by Kendra Kinnison | Jun 7, 2015 | Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Peak Performance
“Leadership” is a verb. It is a mindset, a choice to accept responsibility, empower others, and make a difference. It is available to any of us, regardless of our age, education level, title, or any other characteristic. Once we choose leadership, we must...
by Kendra Kinnison | Mar 10, 2015 | Leadership, Peak Performance
“Does everyone have a To Do list?,” asked Jim Collins at the Inc. 500 conference in September 2008. We all raised our hands. “How many people in this room have a Stop Doing list?” Not so many. Asked what he was planning to stop doing next, he...
by Kendra Kinnison | Feb 17, 2015 | Leadership
bikeshed + -ing. 1. Futile investment of time and energy in marginal technical issues. 2. Procrastination. The term was coined as a metaphor to illuminate Parkinson’s Law of Triviality. Parkinson observed that a committee whose job is to approve plans for a nuclear...
by Kendra Kinnison | Feb 10, 2015 | Leadership, Peak Performance
Just as books start with dedications, I first want to acknowledge the folks that inspired this article. David Allen’s ground-breaking system for Getting Things Done (GTD) revolutionized my personal organization more than a decade ago. Taylor Pearson is quickly...
by Kendra Kinnison | Feb 3, 2015 | Leadership, Peak Performance
Leadership is hard. Perhaps inherently so. When the mission is to empower others to cause change, there’s bound to be lots of challenges. CNN says being CEO should come with a health warning. One legendary CEO even called it “the torture.” I think...
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