and uplifting, as well. There is constant starting, stopping, redoing, and editing that drives you mad, yet, it’s collaborative and spirited.

Primary topic: Leadership

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By Vernon MyersRecently published1 topic

Leaders Recognize That Leading is A Gift

Leadership is a privilege reserved for those who are ready for the awesome responsibility of training, developing, mentoring, guiding, and correcting the people who are under their charge. The task of leadership offers long hours, lots of hard work, frustration, setbacks, and obstacles…leadership is not easy, yet like anything else you get out of it what you put into it.

Primary topic: Leadership

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