Monthly Archives: June 2017

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29 Leadership Lessons And Quotes From Cars 3

A Reel Leadership Article

Let’s be honest. Walt Disney Picture’s and Pixar’s Cars 2 was a disappoint. Cars 2 strayed far from what made the original Cars movie great. Thankfully, Cars 3 veers back on track.

Cars 3 tells the story of Lightning McQueen and his new competitor Jackson Storm (which is a great name. My nephew’s name is Jackson.). Jackson Storm is a rookie race car blazing the course. He’s leaving the old competitors in the dust. That means Lightning McQueen isn’t the fastest anymore.

leadership lessons from cars 3

Cars 3 is an entertaining tale. The movie brings back the feel of the original and sets us up for a continuation of the story. And, as usual, I’m here to bring you leadership lessons from Cars 3. Be ready, there’s plenty.

Caution: Cars 3 spoilers below.

 

Leadership Lessons And Quotes From Cars 3

1. Lightning McQueen:

Did I used to say that?  Read more...

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How To Get Rid Of The Bad Apples

One Bad Apple Can Spoil The Whole Bunch

The energy vampires. The whiners and complainers. And the ones who bring down those around them.

These are the bad apples. The ones who are hurting your organization.

It can be hard to get rid of the bad apples, but you must.

You’ve probably heard the old saying “One bad apple can spoil the whole bunch” and not thought much of the saying. It’s cliche and played out. Or so you think.

This saying is also true. When rotten apples begin to decay, these rotting apples emit a gas. This gas can cause the apples touching this apple to rot as well.

Get Rid Of Your Bad Apples

The people we surround ourselves with are like the apples mentioned in the cliched saying. They will impact you negatively or positively.

When your friends or coworkers are emitting toxic words, you’re absorbing their toxic attitudes.  Read more...

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The Struggles Of Being A Remote Leader With Yengyee Lor

The Answers From Leadership Podcast #40

Virtual or remote leadership is becoming more common. You have the ability to lead teams outside of the office. But what do you do to help keep the team connected and working together?

Yengyee Lor knows these struggles. She’s an expert in helping remote leaders lead effectively.

Listen in to today’s Answers From Leadership podcast to learn the struggles of being a remote leader and how to deal with these trials.

Yengyee Lor shares how to lead remotely

Listen To The Answers From Leadership Podcast

Show Notes

What else would you like listeners to know about you?

For today’s purposes, we’re talking about virtual leaders. So, I’m going to focus on leaders in the virtual world.

How would you define leadership? Whether virtual or physical leadership?

I would define leadership as qualities or skills of a leader that is able to empower others to lead their best selfs.  Read more...

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21 Leadership Lessons And Quotes From Tom Cruise’s The Mummy Reboot

A Reel Leadership Article

Tom Cruise took over the reigns as the leading character in the new The Mummy movie. Universal Studios is rebooting multiple monster movie franchises to create a Dark Universe. The Dark Universe is expected to include Frankenstein, The Wolf Man, The Bride Of Frankenstein, Dracula, Creature Of The Black Lagoon, and The Invisible Man.  We’ll get to more of the Dark Universe later. For now, I’ll focus on The Mummy.

Leadership lessons and quotes from Tom Cruise's The Mummy

The Mummy revolves around Tom Cruise’s Nick Morton, a military man who is also stealing artifacts from various archaeological sites. Everything goes sideways after he and his partner Jake Johnson’s Chris Vail stumble upon insurgents destroying ancient artifacts. Vail has to call in an airstrike which uncovers the hidden burial site of an ancient evil, Ahmanet.

Ahmanet killed her father, his wife, and their newborn son to prevent her brother from taking over the throne. She was thirsty for power and would do anything to retain the power she believed was her right.  Read more...

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How To Become An Innovative Leader

Business organizations are looking for the next breakthrough. As a leader, they’re looking to you to be an innovative leader.

The big question is: How do I become an innovative leader?

That’s what we’re going to look at today. We’re going to see where innovation comes from and how you can use innovation in your leadership.

Innovative leadership is great leadership

What Is Innovation?

At its core, innovation is a new method, idea, product, etc. Innovation is bringing something new to the table.

This means you’ve got to be thinking of new ways to do things. How can you look at the current methods of work and take a better approach to getting things done?

Now, innovative leadership doesn’t mean you have to think outside of the box. Innovative leadership means you’re always looking for ways to improve.  Read more...