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Leadership Success Tips 5 of 10
RJ Ritchie
Jul 14, 8:15 PM
Leadership Success Tips
© Copyright 2009 by RJ Ritchie All Rights Reserved
5) Successful Leaders take time for their team and for those they love
Successful Leaders take time to care for their team and those they love by checking in as much as possible,
sending notes, making calls, grabbing a cup of coffee together, or taking the time to make memories together by
going out on the town, taking a trip, volunteering on a cool project, or seeing a comedian to laugh together. This will
show those you care about you care. I once saw a poster that said “You show how much you care by the way you
listen”. A good leader takes time to listen to your team and even more so to those you care about. Do little things
like going by each office and saying “good morning, I appreciate your contribution to the team.” Perhaps a pat on the
back or a high five will go a long way in your team feeling included and valued. Take time while you drive to go down
the list of those closest to you and call them to check in and encourage them. Tell them you where thinking of them
and acknowledge a positive outcome of something they did.
Read more…
How You Get There is Another Question - Practical Lesson for Motivational Leaders
RJ Ritchie
Jul 4, 12:12 AM
By RJ Ritchie
© Copyright 2009 by RJ Ritchie All Rights Reserved
Several years ago I had chosen to move to Southern California for a season. I had some course work I wanted to
complete and as a result had lined up a place to live and a job that would sustain me during the time there. My goal
of going south took a lot of planning and preparation. I had a long term goal that required many incremental steps
that needed to be implemented in order to achieve my desired result of completing my course work. Things came
together as planned and I was now at the point of putting my plan into action. This is where things went wrong. I can
remember the day I left as if it happened yesterday.
I was heading down Highway 101 from San Francisco to New Port Beach in Southern California. I left the Bay Area
early in order to beat the traffic so I could get there quicker and since it was the end of summer I wanted to escape
the heat to make my drive more comfortable. In order to do accomplish that goal I took off about 2:00 in the morning
while it was still dark. I had plenty of coffee with me and my radio loud enough to keep me going and I was feeling
pretty good. It was a quiet drive and peaceful with no traffic to speak of and since it was dark the temperature was
great. I had made this trip many times before. One time I traveled down to go to Disneyland, once to go to Mexico,
and several times to visit friends. This time was a little different because in the past I had gone with some friends
and we always traveled during the day. As I drove I recall thinking about my future and the goals I wanted to
accomplish over the next several years. I pondered these dreams and they felt pretty good and I could see my life
laid out in front of me. This was a new season ahead of me, new friends I could meet, new things to learn, and new
adventures to explore.
It was at that point as I was driving that I heard someone honking the horn. I didn’t recall that there was anyone on
the road next to me but I guess I was wrong. I was thinking to myself, what’s that guy honking at? I had come to
realize that there were actually several cars honking horns and as I turned to my left to see what was going on I saw
three or four cars franticly honking. I didn’t understand why until I looked forward ahead of me. I quickly realized what
the problem was. The first thing was that for some reason it went from dark out side to really bright and sunny and
second, I was the reason for the honking. I looked ahead and within a very short distance there was an overpass
wall getting closer and closer to the front of my vehicle. At his point everything went into slow motion. The people
honking and pointing out the window, the sound of the crunching ice plant that I was driving on, I even had time to
noticed I was driving on the side of a hill with my U-hall trailer full of all my stuff slanting off to my left so much so I
could read the phone number on the side panel of the trailer in my rear view mirror. I was seconds away from a
huge disaster.
I had a similar thing happen to me when I was the leader of a large group of people. Within the group I developed a
core leadership team that would help me in leading this group. I met regularly with this team and we would plan
and set goals and implement them on a weekly basis. One time I had this great vision of how I wanted to
implement one of our goals. I had a plan laid out and goals to accomplish and was putting the action steps in
motion. I worked really hard and gave it all my attention because I was so excited to accomplish this goal. As I was
moving forward putting the plans into action some of my team members took me to lunch and told me to wake up
because they could clearly see that the way I was implementing these plans would cause me to crash and burn.
I remembered my road trip to southern Cal and recalled what I did at that crucial moment with seconds to spare.
Even though everything was in slow motion as quickly as I could I turned my vehicle to the left down the hill back to
the highway just missing the overpass by inches. Immediately I pulled off the road and into a rest stop to gather my
thoughts and regroup. Apparently I had falling asleep at wheel long enough to go from night to day and to travel up
the embankment to the right of the road. I have no idea how long I was out for. Regardless, thank goodness I heard
the horns and had enough time to course correct. After about a two hour nap I was able to get back on the road but
this time I took it a little bit slower and took more time to stop and rest and check that everything was good before
heading back out on the road. I eventually made it safe and did accomplish my original goal I had set out to do.
I learned a few things from that trip. First, I never traveled alone in the middle of the night again. Second, what you
might think is a good plan may still be a good plan but how you get there may need some course correction. And
third, when at all possible, fly.
Well just As I did many years before on the road, I needed to do the same thing in regards to how I was
implementing my goals which would not only affect me but my team and our large group as well. As a result I had to
course correct immediately and take time to stop, gather my thoughts, and regroup. I had to rethink how I was
getting to where I wanted to go. I also learned to ask myself “What can I delegate to my team?” By delegating some
of the responsibility to my team I don’t drive solo any more and as a team we are able to work together to
accomplish a lot more in a shorter amount of time which allows us to accomplish our goals much quicker. I notice
that time fly’s by when a lot of people work together to accomplish a goal.
“It is more important to know where you are going than to get there quickly. Do not mistake activity for achievement.”
Mabel Newcomber
“Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going too fast - you also miss the sense of where
you are going and why.” Eddie Cantor (1892 - 1964)
Read more…
Leadership Success Tips 1 of 10
RJ Ritchie
Jul 1, 8:22 PM
Leadership Success Tips
© Copyright 2009 by RJ Ritchie All Rights Reserved
1) Successful Leaders are always learning
Grow or die. Successful Leaders know the importance of consistent personal leadership development. The key is
daily discipline of acquiring leadership knowledge and consistently sharpening leadership skills. Congratulations if
you are already developing your leadership skills and leadership knowledge on a daily basis. Perhaps you are just
starting your pursuit of leadership development, If so than congratulation to you too. Here are some ideas you can
use to start your daily discipline of leadership development. You can read a couple of pages of a good leadership
book before you go to sleep at night or first thing in the morning. You can listen to Leadership material via books on
CD’s or on your mp3 while you drive or perhaps during your lunch break. You could watch a DVD on the subject or
attend a leadership training seminar. Once you start you will notice the difference immediately by the way you lead
and by noticing the way others lead. It is important to remember that Leaders never “arrive” rather they are always
learning.
Read more…
Why we do what we do, and how we can do it better with Al Gore in the Room: Rated PG 13
RJ Ritchie
Jul 1, 7:12 PM
Read more…
Communication
RJ Ritchie
Jun 24, 5:36 PM
Communication – To Hear or Not to Hear…
© copyright 2009 by RJ Ritchie all rights reserved.
“Communication is not received when making someone listen. Communication is only received when someone is
willing to hear. The key is communicating in a way that your team will hear you. It’s been my experience that hearing
first is reciprocal.” - RJ Ritchie
During my college years I had the same room for my Psychology classes. On a wall in front was a poster that read
"You show how much you care by the way you listen." I found that to be true. I can recall many times having lunch
with a member of my team where I chose to listen and was thanked for the best lunch ever. I didn't say a thing. I
maybe asked a couple of questions but that was it. I learned a lot about the importance of listening which was
returned to me when I had something important that I needed my team to hear and in those cases they really heard.
I am reminded about the saying that we were made with one mouth and two ears. Perhaps so we can listen twice
as much as we speak. I also learned the importance of a one hour lunch. I learned more about an individual on my
team in one hour than in a years worth of planned meetings or projects that where focused on work. I can recall a
lunch I had while I was part of a team and my team leader took me to lunch with the goal of getting to know me
better. That’s how it was billed. What it turned out to be was this leader listening to the people behind him the whole
meal. Now it’s possible that I was boring him to death or he really didn’t care one bit about getting to know me. I
tried something to see if it was me or him. So I threw in a couple of funny sentences like “so I then walked into the
bank told the teller to hand over all the money and walked out, and that’s how I bought my first car.” His response
was to nod and murmur as if to agree like he really heard me. Unfortunately, I found out that was his usual mode of
operation. As a result he had lost a lot of respect by his team and when it came time for us to listen to him, well, we
reciprocated.
Read more…
Motivational Reminder For Leaders
RJ Ritchie
Jun 7, 10:41 AM
Posted by RJ Ritchie @ www.rjritchie.net
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Things They Don't Teach in School
RJ Ritchie
Jun 7, 10:37 AM
Posted by RJ Ritchie @ www.rjritchie.net
Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about 11 things they did not and will not learn in school. He talks
about how feel-good, politically correct teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and how
this concept set them up for failure in the real world.
Rule 1: Life is not fair - get used to it!
Rule 2: The world doesn't care about your
self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.
Rule 3: You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice-president with a car phone
until you earn both.
Rule 4: If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.
Rule 5: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping: they
called it opportunity.
Rule 6: If you mess up,it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.
Rule 7: Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your
bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the
rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.
Rule 8: Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have
abolished failing grades and they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear
the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.
Rule 9: Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in
helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do that on your own time.
Rule 10: Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.
Rule 11: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.
Read more…
RJ Ritchie
Jul 14, 8:15 PM
Leadership Success Tips
© Copyright 2009 by RJ Ritchie All Rights Reserved
5) Successful Leaders take time for their team and for those they love
Successful Leaders take time to care for their team and those they love by checking in as much as possible,
sending notes, making calls, grabbing a cup of coffee together, or taking the time to make memories together by
going out on the town, taking a trip, volunteering on a cool project, or seeing a comedian to laugh together. This will
show those you care about you care. I once saw a poster that said “You show how much you care by the way you
listen”. A good leader takes time to listen to your team and even more so to those you care about. Do little things
like going by each office and saying “good morning, I appreciate your contribution to the team.” Perhaps a pat on the
back or a high five will go a long way in your team feeling included and valued. Take time while you drive to go down
the list of those closest to you and call them to check in and encourage them. Tell them you where thinking of them
and acknowledge a positive outcome of something they did.
Read more…
How You Get There is Another Question - Practical Lesson for Motivational Leaders
RJ Ritchie
Jul 4, 12:12 AM
By RJ Ritchie
© Copyright 2009 by RJ Ritchie All Rights Reserved
Several years ago I had chosen to move to Southern California for a season. I had some course work I wanted to
complete and as a result had lined up a place to live and a job that would sustain me during the time there. My goal
of going south took a lot of planning and preparation. I had a long term goal that required many incremental steps
that needed to be implemented in order to achieve my desired result of completing my course work. Things came
together as planned and I was now at the point of putting my plan into action. This is where things went wrong. I can
remember the day I left as if it happened yesterday.
I was heading down Highway 101 from San Francisco to New Port Beach in Southern California. I left the Bay Area
early in order to beat the traffic so I could get there quicker and since it was the end of summer I wanted to escape
the heat to make my drive more comfortable. In order to do accomplish that goal I took off about 2:00 in the morning
while it was still dark. I had plenty of coffee with me and my radio loud enough to keep me going and I was feeling
pretty good. It was a quiet drive and peaceful with no traffic to speak of and since it was dark the temperature was
great. I had made this trip many times before. One time I traveled down to go to Disneyland, once to go to Mexico,
and several times to visit friends. This time was a little different because in the past I had gone with some friends
and we always traveled during the day. As I drove I recall thinking about my future and the goals I wanted to
accomplish over the next several years. I pondered these dreams and they felt pretty good and I could see my life
laid out in front of me. This was a new season ahead of me, new friends I could meet, new things to learn, and new
adventures to explore.
It was at that point as I was driving that I heard someone honking the horn. I didn’t recall that there was anyone on
the road next to me but I guess I was wrong. I was thinking to myself, what’s that guy honking at? I had come to
realize that there were actually several cars honking horns and as I turned to my left to see what was going on I saw
three or four cars franticly honking. I didn’t understand why until I looked forward ahead of me. I quickly realized what
the problem was. The first thing was that for some reason it went from dark out side to really bright and sunny and
second, I was the reason for the honking. I looked ahead and within a very short distance there was an overpass
wall getting closer and closer to the front of my vehicle. At his point everything went into slow motion. The people
honking and pointing out the window, the sound of the crunching ice plant that I was driving on, I even had time to
noticed I was driving on the side of a hill with my U-hall trailer full of all my stuff slanting off to my left so much so I
could read the phone number on the side panel of the trailer in my rear view mirror. I was seconds away from a
huge disaster.
I had a similar thing happen to me when I was the leader of a large group of people. Within the group I developed a
core leadership team that would help me in leading this group. I met regularly with this team and we would plan
and set goals and implement them on a weekly basis. One time I had this great vision of how I wanted to
implement one of our goals. I had a plan laid out and goals to accomplish and was putting the action steps in
motion. I worked really hard and gave it all my attention because I was so excited to accomplish this goal. As I was
moving forward putting the plans into action some of my team members took me to lunch and told me to wake up
because they could clearly see that the way I was implementing these plans would cause me to crash and burn.
I remembered my road trip to southern Cal and recalled what I did at that crucial moment with seconds to spare.
Even though everything was in slow motion as quickly as I could I turned my vehicle to the left down the hill back to
the highway just missing the overpass by inches. Immediately I pulled off the road and into a rest stop to gather my
thoughts and regroup. Apparently I had falling asleep at wheel long enough to go from night to day and to travel up
the embankment to the right of the road. I have no idea how long I was out for. Regardless, thank goodness I heard
the horns and had enough time to course correct. After about a two hour nap I was able to get back on the road but
this time I took it a little bit slower and took more time to stop and rest and check that everything was good before
heading back out on the road. I eventually made it safe and did accomplish my original goal I had set out to do.
I learned a few things from that trip. First, I never traveled alone in the middle of the night again. Second, what you
might think is a good plan may still be a good plan but how you get there may need some course correction. And
third, when at all possible, fly.
Well just As I did many years before on the road, I needed to do the same thing in regards to how I was
implementing my goals which would not only affect me but my team and our large group as well. As a result I had to
course correct immediately and take time to stop, gather my thoughts, and regroup. I had to rethink how I was
getting to where I wanted to go. I also learned to ask myself “What can I delegate to my team?” By delegating some
of the responsibility to my team I don’t drive solo any more and as a team we are able to work together to
accomplish a lot more in a shorter amount of time which allows us to accomplish our goals much quicker. I notice
that time fly’s by when a lot of people work together to accomplish a goal.
“It is more important to know where you are going than to get there quickly. Do not mistake activity for achievement.”
Mabel Newcomber
“Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going too fast - you also miss the sense of where
you are going and why.” Eddie Cantor (1892 - 1964)
Read more…
Leadership Success Tips 1 of 10
RJ Ritchie
Jul 1, 8:22 PM
Leadership Success Tips
© Copyright 2009 by RJ Ritchie All Rights Reserved
1) Successful Leaders are always learning
Grow or die. Successful Leaders know the importance of consistent personal leadership development. The key is
daily discipline of acquiring leadership knowledge and consistently sharpening leadership skills. Congratulations if
you are already developing your leadership skills and leadership knowledge on a daily basis. Perhaps you are just
starting your pursuit of leadership development, If so than congratulation to you too. Here are some ideas you can
use to start your daily discipline of leadership development. You can read a couple of pages of a good leadership
book before you go to sleep at night or first thing in the morning. You can listen to Leadership material via books on
CD’s or on your mp3 while you drive or perhaps during your lunch break. You could watch a DVD on the subject or
attend a leadership training seminar. Once you start you will notice the difference immediately by the way you lead
and by noticing the way others lead. It is important to remember that Leaders never “arrive” rather they are always
learning.
Read more…
Why we do what we do, and how we can do it better with Al Gore in the Room: Rated PG 13
RJ Ritchie
Jul 1, 7:12 PM
Read more…
Communication
RJ Ritchie
Jun 24, 5:36 PM
Communication – To Hear or Not to Hear…
© copyright 2009 by RJ Ritchie all rights reserved.
“Communication is not received when making someone listen. Communication is only received when someone is
willing to hear. The key is communicating in a way that your team will hear you. It’s been my experience that hearing
first is reciprocal.” - RJ Ritchie
During my college years I had the same room for my Psychology classes. On a wall in front was a poster that read
"You show how much you care by the way you listen." I found that to be true. I can recall many times having lunch
with a member of my team where I chose to listen and was thanked for the best lunch ever. I didn't say a thing. I
maybe asked a couple of questions but that was it. I learned a lot about the importance of listening which was
returned to me when I had something important that I needed my team to hear and in those cases they really heard.
I am reminded about the saying that we were made with one mouth and two ears. Perhaps so we can listen twice
as much as we speak. I also learned the importance of a one hour lunch. I learned more about an individual on my
team in one hour than in a years worth of planned meetings or projects that where focused on work. I can recall a
lunch I had while I was part of a team and my team leader took me to lunch with the goal of getting to know me
better. That’s how it was billed. What it turned out to be was this leader listening to the people behind him the whole
meal. Now it’s possible that I was boring him to death or he really didn’t care one bit about getting to know me. I
tried something to see if it was me or him. So I threw in a couple of funny sentences like “so I then walked into the
bank told the teller to hand over all the money and walked out, and that’s how I bought my first car.” His response
was to nod and murmur as if to agree like he really heard me. Unfortunately, I found out that was his usual mode of
operation. As a result he had lost a lot of respect by his team and when it came time for us to listen to him, well, we
reciprocated.
Read more…
Motivational Reminder For Leaders
RJ Ritchie
Jun 7, 10:41 AM
Posted by RJ Ritchie @ www.rjritchie.net
Read more…
Things They Don't Teach in School
RJ Ritchie
Jun 7, 10:37 AM
Posted by RJ Ritchie @ www.rjritchie.net
Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about 11 things they did not and will not learn in school. He talks
about how feel-good, politically correct teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and how
this concept set them up for failure in the real world.
Rule 1: Life is not fair - get used to it!
Rule 2: The world doesn't care about your
self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.
Rule 3: You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice-president with a car phone
until you earn both.
Rule 4: If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.
Rule 5: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping: they
called it opportunity.
Rule 6: If you mess up,it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.
Rule 7: Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your
bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the
rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.
Rule 8: Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have
abolished failing grades and they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear
the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.
Rule 9: Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in
helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do that on your own time.
Rule 10: Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.
Rule 11: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.
Read more…
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