The Myth of Producing Better Under Pressure
They are the heroes, the icons, the legends. They are the leaders in sports, science, and business who “rise to the occasion.” The ones who “do their best work under pressure.” People write books and...
View ArticleHow Your Birthday Can Make You A More Successful Leader
There are few things more challenging to a leader than having to lead your team through a major change. You hear all the usual whining from your team: “But we like it the way it is!” “It’s too hard!...
View ArticleStop Choking Under Pressure with this Simple Technique
Do you regularly find yourself in high-pressure situations? If you’re a leader (or a lion tamer), the answer is probably yes. And if that’s true, then it’s also true that you’re expected to produce...
View ArticleWhy Listening To Your Customers Will Make You Fail
It was during a focus group that I realized my customers were lying to me. I was working at a TV station in Portland, Oregon, and we were developing a new, nightly game show. Part of that development...
View ArticleWhy “Getting Away With It” Is the Danger Zone
I had that dream again last night. Maybe you’ve had it too. It’s the dream where you’ve got a final exam coming up, but you haven’t been to a single class all year. Have you had that one? For me, it’s...
View ArticleAre You Missing Out On Your Team’s Best Thinking?
There’s a very real chance that you’re not hearing your team’s best ideas. I wonder what that’s costing you. Many years ago, I was the president of a local non-profit association. Among my eight or so...
View ArticleThe Most Important Thing To Do When You Are Leading Under Pressure
What do you do when your plans are falling apart, the clock is ticking, and everyone is looking at you for decisions, answers, and leadership? Have you been there? That was my world, every week, for...
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How To Overcome The 5 Pressures Of Leadership
Leadership is not for wimps. #Leadership is not for wimps!Click To Tweet Wimps don’t like pressure, and leadership is all about pressure. When I was leading my TV team to over 100 Emmy Awards and 10...
View ArticleThe Most Important Thing To Focus On For Team Success
How do you measure success? Money? Fame? Applause? As a leader, how do your team members measure success? How do your #team members measure #success? #leadershipClick To Tweet It’s a deceptively...
View ArticleThe Myth of Producing Better Under Pressure
They are the heroes, the icons, the legends. They are the leaders in sports, science, and business who “rise to the occasion.” The ones who “do their best work under pressure.” People write books and...
View ArticleHow Your Birthday Can Make You A More Successful Leader
There are few things more challenging to a leader than having to lead your team through a major change. You hear all the usual whining from your team: “But we like it the way it is!” “It’s too hard!...
View ArticleStop Choking Under Pressure with this Simple Technique
Do you regularly find yourself in high-pressure situations? If you’re a leader (or a lion tamer), the answer is probably yes. And if that’s true, then it’s also true that you’re expected to produce...
View ArticleThe One Word That Will Eliminate Your Pressure
I used to work 100 hour weeks. I still do, on rare occasions. But back when I was first producing my weekly comedy TV show Almost Live!, they were routine. And most of those 100 hours, especially the...
View ArticleHow To Move From Pathetic Pretender To Powerful Producer
Producing great results consistently is hard. Producing great results consistently—and under pressure—is harder. It takes a great deal of confidence to pull it off successfully. But confidence, it...
View ArticleHow To Make People Hate You
This morning I flew from Seattle to Chicago for a speaking engagement. During the course of that trip, these three things happened: The 40-ish-year-old gentleman sitting behind me on the plane, while...
View ArticleWhy You’re A Fraud, And How To Stop It
You’re a fraud. That’s the bad news. You’re not very good at your job. Sure, you’ve been lucky so far. You’ve gotten away with it. You’ve managed to fool everyone around you. But sooner or later...
View ArticleHow To Be Better At Leading Change
70% of all change initiatives fail. That’s a pretty startling statistic. Especially when you consider how important change is. I mean, we all acknowledge this, right? There aren’t many organizations...
View ArticleIs Lack Of Preparation Adding To Your Pressure?
Twenty-seven minutes and fifty-five seconds. That’s the time I had to hit—exactly—every week for fifteen years. 27:55. Not a second more. Not a second less. 27:55. Welcome to the world of television...
View ArticleHow To Keep From Crashing When The Engine Stops
The single-engine Cessna 172 was about 1,500 feet above the Pacific Ocean when that engine stopped. I still don’t know why it stopped. All I know is that I was the pilot and the sole occupant of the...
View ArticleThis Simple Technique Can Reduce Your Pressure Immediately
What do you do when you’re under pressure? How can you be at your best when it matters most? If only there were something that could reduce that pressure—immediately. Well, I’ve got good news for you....
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