Blogs by Steve Lounsberry
Harvard University researchers Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer did a study on “Small Wins”. They claim “The Progress Principle” is the single greatest influence on human creative output, motivation and well-being. Their study involved over 12,000 observations. They found good performance depends on consistent progress in meaningful work. They found boosting the feeling of progress…
Thinking Is Believing The first self-help recording to sell more than a million records (1956) was Earl Nightingale’s recording called THE GREATEST SECRET IS – WE BECOME WHAT WE THINK ABOUT MOST. 80% of the reason you go to the doctor is the way you feel. In the United Kingdom doctors went on strike in…
Move Toward What You Want! Not Away From What You Don’t Want Last month, I blogged about thoughts growing in the context of Drama & Emotional Waste. Average employees are spending almost 2.5 hours per day in Drama and Emotional Waste. One thought leads to another. Negative thoughts about people or events I cannot…
DRAMA AND EMOTIONAL WASTE IN ORGANIZATIONS Research found that the average employee spends 2 hours 26 minutes per day in drama and emotional waste. The average senior leader spends a minimum of 5 hours a week dealing with the drama that creates emotional waste. (A conservative estimate, based on the research.) Survey from 800…
E + R = O (EVENT + RESPONSE = OUTCOME) How would you respond? THE EVENT (Sat January 13, 2018) An emergency alert notification sent out Saturday morning claiming a “ballistic missile threat inbound to Hawaii” was a false alarm, according to state leaders and emergency officials, who blamed it on an employee who “pushed…
In a recent blog, we identified AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP as a core focus for great leaders. The four key areas of focus for developing greater AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP are: 1. Self-Awareness First and most important, Authentic Leaders are individuals who can develop self-awareness from their experiences. And act on that awareness by practicing their values and principles.…
Being Real: The Journey to Authentic Leadership! Leadership scholars have conducted more than 1,000 studies in an attempt to determine the definitive styles, characteristics or personality traits of great leaders. None of these studies has produced a clear profile of the ideal leader.So What? All leaders have to deliver bottom line results. Superior results over…
John had heard the complaint a handful of times. “Your office manager is rude.” He had hired his new office manager, Seth, ten months ago. The efficiency Seth brought to John’s burgeoning marketing agency was incredible. John was the creative genius who struggled with structure, processes, and deadlines. John didn’t possess natural organizational skills, but…
Complexity is a useful way to “see” the world. Complexity is generally used to characterize something with many parts where those parts interact with each other in multiple ways,culminating in a higher order emerging that is greater than the sum of its parts. A great example of complexity is a team of people. Many parts interacting in multiple…
If you could increase your results by over 50% with one simple focus, would you? At this point, some of you are accelerating forward and some of you are instantly skeptical. Imagine I told you the tool was a mirror. Some would be offended inferring an insult to their appearance. Others might be annoyed, believing…