Entrepreneurship Interview at RxEconsult

RxEconsult interviews Dr. Pelè about his Innovative Approach to Leadership and Behavioral Development: http://bit.ly/xe3oRE

Leadership, Like Love, is a Choice!

I hate to admit this, but one of my favorite romantic dramas of all time is ‘When Harry Met Sally’. (Okay, my REAL favorite movie is Braveheart!)

In ‘When Harry Met Sally’, Rob Reiner has this wonderful section where he interviews couples who have been married for many years, and they talk about how they first met, and how long they’ve lived together. Many of them describe the magical, serendipitous quality of their first meeting, but you can see in their body language how hard they must have worked over the years to keep their love healthy. It is absolutely a joy to watch, and it points to an interesting question: ‘is love a magical feeling, or is it a conscious choice we make over time?’

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The Power of Positive Affirmations

The Wrong Book?

I recently ordered a software-programming book from an online vendor to support some of the work we’re currently doing on our new website: www.behaviorpractice.com. The book I ordered was about the social application of PHP and MySQL, two of the most powerful open-source languages that currently drive most of today’s newer web-based applications. I was excited to receive this book so I could dive deeper into my software coding work, but nothing could have prepared me for what happened next. It turned out that the vendor mistakenly shipped me the wrong book. Instead of a software-programming book, I got a book about the power of positive affirmations. However, to my surprise, after thumbing through the pages of this new ‘wrong’ book, I quickly realized that it spoke directly and specifically about my website venture, albeit from a totally different point of view. It wasn’t a technology book, but it spoke loud and clear about something I believe is the single most important topic of business and life: Behavior Practice!

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We Need a ‘Behavior Execute’ Button!

Sometimes, the most absurd, difficult-to-explain, and self-contradictory things turn out to be true. How, for example, do you explain to someone that a person can fly? And yet, we know it to be true: over the past century, human beings have learned the science that powers flight, and have subsequently engineered mighty winged beasts that can lift off the ground as elegantly as any bird.

How did we achieve this marvelous feat? How did we as a human race go silently and steadily from (1) letting go of a ‘flight-is-impossible’ belief system, to (2) embracing its possibility, and then finally, (3) engineering flight into reality? The answer to these questions is the same answer that lies at the heart of our ability to become more productive, efficient, and successful in our lives and at work. The answer lies in the occurrence of a silent but powerful ‘paradigm shift’, which precedes every great human achievement.

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MoneyBall: How New Leadership Execution Rules Clash with the Old!

Have you seen the movie ‘MoneyBall’?

I thoroughly enjoyed watching it yesterday. Starring Brad Pitt, ‘MoneyBall’ beautifully lays out how focusing on current behavior and statistics—in lieu of reputation and past achievement—helped the Oakland A’s win 20 games in a row! According to IMDB, Moneyball is “The story of Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane’s successful attempt to put together a baseball club on a budget by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.” I couldn’t help but enjoy the similarity to the idea of using computer-generated analysis to help leaders succeed on a daily basis. Watch this movie to see how NEW leadership execution rules clashed with the old…and see what the results were!

Gamification Solves AIDS Puzzle: Why Not Leadership Execution?

Picture this:

A group of scientists worldwide have been working for years to solve a puzzle that could lead to a cure for AIDS. Next, picture a group of grandmothers, thirteen year-old boys and retired lay people who just got together over the internet for three weeks to play a computer game. Who do you think will solve the puzzle?

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Learning Leadership Execution: Are You a Leader or a Title?

The Parable:

John Doe was in a great mood. He had just called his wife Jane and invited her out to a celebration dinner. He had a lot to celebrate today because he had finally been promoted to a managerial position. He was now a leader!

Or so he thought.
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Vision Without Execution Is Hallucination

Many years ago, Thomas Edison said: “Vision without exception is hallucination.” Here’s an EXCELLENT discussion by Dr. Sam Bacharach on this topic, and on what really matters in leadership … Execution!

Maximizing Leadership Execution

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This Ebook covers the following four essential steps for maximizing leadership execution at your organization:

1. Measure, monitor, and manage leadership behavior
2. Reinforce, reward, and promote high-impact leadership habits
3. Shape and develop successful leaders at all levels of the organization
4. Promote and nurture a community of feedback and practice

7 Sports Characteristics For Leadership Execution

Leadership execution is about the daily behaviors that motivate employees to action. Sports is a great model for how leadership execution could be done better. Here is a list of 7 sports characterisics that could be great for leadership execution.

• Teams
• Measurable results
• Emphasis on Pinpointed Behaviors
• Emphasis on Practice for turning Behaviors into Habits
• Positive reinforcement from a community of peers, coaches, and fans.
• Immediate, Real-time Feedback
• Challenging Goals and Subgoals

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