{"id":1935,"date":"2010-10-16T23:30:58","date_gmt":"2010-10-16T23:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/?p=1935"},"modified":"2010-10-16T23:30:58","modified_gmt":"2010-10-16T23:30:58","slug":"15-quotes-and-action-steps-you-can-take-to-grow-as-a-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/2010\/10\/16\/15-quotes-and-action-steps-you-can-take-to-grow-as-a-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Quotes and Action Steps You Can Take To Grow As A Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ronmemmi.com\/ronblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/growing-leaders.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Are you happy with your growth as a leader?<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0 After reading this week&#8217;s edition of <a title=\"The Sporting News\" href=\"www.sportingnews.com\/\" target=\"_self\">The Sporting News<\/a>, I have uncovered\u00c2\u00a015 action steps\u00c2\u00a0you\u00c2\u00a0can take to accelerate\u00c2\u00a0your leadership growth.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>How Well Do You Prepare? <\/strong>&#8220;You&#8217;re not going to gain much strength during the season.\u00c2\u00a0 But during the offseason, when you&#8217;re working four days a week, you&#8217;re really hitting the weights hard.&#8221; &#8211; <a title=\"Miami Dolphins\" href=\"www.miamidolphins.com\" target=\"_self\">Miami Dolphins<\/a> OT Jake Long<\/li>\n<li><strong>Does Your Team Have Talent?<\/strong> It ultimately comes down to this: when\u00c2\u00a0Mario Rivera pitches, the New York Yankees win.\u00c2\u00a0 When he doesn&#8217;t, they don&#8217;t.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Are You Properly Motivated?<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0&#8220;When I look back on those (Chicago Bulls) teams, the thing that stands out is our motivation.\u00c2\u00a0 We were very motivated EVERY night.&#8221; &#8211; Scottie Pippen.\u00c2\u00a0 For more quotes from Pippen, <a title=\"Scottie Pippen\" href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/pVReH-kI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">click here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Do You Have Noble Aspirations?<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0&#8220;I try to learn something from Chris (Kaman) every day.\u00c2\u00a0 But I want to be a leader, too.&#8221; &#8211; LA Clipper Blake Griffin<\/li>\n<li><strong>Are You Coachable?<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0&#8220;He (Baron Davis) has a tendency to shoot 3-pointers you don&#8217;t want him to shoot.\u00c2\u00a0 He was kind of restraint as far as understanding the facts, to put it mildly.&#8221; &#8211; Former Clipper head coach Mike Dunleavy<\/li>\n<li><strong>Do You Have Experience AND\u00c2\u00a0Confidence<\/strong>. &#8220;It&#8217;s about their experience.\u00c2\u00a0 Nothing bothers them because they&#8217;ve seen everything.&#8221; &#8211; Tampa Bay Ray Ben Zobrist on the <a title=\"New York Yankees\" href=\"www.yankees.com\" target=\"_self\">New York Yankees<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Are You A Big Picture Thinker?<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0 &#8220;A lot of people care about what they do but not what everybody else does.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;m not surprised Jeff (Fisher) is a great head coach.&#8221; &#8211; Buddy Ryan<\/li>\n<li><strong>Do You Understand\u00c2\u00a0Motivation and Timing? <\/strong>&#8220;You can&#8217;t stand up in front of a football team and talk to them in a meeting environment five or six days a week.\u00c2\u00a0 If you do that, they&#8217;ll stop listening to you.&#8221; &#8211; <a title=\"Tennessee Titans\" href=\"www.titansonline.com\" target=\"_self\">Tennessee Titans<\/a> head coach Fisher<\/li>\n<li><strong>Do You Bring A Sense of Security To Your Team?<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0&#8220;What I admire about him (Fisher) most is that he never changes.\u00c2\u00a0 That has a calming effect on our players.&#8221; &#8211; offensive coordinator Mike Heimerdinger<\/li>\n<li><strong>Do You Learn From Mistakes?<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0&#8220;I can remember what it was like learning to become a professional, learning to learn from your mistakes.&#8221; &#8211; Mark Brunell<\/li>\n<li><strong>Do You Have A Good Mentor?<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0&#8220;What Ronde\u00c2\u00a0(Barber) has done off the field is basically help teach me how to practice and how to approach the job.&#8221; &#8211; Tampa Bay Buccaneers CB Aqib\u00c2\u00a0Talib<\/li>\n<li><strong>Is Every Link Strong On Your Team?<\/strong> &#8220;In our defense, everybody plays a key role.&#8221; &#8211; Baltimore Ravens LB <a title=\"Ray Lewis\" href=\"www.raylewis52.com\/\" target=\"_self\">Ray Lewis<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Are You Leaving A Legacy?<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0&#8220;I don&#8217;t even talk about football (off the field).\u00c2\u00a0 I talk about my family &#8211; my little daughter and my wife.\u00c2\u00a0 That&#8217;s the main thing, instilling the right things into my daughter, how to be a good person.&#8221; &#8211; Dallas Cowboys LB DeMarcus Ware<\/li>\n<li><strong>Do\u00c2\u00a0Details Matter To You?<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0 &#8220;You can&#8217;t just decide to be a better football player.\u00c2\u00a0 When that happens, you start paying closer attention to all the details.&#8221; &#8211; <a title=\"Notre Dame Fighting Irish\" href=\"www.und.com\/\" target=\"_self\">Notre Dame<\/a> S Harrison Smith<\/li>\n<li><strong>Are You Constantly Improving?<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0&#8220;I feel like I&#8217;ve learned so much since I was a freshman, progressed a lot as a player.&#8221; &#8211; Wisconsin PF Jon Leuer<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>What I like about Leuer&#8217;s\u00c2\u00a0comment is the difference in where he was and where he is now.\u00c2\u00a0 <strong>As a high school senior, Leuer was rated at the 89th best prospect in his class.\u00c2\u00a0 Today as a college senior, he is the 36th rated pro prospect in next year&#8217;s draft.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Are you growing at that rate as a leader?<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0If so, tell us things you are doing to make that happen.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0If not, apply the 15 principles listed and I&#8217;m confident you will.<\/p>\n<p>To automatically receive\u00c2\u00a0future posts on leadership, simply subscribe or\u00c2\u00a0click <a title=\"RSS Feed\" href=\"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/feed\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you happy with your growth as a leader?\u00c2\u00a0 After reading this week&#8217;s edition of The Sporting News, I have uncovered\u00c2\u00a015 action steps\u00c2\u00a0you\u00c2\u00a0can take to accelerate\u00c2\u00a0your leadership growth.\u00c2\u00a0 How Well Do You Prepare? 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