“Trust is not granted due to your position. It is earned due to your behavior.” – Tim Kight If behavior earns trust, it starts by creating relationships. I have a grandson just under two years old. As he is growing, he goes through periods his mother calls “stranger danger.” In other words, he appropriately keeps his distance from those he doesn’t “know.” I don’t see him all the time so there have been times I’ve
Do you feel like a winner today? Did your team hit its goals? Did you make progress? Rosabeth Moss Kanter studied teams that win and teams that lose. She found that winning teams have some advantages over losing teams. Winning teams: Have a better attitude. Enjoy hanging out with each other. Are more open to constructive criticism because they are confident in their ability to win; they are more open to other ways they can
Larry King was often called the “world’s greatest interviewer.” People watched and listened as he met with all the great newsmakers of the age and interviewed them. Here’s what King said about his effectiveness: “I never learned anything while I was talking.” Powerful, simple advice. I had a teacher, E. E. Jennings, pour it out this way: L/T = Listen/Talk – Jennings said listeners gathered information. To listen was to offer your cup to others and
A note in the locker room of the Miami Heat, a National Basketball Association team, says this: “When two teams meet that are equal in ability and execution, it’s the team that has pride that wins.” We use “pride” a great deal to describe someone who has an unsinkable character. These words add up to PRIDE: Persistent. You stay with a task however difficult. Responsible. You can be counted on to be in the right
I was listening to an NBA player talking about a coach who was relentless in seeking improvement. The team was one of the best in the league. “No matter how well we were playing, he’d always be tweaking us. He’d say, “I think we can get a little better at scoring on inbound plays under the basket.” We would focus on it and get better. Then it would be offensive rebounding. Or handling a full-court press.
“Ubuntu” is about promoting the greater good through compassion, humanity, and oneness within a team. “A Coach’s Rules for Life” was a Netflix docuseries released in 2020. The first episode featured Doc Rivers, a great NBA coach, describing the leadership rules he leads and coaches by. One of his rules was “Ubuntu.” I recognized it immediately. I heard the term when he led a remarkable renaissance with the Boston Celtics. I wrote you a note then
Franklin Roosevelt was stricken with polio when he was in his late 30’s. He lost the use of his legs overnight, never to regain it. Many people would have resigned themselves to a life of disability. Roosevelt would not. He spent the following years working to strengthen his upper body and figuring out how to adapt to the world. Within seven years, he was elected governor of New York, and within 11 years, he was
Every organization is subject to having people who can drain energy from the team. Author David Salyers says there are three types: victims, naysayers and know-it-alls. I hadn’t thought much of the classification, but have noticed it since learning these designations. Victims take problems personally. Rather than work to solve the problem objectively, they get mired down with it. The victim feels “put upon” by the problem. He sees the problem as proof the world
I copied this tweet this week: “What if all leaders started with, I’m proud of you. I trust you. I care about you. And I love you…? Game changer.” My Facebook page was covered with pictures of kids hitting the first day of school. You hope your kids will encounter a teacher that makes a difference. A teacher that makes a difference is like the leader mentioned above. They start off being proud. Good teachers
George Patton was a famous World War II general. Yesterday I encountered two quotes of his from completely different sources. I figured it was a sign. The first was an inspiration posted on Twitter that read: “You’re never beaten until you admit it. So, don’t admit it.” On one hand it sounds stubborn. But there is power in having that kind of determination when we come up against a challenge. It’s the kind of belief
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“Everything you want is on the other side of ‘hard’.” – CJ McCollum, NBA player McCollum is a story of overachievement. He was undersized. Played college basketball at a non-descript school. Was a long shot to be an NBA player but worked his way to being a first-round draft pick and was a solid star in his 10th year in the league. I heard him describe his approach to the game and his development on a podcast called
PalletOne leaders “happen to the world.” What does that mean? A PalletOne leader is confident. Each situation creates an opportunity for service and contribution. We are talented and put those talents to work. We see those around us as having talent. We seek to unlock it. We realize that we can be called upon to take the initiative to improve things at any moment. We act when the situation calls for it. We inspire through
“Weep, trust, pray, think, shift, hope, grow. Ways to handle suffering.” – Tim Keller Tim Keller was a preacher from New York City. He passed away in 2023. I followed him on Twitter because he tweeted profound thoughts like the one above. You don’t exit life without tough things happening to you. It’s a fact. None of us are exempt. In specific order, Keller gave us seven verbs to consider when challenged: Weep – It’s
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