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JUNE 2008
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Welcome to the June edition of Peak Potential where we shed light on how the sacrifice syndrome – a condition that is all too familiar with many leaders and which can have harmful effects on your personal life and your impact as a leader at work. |
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| Giving Too Much |
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Leaders face unique stresses and challenges in their day-to-day work lives. The very nature of leadership involves so much giving on our part. Yet, overtime, as we spend so much time putting out other people’s bush fires and jumping from crises to crises, we become drained of the passion we once had for our work. This is magnified by living a role where every act you make is being evaluated by someone, be they staff, bosses or clients. Leaders become their own worst enemy because this constant giving of yourself without time for renewal is not only bad for you, it has a negative effect on your leadership of the staff around you. Are you: . |
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Executive Renewal |
Executive renewal offers a way for both individuals and organisations to enhance their leadership impact that goes beyond skill building. Great leaders move others to higher levels of performance by being a beacon of hope amidst the turbulent sea most organisations find themselves in today. Yet sustaining such leadership, or recapturing it when it is lost, requires periodic cycles of executive renewal. Renewal is far more than rest and relaxation. It is a way of recharging the batteries while staying grounded and optimistic. |
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| BOOK REVIEW |
| Goals by Brian Tracy |
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According to the author of Goals, Brian Tracy, successful people have one thing in common. They are constantly thinking about what they want in life and how to go about getting it. |
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