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Meghan Calder

@CalderMeghan

Mother, wife and Catholic educator. Always looking to improve.

 Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
meghancalder.blogspot.ca
Joined October 2012
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The #2 Behavior Leaders Neglect - Leadership Freak

The #2 Behavior Leaders Neglect - Leadership Freak

I asked three of the best question-askers, “What helps leaders ask great questions?” The second most important behavior of leadership is asking questions. The first is being honest. Don’t worry if...

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Relationships with Discomforting People - Leadership Freak

Relationships with Discomforting People - Leadership Freak

Relationships take you places. Include discomforting people in your relationship circle. A kick in the pants is often more useful than a pat on the back (especially if you are already excelling). Ask...

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The Easiest Life Imaginable - Leadership Freak

The Easiest Life Imaginable - Leadership Freak

The easiest life imaginable is working at what comes naturally. You enrich life when you follow inclinations you were born with. But be warned, some innate inclinations harm us. Leadership is...

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How Leaders Inspire Boldness - Leadership Freak

How Leaders Inspire Boldness - Leadership Freak

Everyone squanders their potential when opportunities scare them. Boldness looks uncertainty in the eye. Confidence tries stuff and starts over after failure. Courage runs toward opportunity when...

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Value is a Journey of Two Steps - Leadership Freak

Value is a Journey of Two Steps - Leadership Freak

Traditional goals are trivial distractions. The more value you bring, the greater you become. Value is the positive impact you have on others. Don't focus on success. Focus on bringing value. The...

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Progressive Leaders Know the Answer to "How" is "Who" - Leadership Freak

It’s normal to ask, “How are we going to reach our goals?” Results don’t magically appear. They depend on people. Progressive leaders know the answer to “how” is “who”. Don't let conventional...

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How Gratitude Transforms Burden to Opportunity - Leadership Freak

How Gratitude Transforms Burden to Opportunity - Leadership Freak

Ingratitude reflects the person you don’t aspire to become. You’ll never be great and ungrateful at the same time. Gratitude changes you. Expressing gratitude shifts your thinking from burden to...

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Dos and Don'ts of Gratitude - Leadership Freak

Dos and Don'ts of Gratitude - Leadership Freak

I have never heard an employee complain their boss was too grateful. Although it is possible to show too much gratitude. This post explains three don'ts and three dos of expressing gratitude. A...

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3 Answers to Congealed Experience - Leadership Freak

Inexperience experiments. Congealed experience hinders progress.

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How Humble Leaders Overcome Limiters - Leadership Freak

How Humble Leaders Overcome Limiters - Leadership Freak

You aren’t a leader when you do it yourself. Humble leaders expand their leadership by including people. Excluding competent people limits opportunities. Know-it-alls think they’re always right....

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Performance Goals are Useful, but Learning Goals Transform - Leadership Freak

Performance Goals are Useful, but Learning Goals Transform - Leadership Freak

Performance goals are useful, but learning goals transform. Learning goals emphasize development. Performance goals target achievement. A leader told me he was learning a lot. I asked, “What are you...

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Do This to Multiply Positive Impact - Leadership Freak

Do This to Multiply Positive Impact - Leadership Freak

Measure the impact of your leadership by the energy you ignite in others. Skillful leaders multiply energy. Incompetent leaders exhaust people.  How is people's energy after spending time with you?

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The Path to Power for Servant Leaders - Leadership Freak

The Path to Power for Servant Leaders - Leadership Freak

You didn't wake up thinking, "I want other people to run my life." Healthy people want power to make decisions. Normal people want a voice. Dominance perverts a healthy urge for power. Servant...

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Believe in Others to Free Yourself - Leadership Freak

Believe in Others to Free Yourself - Leadership Freak

Competence gets in the way when you don't believe in others. People do it themselves because they think they can do it better. Do it with is better than do it yourself. One-person teams are a myth....

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How Leaders Fail Introverts and 3 Strategies That Lead to Success - Leadership Freak

Introverts thrive when you adapt to their strengths. I know better, but I screwed up a meeting with an introvert. Here are 10 ways leaders fail with introverts, but don't have to. I offer the 3 best...

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A New Understanding of Ferocious Humility - Leadership Freak

A New Understanding of Ferocious Humility - Leadership Freak

Pathetic synonyms for humility include shyness, reserve, and self-abasement. Humility isn't weakness. Humility is more than you think. The tough side of humility is tenacity. This post lists 5...

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21 Ways to Defeat Weakness and Grow Strong - Leadership Freak

21 Ways to Defeat Weakness and Grow Strong - Leadership Freak

Seneca said, “Our lack of confidence is not the result of difficulty. The difficulty comes from the lack of confidence.” Things we instinctively avoid - discomfort, failure, risk, and difficulty –...

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The 5 Habits of Highly Effective Servant Leaders - Leadership Freak

I Know some remarkable servant leaders. This post represents their passion. Average leaders deliver results. Servant leaders develop people who deliver results. People don’t rise to low standards....

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How to Inspire with Words - Leadership Freak

Where are the leaders who inspire us? Words born in the brain touch reason. Words conceived in the heart inspire. Leaders tend to overuse logic. You need logic to inform. You need heart to move...

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