Developing Positive Leaders, Organizations and Teams

Positive emotions are just as contagious as negative emotions. One positive leader can rally a group of willing people to accomplish amazing things. One Chief Energy Officer who sits at the welcome desk can positively infect every person who walks in your business/school/workplace. One positive team member can slowly but surely improve the mood and moral of her team. And pervasive positive attitudes and emotions at work can fuel the morale and performance of your organization.

If you think there is too much complaining in the world watch this video (and please share it with others).

www.NoComplainingRule.com

My wife and I hired a landscape design company to plant shrubs and flowers and put in a stone walkway in our backyard. A month after they did the work my wife looked over the bill and realized they had charged us a lot of money for plants that were never planted. When we brought the matter up to the owners of the company the first thing they did was deny it.

When she showed them the bill they said that they weren’t responsible since…

We often think that the grass will be greener somewhere else.
We believe we’ll be happier and more successful anywhere but where we are.
And so we …

I never had writers block before. But after writing the first half of The Seed I was stuck. For several days and nights I would stare at the computer unsure of what to write. Then one night in the middle of a deep sleep I awoke with the four stages of purpose that everyone who wants to make a difference will go through on their journey through life and…

Here are 10 tips from Training Camp. I hope they inspire you to be your best. www.TrainingCamp11.com

1. THE BEST KNOW WHAT THEY WANT
I think a lot of people spend their life being average or good at something, but they don’t strive to be great. The best of the best not only know what they want, but they want it more.

2. THE BEST WANT IT MORE
We cannot measure desire in terms of merely…

Only one team wins the Super Bowl.

For each player on the NY Giant’s going to Disney World after the game there is a player on the New England Patriot’s going home disappointed without the joy of victory.

It’s a lot like life.

Sometimes we win, sometimes we lose.

Sometimes we…

If you are a leader, manager, coach, teacher or parent, caring about someone often requires you to challenge and push them to improve, grow and reach their full potential.

Even the best athletes in the world have a coach to push them.

But for tough love to work, love must come first.

Back in December I was interview by John Jantsch of Duct Tape Marketing for his Small Business Marketing Podcast. You can listen to …

Happiness.

Zappos believes in delivering it.

Coke wants you to open it.

Countless books try to help you achieve it

Research demonstrates that you are more productive with it.

And yet the truth is that so few people feel it at work.

Why?

Is it because…