Archive for April, 2008
PART 2: MICHAEL GERBER’S TOP 10 EXPECTATIONS FOR AN EFFECTIVE EXECUTIVE LEADER
As stated in the last post, I’m through Michael Gerber’s newly published book… Awakening The Entrepreneur Within.
In that post, I shared Michael Gerber’s top 10 principles for recruiting new talent to his team. Today’s post shares his top 10 expectations for a COO, or any effective executive leader. Enjoy.
MICHAEL GERBER’S TOP 10 STANDARDS FOR LEADERSHIP:
1. Learn how to produce results with little or no capital.
2. Learn how to produce results with little or no information.
3. Learn how to produce results with little or no experience.
4. Learn how to produce results with little or no likelihood of success.
5. Learn how to do the impossible.
6. Learn how to inspire people without money, motivation or options.
7. Learn how to manage people without making them wrong.
8. Learn how to communicate your dream, vision purpose and mission so that 90% of the people you share it with, will buy into it. Do not spend any time with the 10% that don’t.
9. Learn how to replicate your successes and rise above your failures.
10. Learn how to become a world-class leader you can be proud of.
IT TAKES LIFETIMES TO MOVE MOUNTAINS!
Tags: Business, endurance, Inspiration, Lance Armstrong, Leadership
I frequently find myself being frustrated and discouraged by what “seems” to be insufficient progress in the way of making a significant impact, or perhaps business growth… or even my own personal leadership efforts. My guess is that from time to time… you do too.
The following thoughts weren’t researched at all… but were rather two sources of inspiration that crossed my path within a 24 hour period of time. I thought I’d share them with you… as they were timely for me.
Lance Armstrong once said… “When we make incremental change, we are on our way to monumental change.”
Max Weber (pronounced maks vaybere); one of the founders of the modern study of sociology and public administration, once said… “Politics is the slow boring of hard boards, and anyone who seeks to do it must risk his own soul.”
Doesn’t life, leadership and business seem to take on that same challenge? In other words… change comes in excruciating increments to those that want it.
If you want to move mountains, it takes lifetimes.
PART 1: MICHAEL GERBER’S TOP 10 PRINCIPLES FOR RECRUITING
I’m nearly finished with Michael Gerber’s newly published book… Awakening The Entrepreneur Within. While there are several inspirations to draw from as it relates to your business, I thought you’d benefit from the following nugget.
Michael Gerber; who’d recently recruited a COO that didn’t pan out well for one of his companies, expounds upon the importance of not repeating that moment in history. About to hire yet another COO, he shares his top 10 principles for recruiting new talent to his team. I thought I’d share them with you. Enjoy.
MICHAEL GERBER’S TOP 10 STANDARDS FOR RECRUITING:
1. Lead with purpose, commit yourself to your mission.
2. Once committed, never alter your commitment until it’s achieved.
3. Create clear operating standards and live by them.
4. Create clear operating results and commit to them.
5. Surround yourself with people who believe in your mission.
6. Surround yourself with people who are committed to your mission.
7. Surround yourself with people who believe in your standards.
8. Surround yourself with people who are committed to your standards.
9. Surround yourself with people who are committed to your results.
10. Surround yourself with people who are faithful to their commitments.