Mad Dog Leadership http://maddogleadership.com Passion, Vision, Focus Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:25:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 It takes baby steps to get to the top http://maddogleadership.com/31-days-to-a-better-leader/post-12-it-takes-baby-steps-to-get-to-the-top/ http://maddogleadership.com/31-days-to-a-better-leader/post-12-it-takes-baby-steps-to-get-to-the-top/#comments Fri, 02 Sep 2011 10:00:19 +0000 Larry http://maddogleadership.com/?p=401 To become a success you have to start with baby steps to build momentum.  The rock band Creed didn’t start out in 1993 and become a multi-platinum band overnight.  It took them many years to sell 38 million records by the early 2000′s.

To become a success you first must START (Post 11) and second you have to TAKE ACTION (baby steps).  What ever your dream is, if it is worth doing then start on it today. Get up a little early and take baby steps by working on your dream a little bit at a time.

]]> http://maddogleadership.com/31-days-to-a-better-leader/post-12-it-takes-baby-steps-to-get-to-the-top/feed/ 0 Getting Started – Minute with Maxwell http://maddogleadership.com/31-days-to-a-better-leader/post-11-getting-started-minute-with-maxwell/ http://maddogleadership.com/31-days-to-a-better-leader/post-11-getting-started-minute-with-maxwell/#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2011 10:00:22 +0000 Larry http://maddogleadership.com/?p=379 Post number 10 comes from John Maxwell he picked my words for minute with maxwell.  Yes I cheated…it is actually two words.

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]]> http://maddogleadership.com/31-days-to-a-better-leader/post-11-getting-started-minute-with-maxwell/feed/ 0 Rise Today http://maddogleadership.com/31-days-to-a-better-leader/post-10-rise-today/ http://maddogleadership.com/31-days-to-a-better-leader/post-10-rise-today/#comments Sat, 27 Aug 2011 11:41:40 +0000 Larry http://maddogleadership.com/?p=387 No matter what you are going through today maybe a divorce, a foreclosure or you are doing okay. You make choices today that affect tomorrow are you going to make the right choice to change your world for the good?

]]> http://maddogleadership.com/31-days-to-a-better-leader/post-10-rise-today/feed/ 0 How to state your Vision http://maddogleadership.com/leadership/post-9-how-to-state-your-vision/ http://maddogleadership.com/leadership/post-9-how-to-state-your-vision/#comments Mon, 31 Jan 2011 19:00:56 +0000 Larry http://maddogleadership.com/?p=334

Have you ever had a great idea for a project at work and pitched it fellow employees?  And they didn’t see the value in the idea?  For example, in your organization do you have a complex change management process in your accounting system?  To your team and yourself you know how to navigate this complex process because you deal with it every day.  To a new person this process could be burdensome and seem inefficient.

If you want to change this process you need to cast a convincing vision.

Define the problem you are solving

As Andy Stanley (Podcast Link)  mentions in his vision podcast below,   you need to define the problem you are solving with your vision.  The challenge in my example above– everyone is using a broken system and is used to dealing with it.  Your challenge is to communicate to your organization that that there is a better way and present a solution that eliminates your broken system.

What would go un-done if your organization did not exist?

you need to answer: “What is the problem your vision is going to solve?” Andy Stanley points this out in his books and podcasts. You need to find a solution to your problem and why your vision is important.  By stating in front of your congregation that you need more children program volunteers may make it hard for your congregation to “feel” the problem.  You need to state your vision in another way.  You can say, ‘We need more children program volunteers to increase the safety of the children in the program.’  This way people “feel” the problem with the word safety.

Remember to position your vision as a solution to a problem and you will be a long way to making your vision a reality.

Click this link to listen to Andy’s Pod Cast —>   Stating_Vision_Simply