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Words of Wisdom from Live2Lead

Now that some time has passed, we can reflect on the mountain of content from the speakers at Live2Lead. Let’s take a moment and recap the highlights and the lessons from the day.

This list of guiding statements, tidbits and fresh ideas is actually quite helpful when put into the context of our daily lives. Gleaned from the speakers’ (John C. Maxwell, Chris Hogan, Rachel Hollis, Angela Ahrendts, and Marcus Buckingham) speeches that day, here are a number of memorable phrases:

Nobody cares how much you know until they know how much you care.
Hope is not a strategy.
Use the ACT approach—what will you Apply, Change or Teach—from new things you learn?
Connection with others is absolutely vital for success.
Old hurt brings new harm to a new day.
Trust, loyalty and unity are each a two-way street.
Work hard and have fun at the same time.
A culture is a living, breathing thing.
Mentor someone every day.
Turn off your head and turn on your heart.
Big isn’t good unless big does good.
Give 60, take 40 in everything.
Look for yourself last in the photo.
A leader doesn’t have two good days in a row.
Be authentic.
Show up.
Give people the tools to change their lives.
Focus on your self-awareness.
Study failure then invert it.
Love is space making.
Culture eats strategy for lunch.
Satisfaction creates energy.
If there is mist in the pulpit, there will be fog in the pews—be clear.
Measure what you manage.

This is quite a list to digest. No worries—over the next few months, New Paradigm Advisors will bring light and substance to many of these homilies and help you put them to good, substantial use.

And please plan on joining us for Live2Lead 2020 on October 20, 2020.

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Live2Lead: The Takeaways

The Live2Lead simulcast is stimulating in itself what with all of the thought-provoking speakers, including and starting with John C. Maxwell.

However, there is more to this day than just watching inspiring speakers on the big screen. It is about interaction with people you might or might not know. And a place you can develop and take away a plan of action.

That’s why New Paradigm Advisors has created an event-within-an-event for the afternoon.

The takeaway workshop is just that: a session that results in a tangible plan you can take back to you company and execute. With results. Now.

Led by Nancy Canada and Michael Visentine, the workshop is part roundtable and part interactive session. Nancy and Michael are both certified facilitators in key areas that support New Paradigm Advisors’ core offerings: Nancy is John C. Maxwell Certified and Michael an expert in implementing EOS®, the Entrepreneurial Operating System®.

In marrying the leadership skill development component of Maxwell with the systemized operational action of EOS, attendees will come away with several things of value, including:

A written 90-day action plan with a clear set of executable tactics and measurable objectives.
Substantive discussion with like-minded businesspeople who will be developing their similar plans alongside you during the session.
Valuable additions to your professional network (your tablemates).

There is something to be said for being an active learner after having spent the morning in a passive, but positive, learning mode watch great speakers.

Look at this day as a place where you show up to learn and depart with a plan.

For more information and where you can buy tickets, click this link. Use the code “kingdom” for a special discount.

One more thing: for those of you wanting to increase your visibility via social media, use the hashtags #beintheroom and #live2lead. See you on the 11^th.

The New Paradigm Advisors Team

Leadership

Live2Lead: John C. Maxwell and the Power of Leadership

“The best way a mentor can prepare another leader is to expose him or her to other great people.”–John C. Maxwell

Leadership is an acquired skill or “power.” When one sets out to learn the skills of leadership, amazing things happen. One is the human connection.

It is truly amazing what happens when you get a dialogue going between leaders.

That’s what we are doing by hosting and delivering Live 2 Lead to the Dallas business community. This program from John C. Maxwell, scheduled for Friday, October 11, is a closed-circuit television broadcast, live, from Atlanta. Hosted by John C. Maxwell, the morning simulcast will showcase some exceptional leaders from business, industry and media in short (30-minute segments) sharing their experiences and practical ideas.

Our host for the simulcast portion of the event is John C. Maxwell. Maxwell is the leader of the presenting organization, a best-selling author, coach and speaker who has sold over 30 million books.

A leadership expert, John has worked with the leaders of over 80 nations. He speaks annually to Fortune 500 companies and organizations as diverse as the National Football League and the United States Military Academy (West Point). Three of his books, “The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership,” and “Developing the Leader Within You,” have each sold more than a million copies.

Along with the other speakers, Marcus Buckingham, Angela Ahrendts, Rachel Hollis and Chris Hogan, Maxwell’s presentation will help attendees to understand leadership principles, add value to their communities and make new and meaningful connections.

You can read elsewhere on this site about the schedule and generalities of the program on Friday, October 11. While others around the country are showing and sharing the morning simulcast, it’s our afternoon program that will set ours apart.

The afternoon session is intended as a working program. Our own experts will help take the lessons and messages from the morning and help attendees develop specific action plans for their own growth and advancement.

Thanks for considering joining at the ACU Dallas Campus on Friday, October 11. It will be a day well spent.

For tickets, click here. It will be a day you won’t forget.

“As a leader, the first person I need to lead is me. the first person I should try to change is me.”–John C. Maxwell

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Live2Lead: Chris Hogan and the Inspired Retirement

“Fear may be an effective motivator, but it’s a terrible master.” — Chris Hogan

For all we do to found, build and grow our companies, do we really know what’s next–that is, what’s our next act? Some call it retirement. And it it something to be feared. What do others have planned or think about their “next act?”

It is truly amazing what happens when you get a dialogue going between leaders.

As the author of “Everyday Millionaire” and “Retire Inspired,” Chris Hogan is a well-known advocate for financial peace. Chris is on the program to give the perspective of “what’s next” and how that needs to fit a leadership style. His books are full of inspirational stories of people who beat the odds and, at the same time, found their next act.

Along with the other speakers, John C. Maxwell, Angela Ahrendts, Rachel Hollis and Marcus Buckingham, Hogan’s presentation will help attendees to understand leadership principles, add value to their communities and make new and meaningful connections.

Thanks for considering joining at the ACU Dallas Campus on Friday, October 11. It will be a day well spent.

For tickets, click here. It will be a day you won’t forget.

“Retirement is not the finish line; it is the new beginning.”– Chris Hogan

The New Paradigm Advisors Team

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Live2Lead: Angela Ahrendts, Brand, Image and the Human Connection

“Remember – the universal language is not texted, emailed, or spoken. It is felt.”– Angela Ahrendts

The ideal way to improve an organization’s people and its leadership is to engage in a face-to-face dialogue. It is the best way to share information and inspire.

One of these “best ways” is to create an opportunity to listen to and connect with other leaders. It is truly amazing what happens when you get a dialogue going between leaders.

Angela Ahrendts understands both digital and traditional retail. Having worked with Apple and Burberry, she currently helps guide the likes of Ralph Lauren and Airbnb as a board member. As a speaker, she reminds people that the ultimate connection is a personal connection. In an interview with CBS This Morning and in her TED Talk, she emphasized that we all need to get back to basic human communication.

“I think that the larger and more complex the business gets, I have to listen twice as much as I speak.”

— Angela Ahrendts

Along with the other speakers, John C. Maxwell, Marcus Buckingham, Rachel Hollis and Chris Hogan, Ahrendts’ presentation will help attendees to understand leadership principles, add value to their communities and make new and meaningful connections.

Thanks for considering joining at the ACU Dallas Campus on Friday, October 11. It will be a day well spent.

For tickets, click here. It will be a day you won’t forget.

“There’s seven billion people on the planet. It’s not about you.”– Angela Ahrendts

The New Paradigm Advisors Team

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Live2Lead: Rachel Hollis, Making Positive and Lasting Change

“Only commit to things you know you can accomplish because they’re incredibly important to you. Otherwise, you set yourself up for continued failure.” — Rachel Hollis

Fresh? Freethinking? On-target? Who wouldn’t want their organization to embody these attributes?

One of the best ways to do that is to listen to and connect with other leaders. It is truly amazing what happens when you get a dialogue going between leaders.

Rachel Hollis is a leading business podcaster and best-selling author from our own Texas Hill Country. Her highly motivational high-energy style gives Rachel a unique ability to empower and embolden audiences. Motivational, inspirational and approachable, Rachel has a tell-it-like-it-is attitude that connects with audiences everywhere. As one of Inc. Magazine’s Top 30 Entrepreneurs Under 30, she has autheored a number of books, most notable among them, “Girl, Wash Your Face.”

Along with the other speakers, John C. Maxwell, Angela Ahrendts, Marcus Buckingham and Chris Hogan, Rachel’s presentation will help attendees to understand leadership principles, add value to their communities and make new and meaningful connections.

Thanks for considering joining us at the ACU Dallas Campus on Friday, October 11. It will be a day well spent.

For tickets, click here. It will be a day you won’t forget.

“Gratitude practice is really, really important to me. I think it’s an incredible way to start your day.”– Rachel Hollis

The New Paradigm Advisors Team

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Live2Lead: Marcus Buckingham and The Strengths Revolution

“The best way to find out whether you’re on the right path? Stop looking at the path.”–Marcus Buckingham

Freethinking leaders are always looking for fresh and on-target ideas to help improve their people, their organization and themselves. One of the best ways to do that is to listen to and connect with other leaders. It is truly amazing what happens when you get a dialogue going between leaders.

One of the key speakers on the program is Marcus Buckingham. You probably know him as a speaker, author and market researcher. He is the guy behind “Simply Strengths.”

A researcher by training and avocation, Buckingham was a key part of Selection Research, Incorporated (SRI). SRI acquired and took the name of The Gallup Organization. During this time, Buckingham was engaged in several projects that measured a broad range of factors around employee engagement. This work led, in part, to his creation of The Marcus Buckingham Company, and, ultimately to a series of books and other media related to discovering your personal strengths.

Along with the other speakers, John C. Maxwell, Angela Ahrendts, Rachel Hollis and Chris Hogan, Buckingham’s presentation will help attendees to understand leadership principles, add value to their communities and make new and meaningful connections.

Thanks for considering joining at the ACU Dallas Campus on Friday, October 11. It will be a day well spent.

For tickets, click here. It will be a day you won’t forget.

“Your strongest life is built through a continuous practice of designing moment by moment.”– Marcus Buckingham

The New Paradigm Advisors Team

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“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.”–John C. Maxwell

You’ve been seeing and reading a lot from New Paradigm Advisors lately about Live 2 Lead. To help demystify this program a bit, we thought it time to pull back the curtain and tell just how we are going to use this program from John C. Maxwell.

This is a closed-circuit television broadcast, live, from Atlanta. Hosted by John C. Maxwell, the morning simulcast will showcase some exceptional leaders from business, industry and media in short (30-minute segments) sharing their experiences and practical ideas.

John C. Maxwell is the leader of the presenting organization, a best-selling author, coach and speaker who has sold over 30 million books.

Rachel Hollis is a leading business podcaster and best-selling author from our own Texas Hill Country.

Angela Ahrendts understands both digital and traditional retail. Having worked with Apple and Burberry, she currently helps guide the likes of Ralph Lauren and Airbnb as a board member.

You probably know Marcus Buckingham as a speaker, author and market researcher. He is the guy behind “Strengths.”

As the author of “Everyday Millionaire” and “Retire Inspired,” Chris Hogan is a well-known advocate for financial peace.

We will go into more detail about each of these speakers during this series. for now, we wanted to whet your appetite with that leading content.

“People who use time wisely spend it on activities that advance their overall purpose in life.”– John C. Maxwell

Thanks for considering joining at the ACU Dallas Campus on Friday, October 11. It will be a day well spent.

For tickets, click here. It will be a day you won’t forget.

The New Paradigm Advisors Team

Leadership

Improving on Your Leadership Style and Approach

Having the ability to lead a group of people or an organization is so very important. It takes vision, motivation, creativity, empathy and a servant’s heart. We all have some level of leadership ability.

Yet, do you have the ability to improve on what you have? Or shift your perspective on leadership?

In our interactions with business and community leaders, we see all kinds of leadership styles and approaches. One thing that is common, really, is a willingness to improve. This is especially true of our clients and prospects who spend time working on their business rather than in their business.

It is with that idea in mind that we’ve cast about for leadership growth opportunities. One we are particularly excited about is John Maxwell’s Live2Lead seminars. They look to improve all of those attributes we listed above. The best parts of this particular video program is that it solves three things that you need to become a better leader:

Learning from other leaders.
Understanding the impact you can have on your community.
Making meaningful connections.

Seminars and workshops that are done right, in our opinion, feature these elements at a minimum. A balance between the three is important, because no one learns leadership alone and certainly not without being clear on its application.

Our own Nancy Canada, Dave Sykes and Michael Visentine understand the need for leadership education within their own specialties within our consultant practice. Dave guides our clients through the concepts of exit planning and preparation. Michael understands the application of operating systems to a variety of businesses. And Nancy ensures that our clients are prepared and evaluated properly when it comes to their leadership skills.

We will be featuring the topic of leadership this space for the foreseeable future. Please feel free to engage us on social media, in response to these blogs or in response to all of our outbound communication. We want to hear from you. And engagement is how we all learn.

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Fashioning a Team Environment

Before you get into too much of hurry to flee from your company, are things in place that will allow you to depart?

Delegated authority? Check.

Flat organization? Check.

Company sufficiently “you proofed?”

Created a team environment? Wait a minute…

Oh, yeah. Have you put the right team in place AND have you put the right, minimal structure in place for them to operate? In other words, is it a TEAM environment? Let’s look at the attributes you should have in place for your team:

Do they have a team mindset? That is, are they willing to give in for the right decision?
Can they agree to agree?
Are they respectful of one another and their roles?
Any slackers, willing or unwilling?
Do they not tolerate gossip?
Are the contributions of all team members recognized?

So the environment is possible. Do you have the right people as team members? Here are the attributes of a good team player?

Always reliable.
Communicates with confidence.
Does more than asked.
Adapts quickly and easily.
Displays genuine commitment.

That a good guide for team players.

OK, let’s review: a solid team in place with a team environment. Check. You should be in good shape. If you still have doubts, drop us a line or give us a call. We can be part of your team, too.