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Positive Leadership: Winning

Positive Leadership: Winning

Positive Leadership: Joe Montana's Winning Wisdom

Joe Montana reckons his real secret was simply being able to remember that “football is just a stupid game” while at the same time never losing his almost pathological detestation of defeat.

“You have to believe that, when it comes down to it, there’s nobody better than you. And that if it comes to that one final pass, you have to make sure you’re that guy. And you have to relish it.”

Montana is self-effacing but press him on which quarterback he would want to throw a ball to save his life and you get the true gauge of his self-confidence. “I’d pick myself first!” he smiles.

Positive Leadership: Joe Montana's Winning Wisdom

Positive Leadership: Instant Success Takes Time

One of the more mundane differences between perpetual winners and long-term losers among businesses, sports teams, and other organisations is that the winners simply work harder. 

Winners are more likely to take the time to keep honing skills and testing ideas in preparation for change. That’s not too dramatic or glamorous, but it’s among the biggest differentiators. 

In contrast, teams or organisations headed for losing streaks lurch from tactic to tactic without any apparent long-term direction. They lack discipline, do not always rely on facts before chasing fads, and panic under pressure.

For more, see:   http://blogs.hbr.org/2008/11/instant-success-takes-time/

Positive Leadership: Instant Success Takes Time

Positive Leadership: What a Winning Business Culture Looks Like

• People enjoy the work they do and the people they work with.
• People take pride in the work they do and the company they work for.
• There are high levels of engagement, connection, camaraderie and a community of caring.
• There is a culture of fairness, respect, trust, inclusiveness and teamwork.
• The leaders walk the talk, live the values and communicate a clear vision and strategy for growth.
• Lots of open, honest, robust and transparent communication across the entire organisation.
• The company invests back in employees; there is a commitment to learning, coaching and development.
• There is a bias for action, employees have an ownership mentality and always strive to give their personal best.
• There is high accountability and a strong focus on delivering the desired results.
• There is ample recognition and rewards and mediocrity is not tolerated.

Positive Leadership: What a Winning Business Culture Looks Like

Positive Leadership: Belief

Positive Leadership: Belief

Positive Leadership: Congratulations Andy Murray!

Congratulations to Andy Murray - handling the weight of expectations of a whole nation - a true performance under pressure. Murray has shown that with dedication and great teamwork, allied to the resilience and learning which comes from past disappointments, any goal can be achieved. In defeat, Novak Djokovic demonstrated real sportsmanship and he is to be applauded for that. Hopefully, we Scots will not have to wait another 117 years for a Men's Singles champion at Wimbledon! 

Positive Leadership: Congratulations Andy Murray!

Positive Leadership: Confidence and Winning

Positive Leadership: Confidence and Winning

Congratulations to my Daughter, @sallywatsongolf, on Graduating from @Stanford Today!

Congratulations to my Daughter, @sallywatsongolf, on Graduating from @Stanford Today!

Positive Leadership: Fear

Positive Leadership: Fear

Positive Leadership: A Winning Mentality

As those who read this blog know, we have been interested in ‘winning’ for a long time and in particular, how the world’s top athletes and sports teams nurture and sustain the peak performance which is necessary in order to maintain their winnings streaks.

Sport has many lessons to teach us about how to be our best. It has it all. Highs and lows. Community, tenacity, commitment. Performing at your best under intense pressure. The crucial importance of taking action when the right moment strikes; and what to do in the face of failure.

So when we came across this article from blogger Geoffrey James on getting yourself in the mental state to win, we thought it was absolutely appropriate to our thinking.

Here are some takeaways from the article:

See the moments coming: Be prepared when it counts. Don’t run into the day blindly.

Adopt a winner’s physiology: How you look affects how you feel. Stand up tall. Look people in the eye.

Visualise the winning outcome: Lots of runners imagine themselves crossing the finish line. It helps them get from where they are to where they want to be.

Mentally rehearse what you’ll say and do: Now that you’ve seen yourself past the finish line, what are the steps you need to take to get there?

Disconnect from goals and results: Be in the moment.

Take action: Make things happen!

Positive Leadership: A Winning Mentality

Positive Leadership: How Bad Do You Want It?

Positive Leadership: How Bad Do You Want It?

Positive Leadership: The Importance of Failing

The anatomy of a successful champion–in any field–doesn’t consist of 100% ‘perfection.'

There has never been an individual who has eased his or her way through a bountiful life with any struggles at all. To truly become a winner, one needs to step out of a comfort zone–and experience what people consider ‘failure’ at some point.

At Positive Leadership we don’t see anything as a failure. If you gave your all in something and were able to learn, it becomes a valuable learning experience, not a failure.

With great effort and great enthusiasm, any individual has the ability to succeed in any field. Focus on the things you can control and stay true to a keen vision of where you see yourself. In doing that, you’ll never fail.

Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team. Walt Disney was fired for “lacking imagination.” Oprah Winfrey was said to be “not fit for television.”

Remember, if you’ve never ‘failed,’ you’ve never tried anything new.

What will you become?

 

Positive Leadership: The Importance of Failing

Positive Leadership: It's Possible

'PAIN IS TEMPORARY!

It may last for a minute, or an hour, or a day, or even a year. But eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit however, it will last forever. I dare you to take a little pain. I dare you. I dare you not to go home. Somebody said "I feel bad, I'm gonna go home." Go through it. You’re not going to die!

At the end of pain is success. You’re not going to die because you're feeling a little pain. I'm not eating like I eat at home. That's why you're going to go to the next level, because if you ate like you ate at home, you're going to remain a boy or a girl. It’s time to become men and women. But I'm exactly where I want to be because I got to commit my entire being to this thing. I got to breath it, sleep it, eat it.

Until you get there, you'll never be successful in life. But once you get there, I guarantee you the world is yours. So work hard and you can have whatever it is that you want.'

 

Positive Leadership: It's Possible

Positive Leadership: Inspiration

Positive Leadership: Inspiration

Positive #Leadership: Imagine

Positive #Leadership: Imagine

Positive Leadership: Success

Positive Leadership: Success

Positive Leadership: Never Give Up

Positive Leadership: Never Give Up

Positive Leadership: How Much Do You Want To Succeed?

Positive Leadership: How Much Do You Want To Succeed?

Positive Leadership: Getting Results

Positive Leadership: Getting Results