1: Dwight Eisenhower was furious.
D-Day was only weeks away. As the Supreme Commander of the Allied invasion of Europe, Ike was under tremendous pressure. Daily, he confronted leadership questions of the utmost complexity, write Raymond Kethledge and Michael Erwin in Lead Yourself First: Inspiring Leadership Through Solitude.
And, General George S. Patton had stepped in it. Again.
In a speech to a British social club, Patton had said: … continue reading
1: Five days after Pearl Harbor, Dwight D. Eisenhower received orders to report immediately to the War Department in Washington, D.C. Stationed in San Antonio at the time, Ike was a one-star general and had no idea why he had been summoned. He took the next plane to Washington, write Raymond Kethledge and Michael Erwin in Lead Yourself First: Inspiring Leadership Through Solitude.
Upon arriving, Ike was ushered immediately into … continue reading
The workplace engagement results were back. The consultant had conducted thousands of these surveys.
“Our employees had the lowest levels of trust he had ever seen,” Doug Conant recalls. “He said that our culture was ‘swamp water.'”
Doug had recently been hired as the Senior Vice President of Marketing at the Nabisco Biscuit Company, then a $5.5 billion operation. Three years earlier, the firm had done a leveraged buyout (LBO) … continue reading
1: Getting better at getting better is what RiseWithDrew is all about.
Monday through Thursday, we explore ideas from authors, thought leaders, and exemplary organizations. On Friday, I share something more personal or what we are doing at PCI in our quest to earn a spot on Fortune magazine’s 100 Best Companies to Work For.
The numbers aren’t good. In his book The Miracle Morning, Hal Elrod shares 95% … continue reading
1: How do we “develop a real plan for a better life?”
Trent Hamm tells us we start by selecting the areas of our lives on which we want to focus (step one), outline where we are currently (step two), where we want to be in five or ten years (step three), and brainstorm five to fifteen possible actions or projects that would move us from the current … continue reading
1: This week, we are exploring a goal-setting methodology from Trent Hamm called “Developing a Real Plan for a Better Life.”
Yesterday, we looked at step one: selecting the areas of our life we want to focus on.
Today, we turn to steps two, three, and four. We start by blocking off some quiet time to do the necessary work.
“While it’s great to give this process some off-the-cuff thoughts, … continue reading
1: That’s the opportunity.
How?
By setting powerful 2022 goals and then achieving those goals through a simple process designed to optimize follow-through.
Over the past four years, I’ve utilized a goal-setting methodology from Trent Hamm titled: “Developing a Real Plan for a Better Life.” Implementing Trent’s framework has resulted in:
*The decision to get married!
*Tremendous progress on a new business opportunity called the Oral History Project
*My starting … continue reading
“If you don’t know where you are going, you might not like were you end up,” David Bach tells us.
The calendar is getting ready to flip over. A new year is around the corner.
A chance to start again.
I’m a big, BIG believer in goal-setting. Why?
Setting thoughtful objectives for the coming year can transform your life.
Reason #1: As soon as we become clear on a goal, our … continue reading
1: Getting better at getting better is what RiseWithDrew is all about.
Monday through Thursday, we explore ideas from authors, thought leaders, and exemplary organizations. On Friday, I share something we are doing at PCI in our quest to earn a spot on Fortune magazine’s 100 Best Companies to Work For.
First “who,” then “what.” In Good to Great, Jim Collins tells us to prioritize getting the “right people on the … continue reading
After 15 years of speaking and more than 1,500 presentations, Dr. Daniel Friedland experienced something he had never experienced before.
Danny was in San Diego to kick off a 10-month engagement of monthly meetings with the senior leadership team of one of the city’s leading organizations. The introductory session was scheduled at the end of a workshop day with another speaker, he recalls in his book Leading Well from Within… continue reading
