High Performance Leadership

Have you ever been so focused on a goal that you missed an opportunity? The trouble is, by the time I realize that's happening, the opportunity is gone. Forever. It does take focused effort to achieve our goals, but not so much that we lose track of reality. Not so much that we miss what's going on around us. That goal IS important, but only until it isn't.  Move forward, but keep processing. Keep learning. Keep feeling. Keep ready for the next surprise. -- doug smith  

You don't have to trick yourself or hyper-motivate yourself to achieve your goals -- just pick goals that you really care about. It's not a great goal until you can't stop thinking about it. -- doug smith  

An unintentional ethical lapse, uncorrected, leads to intentional ethical lapses. -- doug smith

Leaders must first understand ethical behavior, then operate ethically, in order to promote ethical behavior. People will believe what they see and feel.  -- doug smith 

Old advice could still be good -- if it ever was good. Some old advice does not age well and so we throw it out. Stock market tips from 1980 won't do you much good today. Fashion statements from 1990 probably won't serve you well now. But some old advice holds up well. Take care of others. Tell the truth. Always do your best. Lots of old advice is still great advice. What's your best advice? -- doug smith

  Goals may not be the cause of all happiness, but they make a lot of happiness possible. What is the most important goal that you're working on today? -- doug smith

  You could spend a lifetime studying leadership and what leaders do. You'll likely spend your lifetime doing that whether or not you planned on it because when it comes to leadership there is always something more to learn. Most of what high performance leaders do is solve problems and achieve goals.  Much goes into that. Projects come and go. People help (or don't) and they also come and go. To move forward, to implement plans, to make the world a better place, leaders need to solve problems and achieve their goals. What do you think?