LMI Performance - Newsletter

Volume 1 Issue 1 July/August 2010

Our New Name

July 2010
Here we are with our new name. Apparently, there were some conflicts with LMI Northeast, LLC. As things turned out, we like this one better!

Motivational

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS NO CHANCE.
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Don't think about the things you can't do.
Think about the things you can do.
No matter what the level of your ability is,
you have more potential than you can ever develop in a lifetime.

You have powers you never dreamed of.
You can do things you never thought you could do.
There are no limitations to what you can do
except the limitations of your own mind.

Your range of available choices right now is limitless.
Look at things as they can be.
Never say never.

Building & Growing

We're looking for a few entrepreneurial people to join us in our endeavor to build Leadership Management® Institute and LMI Performance, LLC, into a Northeast Corridor organization development powerhouse!

These people like talking with CEOs and Presidents. They want to develop their own excellence while helping the members of our client organizations tap their performance potential.

If you know anyone, including yourself, that would like to learn more about the opportunity at LMI Performance, LLC, contact us here.

Creating a Winning Environment

by Dr. John C. Maxwell

The environment has taken center stage recently in the American media. Going "green" has become trendy among everyone from Hollywood elites to suburbanites. Corporate America is experiencing pressure from environmentally savvy consumers who are flocking en masse to socially responsible companies. At a time when the USA is at war, an American, Al Gore, was awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize for his persistent advocacy of the environment. Whether the discussion involves global warming, renewable energy, or organic agriculture, seemingly everywhere environmental issues are at the forefront of debate.

Perhaps "environment" should be the word at the center of leadership conversations as well. Consciously or unconsciously, leaders cultivate the environment in their workplaces. Some are lush climates where leaders flourish and thrive, while others are toxic environments where leaders either leave or wither from the pollution. In each of the next two editions of Leadership Wired, we'll pose five questions about the environment you're creating as a leader. My goal is to help you nurture a winning environment in your organization. more. . .

Root Causes of Poor Performance	Leadership Responsibility
Inadequate Training Lack of Capacity Bad Attitude	Proper Equipping Picking the right people for the job Modeling confidence and optimism

Before blaming or disciplining their people, leaders should first scrutinize their performance of personal responsibilities.

Self-Discipline

by Eric R. Lewine

How many years, day after day, have you rolled out of bed, dragged yourself into the shower, dressed, and then driven to work to arrive on time...one year, ten years, more? Do you realize that every time you complete that task you are demonstrating a form of self-discipline? To belittle that effort would be similar to stating a 4 minute mile is just average. In fact, I am quite certain that at this very moment (9:25am) I could reach out and call many of my peers only to discover they have yet to truly begin their day. How productive do you think someone might be during the work week if every morning is a struggle for them to simply rise out of bed or show up to work on time?

I work from my home office many days a week and if I had a nickel for every time someone asked me if I conducted morning meetings in my pajama's I would be sitting on a Caribbean beach sipping Mai Tai's by the water. The question has become as routine as any and if I dug a little deeper I wouldn’t be surprised to discover that those who ask me are probably the ones I would still find in bed at 9:25am. Getting up and starting the day is one of the most basic overlooked fundamentals of productivity. We learn in school at a very young age to eat a good, healthy breakfast each morning to provide fuel for the rest of the coming day. It would stand to reason similar results apply as we grow older and enter the workforce. Our jobs, or perhaps more specifically our employers, have the expectation that we as employees will be efficient, consistent, and dependable during the entire work week so that their departments of the company continue to produce goods and services as expected.

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