The next generation of leadership will include more emphasis on Best-Self Leadership–to do our best and help others do the same. Leaders will invest more early on to design and teach what Plans, Actions, and Results get rewarded here. Like a professor, outline what it takes for A, B, C…, ask about their goal, and...

It is not necessary to earn empowerment (to become competent and confident) in all things, just the important.  Seek to master your callings, gifts, and talents as well as master your “Goliaths” that threaten. Earn trust in self and from others for vital Plans, Actions, Results...

Dr. Ken Blanchard taught in “Situational Leadership” courses and books as well as  at our seminar in 1994 that we should choose different leadership approaches with people at different levels of “maturity” and we should even choose different leadership approaches with the same person–if maturity is high, “delegate,” though for a new role “tell.” He inspired part of...

Claes Nobel, the senior member of the Nobel Prize family, delivered the keynote address for the 50th anniversary of the International Services Council of Alabama – now Global Ties Alabama. “My dear, most respected audience,” Nobel said in his keynote address, on March 6, 2015, at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville, “together we can change the...

A leader using the Dyson Empowerment Model will consider trust level for the 7 components of Attitude and of Ability to assess whether to delegate or direct for a particular role. The true professional anticipates what the leader expects, assesses self, outlines a plan for keeping promises and developing self, plus states intent so the leader...

Some of the best professionals and leaders are ordinary people who do extraordinary things because of callings and choices that foster desire and commitment to earn empowerment to “be, know, and do” at the highest possible levels. Adopt the mindset that gaining responsibility, even preparing for promotion, should mainly be a function of earning empowerment...

Earn empowerment rather than wait for it. Admit that you are more responsible for your performance and career growth than is your supervisor. Identify your desired results and actions in your professional plan. Anticipate what your supervisory leader needs to trust you have earned empowerment. Help your manager serve as a mentor by stating your...

Professionalism: professional status, character, or standards. The general public seems to add the label “professional” to someone who has chosen a profession and has experience. We advocate a higher-level expectation for the true professional. True Professional: person who seeks mastery and earned empowerment through trust in character and competence, preparing and persisting to develop fitness...