Personal Leadership Insight

Personal Leadership Insight

This blog has been written since 2007 by Rhett Laubach, professional speaker, leadership expert, owner of YourNextSpeaker, LLC and Co-Founder of PLI, Inc. Ryan Underwood, CEO of TRI Leadership, LLC and Co-Founder of PLI, Inc., is a contributing author. The purpose of this writing is to help you develop leadership and life skills.

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6.28.2008

Skill Assessment: Doers, Throughers and Spewers

In my extensive time spent around leaders and teaching leadership, I have noticed there are three distinct types of people in this world - D...

6.18.2008

Skill Assessment: The Benefit of Getting Leadership Training at a Young Age

Leadership training at a young age, especially in the formidable teen years, is life-changing for many of the students we work with. The re...

6.15.2008

Integrity: The Thank You Note Investment

We do an exercise in our leadership trainings where the students write a thank you letter to someone who is very important in their life. Th...

6.12.2008

Emotional Maturity: My 10List - Ten Reasons Why I Love My Job

Emotional Maturity: My 10List - Ten Reasons Why I Love My Job In no particular order, here are ten reasons why I love r...

6.11.2008

Fostering Relationships: How People Respond to Success

The menu of responses from others to your success: Encouragement... if I am proud Inspiration... if I am impressed Jealousy... if I am envio...

6.09.2008

Masterful Communication: Filtering and Indexing

Fifty years ago, access to information was king. It was mostly kept in universities and libraries. Ten years ago, the information itself wa...

6.06.2008

Goal Processing: Success Test

Base your success as a leader on the health of your relationships first. Everything else should fight for second based on where you are in l...

5.30.2008

On Tour: Oklahoma City

I will be traveling and speaking solid from May 16 to May 30. During this period my posts will be about what I'm learning, what I'm ...

5.28.2008

On Tour: Alva, OK

I will be traveling and speaking solid from May 16 to May 30. During this period my posts will be about what I'm learning, what I'...

5.23.2008

On Tour - Air Travel "Opportunities"

I will be traveling and speaking solid from May 16 to May 30. During this period my posts will be about what I'm learning, what I'...

5.21.2008

On Tour: May 20 - Rutgers University

I will be traveling and speaking solid from May 16 to May 30. During this period my posts will be about what I'm learning, what I'm ...

5.20.2008

May 19 - Camp Cascade, OR

I will be traveling and speaking solid from May 16 to May 30. During this period my posts will be about what I'm learning, what I'...

5.18.2008

On Tour: May 18 - Pullman, WA to Camp Cascade, OR

I will be traveling and speaking solid from May 16 to May 30. During this period my posts will be about what I'm learning, what I'm ...

5.17.2008

On Tour: May 17 - Pullman, WA

I will be traveling and speaking solid from May 16 to May 30. During this period my posts will be about what I'm learning, what I'm ...

5.16.2008

On Tour: May 16 - OKC to Pullman, Washington

I will be traveling and speaking solid from May 16 to May 30. During this period my posts will be about what I'm learning, what I'm ...

5.14.2008

Goal Processing: Managing Your Time

What is your task efficiency rate? We have always maintained that we are able to accomplish more than most because we get more done during t...

5.11.2008

Goal Processing: Map 'Em

"Its hard to tell just where you're at, when you're looking for something that ain't on a map." Keith Anderson, Countr...

5.09.2008

Fostering Relationships: Hey Leader! Who Are You Following?

It never fails. Every time I pull up to a stop light a little closer than the car beside me, they pull up a little. They were totally cont...

5.01.2008

Goal Processing: The Fallacy of the New Year's Resolution

It is May 1. 122 days into 2008. Question: How are you doing on your new year's resolutions? If you are like most people, probably lousy...

4.28.2008

Masterful Communication: Dance With the One That Brought Ya'

The next time you give a presentation, remember to dance with the one that brought ya'. Look for those handful of audience members who a...

4.25.2008

Masterful Communication: The Official 7 Authenticity Rules

If you are a reader of this blog, but haven't been to the Authenticity Rules blog (my presentation skills blog), the following PDF file ...

4.23.2008

The PowerPoint Show

The images I use for my leadership PowerPoint show can be viewed and downloaded here... http://www.flickr.com/photos/23898824@N08/sets/72157...

4.17.2008

Skill Assessment: Scaling the Elevator

I had a great meeting yesterday with Steven Menzel, Director of the International Association of Character Cities for Character First , a ch...

4.10.2008

Fostering Relationships: 10 Ways to Weaken Communication

The following 10 actions weaken our ability to communicate openly and honestly with each other - particularly in a work and/or team environm...

4.07.2008

Goal Processing: Don't Believe the No U-Turn Signs

Most people you know are conditioned to follow the "No U-Turns" signs in their leadership life because they don't understand ...

3.27.2008

Integrity: Don't Serve It

Great line from the bottom of Seth Godin's post today... In my favorite hotel's kitchen, there's a big sign on the way out to t...

3.18.2008

Vision: How to Inspire Your Performance

Any high performer, whether in the leadership world or not, knows they reach a point where they have to make a commitment move to inspire th...

3.13.2008

Masterful Communication: Listen in on Listening

Today, Thursday March 13, at 1 pm Central Time, you will have the opportunity to learn more about my previous post on Listening Like a Leade...

3.09.2008

Masterful Communication: Listening Like a Leader

We can run through all the basics of listening, but I suspect you have heard them all before... Maintain eye contact Lean forward Mirror the...

3.05.2008

Skill Assessment: Attention Ladies - Sharpen Your Communication Skills

Click over to my speaking skills blog for a link to a phenomenal communication skills book for women.

3.04.2008

Vision: Three Giant Jumps Every Great Student Leader Takes

Everyone knows great student leaders live life differently than the average Joe. However, not everyone knows how they do it. The three giant...

2.28.2008

Service-Minded: 33 Ideas for Being a Positive Influence

Following is a list of actual actions a population of students do on a regular basis to be a positive influence on the world around them. Th...

2.24.2008

Skill Assessment: The Five Seeds at the Core of DECA Chapter Engagement

This is a special post for the DECA organization . DECA is a student organization for students in high school interested in pursuing careers...

2.18.2008

Fostering Relationships: Three Ideas for Bringing the Best Out of Others

As you read this post, you might wonder, "why the forks in the pictures?" People are like forks. They can be used for good or bad ...

2.11.2008

Emotional Maturity: What Do We Really Have To Complain About?

2.06.2008

Skill Assessment: Personality and Presentations

A few weeks ago I did a post on my Authenticity Rules blog about how your personality impacts your presentations. If you lead workshops, tr...

1.31.2008

Integrity: Inspect What You Expect

Leaders check-in on what they expect to improve. Not for keeping score or ego-boost purposes, but because improvement is at the core of what...

1.23.2008

Emotional Maturity: Do You Set the Mood or Does the Mood Set You?

Effective leaders understand the difference between being like a thermometer and a thermostat. A thermometer goes with the flow. If things a...

1.16.2008

Masterful Communication: The Improved Elevator Speech - OTIS Style

In the 1800's Elisha Graves Otis invented a safety device that prevented elevators from falling if the hoisting cable broke. Today Otis ...

1.10.2008

Wise Judgment: How a Millionaire Makes Decisions

A man walked into a bank in New York City and asked for the loan officer. He told the loan officer that he was going to the Philippines on b...

1.07.2008

Masterful Communication: Seth Godin Tip

For your next presentation... Put up a slide with a simple, but powerful visual (no text). Create an "I want to know what that means...

1.02.2008

Masterful Communication: Authenticity Rules Blog

My presentation coaching blog has a new home and a new focus. I have blogged for a year at http://speak.terapad.com and produced 50 posts ...

12.31.2007

Goal Processing: Og Words of Wisdom (Part 3 of 3)

Our final set of thoughts from Og Mandino as you work on your 2008 resolutions and goals... Og Mandino Quotes (Part 3) 201. This day is ...

12.28.2007

Goal Processing: Og's Words of Wisdom (Part 2 of 3)

Just a few more thoughts from Og Mandino as you work on your 2008 resolutions and goals... Og Mandino Quotes (Part 2) 101. I will wor...

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