Leadership

Be a Better Negotiator With This One Skill

July 27, 2017 by sycreed

Would you like to be a better negotiator? A better sales person? Less intimidated by the fear of being rejected or humiliated? Then watch this video to learn the one skill you can practice that will help you with all of these situations!

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Stand in the Face of Fear

July 6, 2017 by sycreed

Fear can stop us in our tracks, sap our confidence, and create unreasonable doubt within us. Many people say that the word “fear” stands for “False Evidence Appearing Real,” which is what makes is so difficult to combat. Watch the video below to learn a simple technique that will help you overcome fear quickly so that you don’t miss out on important opportunities.

To learn ALL 20 of the Little Voice Mastery Techniques that will help you manage your most challenging situations, visit: www.littlevoicemasterytechniques.com.

Secret Tip of Awareness for Being a Great Leader

July 3, 2017 by sycreed

As a leader, you spend a lot of your time focused on bringing out the brilliance of those you are working with and helping them become the best versions of themselves. It’s easier to do this when everything is rosy and everyone is riding high on great results, lots of wins and repeated successes. However, let’s face it, a lot of the most critical learning happens when things are not going right and they start going (or worse, have completely gone) off the rails. To be able to take the learning from these moments and rectify the situation as quickly as possible requires a level, objective approach. One thing I know for sure…

Freaking out and blowing up will typically make things significantly worse and rapidly unravel much of the progress you have made with your team.

This means, as a leader, the moment things are falling apart around you, you have to avoid letting your upset (whether it be anger, fear, irritation, disappointment, etc.) hijack your brain and take over running the show.

Anyone who has spent any time with me knows the saying, “When emotions are high, intelligence is low”. As a leader, you don’t want a flare of emotion to undo all the good you have achieved up to that point, so mastering your ability to control your emotions during the challenging times is ESSENTIAL.

Watch the short video below to get my secret tip that will help you navigate your next highly-charged emotional upset so you can help your team through the challenge and remain a great leader.

Learn more about managing your emotions with my 20 Little Voice Mastery techniques available here.

How to Learn Faster and Remember Better

November 4, 2016 by sycreed

In my courses, I use specific methodologies designed to help participants learn the content faster, gain a deeper understanding of what is being taught, and remember everything better. This way, they can make the most of their experiences while with me and later when applying what they learned in their personal and professional lives. This video touches upon just a few of the things happening in the room to facilitate this process.

The Gift of Mr. Lee Kuan Yew

March 27, 2015 by sycreed

On Sunday March 29, 2015, Singapore and the world will pay their respects to Lee Kuan Yew who passed away at the age of 91 this week. While he is now physically gone, his spirit and legacy will endure for generations to come.

He was the founding father of Singapore and responsible for taking a small city with no natural resources and lots of instability all around, and creating the second wealthiest economy in the world.

As an American, I have traveled to and worked extensively in Singapore over the last 20 years. I have worked with tens of thousands of amazing people and companies there. As a student and teacher of leadership, team and cultural development, I found him to be a model of vision, commitment, and passion. Controversial and determined, but a strong leader nonetheless.

Charged originally with the task of unifying and holding Malaysia together, he failed. Yet as any great leader, he used his setback to springboard ahead with a bigger game which was to create a new country Singapore.

Many criticized him for his heavy hand and for his restrictive domestic policies. But through it, he created an economic miracle. Why was he so successful?

He faced a complete mixed bag of multiple religions, nationalities, and cultures, each group with their own rituals, habits, strong views, etc. Views that in fact in neighboring countries caused major upset, conflict and strife. His vision was a Singapore were ALL people of ALL cultures would work together for the betterment of one society.

In all of his dealings, there was never one ethnic or religious group that was shown extra favor or slighted. Malay, Chinese, Indian, Buddhist, Christian, Islamic were all treated equally. This was a tremendously difficult task but one that made Singapore great. Tough laws, tough rules, tough consequences led to a standard of living for ALL Singaporeans that resulted in one of the safest, cleanest, best educated, wealthiest, most productive, tolerant, corruption-free and peaceful countries in the world.

His success… it was never at the expense of any group. He was a tough guy, but with a heart bigger than the city itself with an unwavering belief in the resiliency and strength of the human spirit. He never doubted that this rag-tag city-state on a marshy island could be transformed into a crown jewel based upon no other resource than that of its small population.

While I never met him personally, I felt that I knew him well. Whether I agreed with all of his politics was not the issue. I admired his vision, strength, commitment and ability to honestly move an entire team together for a cause that benefited them all without blame, excuses or favorites. He has repeatedly made me a better leader, teacher and citizen of the world.

His legacy lives on in the spectacular buildings, cultural centers and businesses that rise from the sea.

I feel however, his legacy is best described by an excerpt from one of his famous National Day speech in 1989. He was talking about the subject of emigration of Singaporean citizens. In the speech he recalls his conversation with a young Singaporean whom he interviewed on the subject.

I will read you an abstract from one of them, but let me tell you that this KIND of Singaporean is going to make Singapore succeed. First he said to me, Please make sure that the government says it does care about keeping Singaporeans here. The recruitment of foreign talent is an on-going exercise to propel the country to greater heights. But it is not a solution to the problem of emigration. A different one all together to him.

Explain to Singaporeans that the new-comers are not getting a free ride on what Singapore citizens have built up all these years. That’s him…he served his national service, two and a half years. Yes, he was a scholar abroad in Cambridge… but he points out, Singapore is not a hotel where people come and go! Then he says, All reasons given by the ministers for staying, are materialistic, rational calculations. That might be a realistic reflection of the situation

But speaking for myself, the single most important reason, is that Singapore is MY place! It is something that I call mine! Never mind the many constraints.

I never expected this quiet very prosaic, scholarly type with glasses had PASSION. But to build a country, you need passion. If you just do your sums: plus – minuses, credit – debit you are a washout. When we fought in 1962-63 against the Communists. When we went through hell in 1963 to 65, many people thought we were crazy.

We could lead peaceful, quiet lives. Why were we doing this? It was an act of CONVICTION! This is my country! This is my life! This is my people! You will trample over us over our dead bodies! We dug our toes in we built a nation.

Yes, Mr. Lee, you built a nation, but you also taught us all the power of the human spirit of what a group of committed people from all races, colors and religions can create for themselves and their generations to come with inspired honest leadership.

Thank you for your gift of believing in us all.

Leadership at New Heights!

July 16, 2014 by sycreed

On July 3, 2013 at 11:43AM, I experienced a level of achievement, exhilaration and humility that changed my life. It was the moment that my son and I touched the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro. In that rarefied atmosphere so far above the rest of humanity, I felt that I had stepped into Gods living room.

I have decided to go back in 2014 to climb Kili again. This time, I am taking a group of friends and business associates with me who want to experience this amazing journey. people who share the desire to experience the best of themselves and that have the ability and desire to translate that experience into all areas of their businesses, families and lives. I am calling this adventure the Mountain Leadership Experience.

The plan is to turn the trek into a true learning experience in which we climb, we learn, we share, we debrief and together we uncover the leadership secrets and art of 100% presence, alignment and achievement that can only be experienced at 19,341 feet.

When I climbed Kili in 2013, it was a moment of great achievement. However, it was much more than that. It was one of the only times in my life when I truly felt that my body, my mind, my emotions, the mountain and my spirit were all intimately connected in the same instant. In short, it was AMAZING! From the moment we started the climb, I had never been so present for such an extended period of time in my life. It was bliss in a strange but powerful way.

There were so many lessons learned in the months and days leading up to the climb and so many more on the climb itself. Lessons about being a father, leadership, team, personal strength, connection to the planet, contribution and the majesty of nature were just a few of the things that I learned and that this team will experience.

The Mountain Leadership Experience is about achievement and contribution. Part of the trip is working for 2 days in Moshi Tanzania at a school for the blind, albinos and orphans. There, myself and our team will be supporting young children who have much bigger mountains to climb to simply stay alive. The fees for this trip include a generous contribution to the school. In addition, two of our participants, Ben Eastman and Randy Zimnoch, put together a campaign called Raise the Roof to get even more funding for the Mwereni school. That campaign has already raised over $6,000. If you wish to help make a difference in the lives of these children, donations can be made through July 31^stat: www.raisetheroof2014.com. Our money and our time will give them education, healthcare and support to have a chance in the world.

The experience at the school is life-changing. Helping them to help themselves, seeing the amazing gratitude on the faces of children who have almost nothing, gives you a deeper appreciation of what you can do to make a difference.

Each day of the trip at each camp, I will debrief, learn, share and discuss leadership mastery secrets that will show participants how to take any team to heights they never dreamed of. There will be countless stories to tell, stomach splitting laughter and connections that will live with them forever. Breakthroughs will become daily, if not hourly, experiences.

It will also probably be the most challenging thing they have taken on in their lives.physically and mentally. However, with our guides from K2, they will be in the best hands on the mountain. K2s leadership and expertise is part of the learning process.

Kevin Cherilla (our lead guide) says that Kili always has a special test and lesson for each person that takes her on. They will find strength, grit and character that they never knew they had.

They will experience the intimacy and power of a real team in one of the most amazing contexts and environments they can ever imagine.

No matter what they encounter going forward, their experience on Kili will give them the strength, conviction and power that no one around them will have.

We will be videotaping this entire experience. I look forward to sharing with you some of the outstanding lessons that are sure to be had on this journey. In the interim, please check out the video to see how K2 and all the contributors have made a real difference: http://youtu.be/ZhYcIA7QzA0.

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