From a brief conversation I engaged today: Mgr vs. Ldr

The fundamental difference between someone who manages a group of individuals versus someone who leads a group of individuals is that managers tend to focus on protecting or ordering their little flock in hopes of managing outcomes. Leaders, on the other hand, concentrate on preparing their staff, thus fostering the creation of outcomes that can become measurable criteria used to promote improvement.

A manager will, with good intention, make sure their staff is educated in their respective field of duties.

A leader will begin working with their staff at the earliest stage of their employment to create experiences through graduated tasks that prepare them to achieve their desired career outcome.

See the difference?

Share your thoughts...

Be well and experience a little bliss today.

JC

Give, Give, Give...

That's it in a nut-shell. Each night before our four-year-old son drifts off to sleep, my wife and I encourage him to recall the day and share with us that for which he is most grateful. Some days it's popsicles, other days it might be his "blankie." But tonight our little guy was grateful that he was able to help a butterfly get away from some birdies. My wife asked him how he did that. He replied, "I just gave the birdies some more sunflower seeds!" You could have knocked me over with a feather.

Our son loves to watch butterflies when he is playing in the yard and the birds keep him company outside the windows when he's eating breakfast. This was not premeditated in the least. It was simply a thoughtless, innocent gesture that provided perpetual joy for our little guy. There is a lesson here, don't you think?

The innocent perform acts of giving that we pass by everyday. He gave without even considering how he would benefit from this act of giving. Not as most adults would do. Most of us would not have noticed the natural progression of nature that was taking place, but through the repetition of reciting that for which he is grateful every night our universe, or God if you will, returned the gesture by allowing him to continue to enjoy the butterflies as he frolics in the yard and the birds as he prepares to take on the day (with unbelievable fervor!).

It's as simple as that and you know it. The more you give the more you will receive.

Lend a hand and be grateful that you are able.

A Brief Introduction:

Motivation and Inspiration are commodities that are in more demand now than ever before.

When organizations are going through changes and facing adversity, now is the time to awaken the spirit and charge the resilience of individuals and organizations as one body. For a motivational speaker like me that takes pride in my course of life and my purpose, now is the time that I feel compelled more than ever before to deliver strong messages that remind corporate as well as many other audiences that the true power will always be found within rather than without; that adversity presents the choice to succumb to circumstance or to rise above the circumstance as a matter of choice...and that responsibility yields power.

You will find that I am a messenger of empowerment, encouraging the human spirit and bringing back to life the greatness born to all of us. A true motivational speaker is one that lives his messages as oppose to putting on an act for an audience. Motivational speaking is not a trade that can be learned. It is not the words that make the difference but rather the person uttering them.

As you learn more about me and what I share, keep in mind anyone or any organization that would benefit from my message and, please, touch base with me so that we can determine the best way to introduce my services.

Please, join me again.

Live in harmony... JC