From Dr. Linne for Positive Leaders In Negative Times--What Can Leaders Do?
As an Economist, I watch interest rates which have gone negative in some countries, the labor participation rate, the REAL unemployment rate which is over 9% at least, business investment declining, a dismal GDP revised downward even more, corporations holding $2.5T overseas, and declining corporate profits.
And how sad an indicator is it that the markets are depending on the Fed instead of on the real economy growing?
Experts are claiming a small business recession and indeed this is the first recession since the 1970s when they starting keeping records that the number of small business has DECLINED during the so-called recovery instead of growing in number and leading the recovery as in all other recessions since then. Not a good sign, since small businesses provide two of every three jobs.
As an Applied Behavioral Scientist, I hear the anger and despair here in the U.S. due to poor leadership which has weakened the national spirit as well as the economy. Fortunately in the American tradition many are speaking out about this.
Nonetheless, as a Positive Leadership pioneer, I encourage clients to keep focusing on the positive,
on their vision, strengths, accomplishments, new positive plans.
Why would I do this in such a negative environment. This is a Herculean request!
Because only the positive can heal the negative and turn around negative situations.
More negatives cannot heal the negative, whether economic or psycho-spiritual.
Only the positive can protect us, can set the foundation for getting stronger, for
growing our economy, our companies and small businesses.
Only systematic positive leadership can keep this ship upright in stormy weather.
Consistently driving toward your goals on a positive platform despite a negative environment
is no longer a luxury. It is now a fundamental requirement for success.
The research I needed to support my pioneering Ph.D. dissertation on appreciation and change came out over 25 years later!! Finally! It showed that the % of positive versus negative statements in companies correlated exactly with profits. The more positive statements, the higher the
profits. The more negative statements, the lower the profits.
Yet many leaders talk a positive game but lack the FAST, Frameworks, Attitudes, Systems,
and Tools, needed for success, rapid change and nimble response to the business. Many
don't know what they don't know.
How high is your Positive Quotient®?
How high is your Appreciative Quotient®?
If I interviewed your teams, how high a rating would they give you on both of these dimension?
How systematically positive is leadership in your company?
Do leaders have the FAST they need to succeed, or are they struggling with old negative
"what's wrong with you" antiquated leadership models which always fail in this fast,
demanding, shifting environment?
Let us know if you need assistance with Positive Leadership Systems...this can give you a
huge strategic advantage in the speed of change!
I appreciate all you Positive Leaders who understand and implement systematic positive
approaches throughout your company!
Peace and Prosperity,
Dr. Linne
"Build on Your Best"
Giving you the power to predict, profit, & protect
Dr. Linne Bourget M.A. M.B.A. Ph. D
www.oldpowernewpower.com www.whatyousayiswhatyouget.com
Pioneer, strengths-based leadership, Master Intuition System
Founder/CEO 480-767-1717
Institute for Transformation Leaders& Consultants
Strategist, Consultant, Speaker,
Author of From Old Power to New Power – Which Leaders Will Survive?
Co-author with Mark Victor Hansen, Deepak Chopra, Amazon #1Bestseller, Wake Up, Live the Life You Love - Finding Personal Freedom
Author, What You Say Is What You Get® Series:
The Secret Language of Great Business Results,
Dr. Linne's Leadership Guides Series,
Positive Quotient® Questionnaire,
Appreciative Quotient® Questionnaire,
Secrets of Powerful Appreciation for Parents and Children, 2 CD Audio by "Dr. Appreciation"
Appreciation: The Secret Key to Magical Marriage
Coming soon!! Power Course on Intuition for Business Leaders!
"The greatest challenge is taking complete responsibility for your own greatness."
Dr. Linne
Copyright 2005-2016. All Rights Reserved.
Dr. Linne Bourget, M.A., M.B.A., Ph.D.
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Wednesday, June 15, 2016
Thursday, January 28, 2016
For Positive Leaders: What You Say Is What You Get®--In a Crazier World, Get Saner! Do the Math!
Welcome, Leaders,
The external environments for your companies seems riskier and crazier every day.
More negative factors, dangers and risks seem to steal your time and your profits.
Political events, violence, weak unprotective leadership, out of control illegal unethical behavior, weak economies, and business-unfriendly policies are have reached the point of insanity.
These conditions frighten you and your employees, understandably so. Only those in
a fog of denial are not smart enough to be scared...they are choosing numbness.
Yet you still have the responsibility to lead your company and inspire greater results.
How do you circle the wagons, how do you give your employees a greater sense of protection and possibility for greater innovation and results amid the craziness?
Starting as an Economist before becoming a Behavioral Scientist and Change Leadership expert, I fell in love with Math, head over heels, at the University of Chicago. There was no going back...from then on, I always think mathematically.
Thus: Since the external environment is putting more negative factors into your company,
you need to balance this with more positive factors just to stay even, and then more positive factors to gain a net positive balance psychologically.
This is of course challenging but essential to master, a skill all leaders need to survive. This
does not mean whitewashing issues of course, but it does mean mastering seeking, creating, standing for, and commenting on positive factors in your company, with great skill, from the heart. Your job as leader is to make sure you and all the other leaders in your company have the skills and consistency to do this. This will be different in different firms, of course, one size does not fit all.
It is easy to get caught up in giving more attention to negative factors, but ignoring the need for positive factors to balance your firm's culture and psyche will work against you.
"When you forget the positive, you have lost control". Dr Linne's Power Quote
To be a truly powerful leader, you need to master the positive deeply and systematically. Only this creates a real-time collaborative culture unleashing the best talent and managing risks as quickly and effectively as possible. Employees don't speak up if they are afraid of their bosses. They speak up if their bosses see, appreciate and fully apply everyone's best.
Peace and prosperity to you all.
Dr. Linne
"Build on Your Best" Giving you the power to predict, profit, & protect
Dr. Linne Bourget M.A. M.B.A. Ph. D
www.oldpowernewpower.com www.whatyousayiswhatyouget.com
Pioneer, strengths-based leadership, Master Intuition System
Founder/CEO 480-767-1717 Institute for Transformation Leaders& Consultants
Strategist, Consultant, Speaker, Author of From Old Power to New Power – Which Leaders Will Survive?
Co-author with Mark Victor Hansen, Deepak Chopra, Amazon #1Bestseller, Wake Up, Live the Life You Love - Finding Personal Freedom
Author, What You Say Is What You Get® Series: The Secret Language of Great Business Results, Dr. Linne's Leadership Guides Series, Positive Quotient®PQ Questionnaire Appreciative Quotient®AQ Questionnaire, Secrets of Powerful Appreciation for Parents and Children, 2 CD Audio by "Dr. Appreciation" Appreciation: The Secret Key to Magical Marriage
Coming soon!! Power Course on Intuition for Business Leaders! "The greatest challenge is taking complete responsibility for your own greatness." Dr. Linne Copyright 2005-2016.
All Rights Reserved. Dr. Linne Bourget, M.A., M.B.A., Ph.D.
The external environments for your companies seems riskier and crazier every day.
More negative factors, dangers and risks seem to steal your time and your profits.
Political events, violence, weak unprotective leadership, out of control illegal unethical behavior, weak economies, and business-unfriendly policies are have reached the point of insanity.
These conditions frighten you and your employees, understandably so. Only those in
a fog of denial are not smart enough to be scared...they are choosing numbness.
Yet you still have the responsibility to lead your company and inspire greater results.
How do you circle the wagons, how do you give your employees a greater sense of protection and possibility for greater innovation and results amid the craziness?
Starting as an Economist before becoming a Behavioral Scientist and Change Leadership expert, I fell in love with Math, head over heels, at the University of Chicago. There was no going back...from then on, I always think mathematically.
Thus: Since the external environment is putting more negative factors into your company,
you need to balance this with more positive factors just to stay even, and then more positive factors to gain a net positive balance psychologically.
This is of course challenging but essential to master, a skill all leaders need to survive. This
does not mean whitewashing issues of course, but it does mean mastering seeking, creating, standing for, and commenting on positive factors in your company, with great skill, from the heart. Your job as leader is to make sure you and all the other leaders in your company have the skills and consistency to do this. This will be different in different firms, of course, one size does not fit all.
It is easy to get caught up in giving more attention to negative factors, but ignoring the need for positive factors to balance your firm's culture and psyche will work against you.
"When you forget the positive, you have lost control". Dr Linne's Power Quote
To be a truly powerful leader, you need to master the positive deeply and systematically. Only this creates a real-time collaborative culture unleashing the best talent and managing risks as quickly and effectively as possible. Employees don't speak up if they are afraid of their bosses. They speak up if their bosses see, appreciate and fully apply everyone's best.
Peace and prosperity to you all.
Dr. Linne
"Build on Your Best" Giving you the power to predict, profit, & protect
Dr. Linne Bourget M.A. M.B.A. Ph. D
www.oldpowernewpower.com www.whatyousayiswhatyouget.com
Pioneer, strengths-based leadership, Master Intuition System
Founder/CEO 480-767-1717 Institute for Transformation Leaders& Consultants
Strategist, Consultant, Speaker, Author of From Old Power to New Power – Which Leaders Will Survive?
Co-author with Mark Victor Hansen, Deepak Chopra, Amazon #1Bestseller, Wake Up, Live the Life You Love - Finding Personal Freedom
Author, What You Say Is What You Get® Series: The Secret Language of Great Business Results, Dr. Linne's Leadership Guides Series, Positive Quotient®PQ Questionnaire Appreciative Quotient®AQ Questionnaire, Secrets of Powerful Appreciation for Parents and Children, 2 CD Audio by "Dr. Appreciation" Appreciation: The Secret Key to Magical Marriage
Coming soon!! Power Course on Intuition for Business Leaders! "The greatest challenge is taking complete responsibility for your own greatness." Dr. Linne Copyright 2005-2016.
All Rights Reserved. Dr. Linne Bourget, M.A., M.B.A., Ph.D.
Thursday, July 09, 2015
What You Say Is What You Get® Leadership in Greece-It's Not About the Money!!
The chaos in Greece reminds me of my undergraduate major in Economics at the University of Chicago,
where I focused on comparative economic systems in Russia, China, Japan and the U.S., and the impact of those systems on the behavior and psychology of the people.
I knew then Russia would collapse of its own economic weight which it did years later. The same for Greece...the underlying issue causing economic chaos is the incredible psychological damage socialism and communism do to the people, "infantilizing" them, making them like dependent children not responsible for themselves..and the people buy into the economic lies which are impossible to fulfill. Hence Greeks do not want to work, pay taxes, pay their mortages, etc. While vilifying capitalist Germany, they want the Germans to pay for their profligacy, as Germans work hard and make money. Seriously?
There is a simple but powerful model in psychology:
Dependence---children
Counterdependence--teens in rebellion
Independence--adults stand on their own
Interdependence--adults working together
Tragically Greece is struggling from dependence to counterdependence and in massive resistance
to growing up into adulthood, a culture crisis.
What is going on in Greece is the agony of having to grow up and pay up after drinking the socialist kool-aid. Tastes good in the moment but messes up your blood sugar and drops it down to where you cannot function without other food. As we say in Economics, "The problem with socialism is that
you run out of other people's money." Greece has.
Most powerful object lesson in the failure of socialism I have ever seen...a message to all nations!!
Note how this one tiny country's failure is hurting other nations. How tragic for the ancient seat of
democracy also!
From a strengths-based leadership perspective, Greece is leading with her weakness not her strengths.
This always fails and causes worst solutions, not best.
Hopefully the U.S. will change course and stop following Greece's example.
Hoping for the best most responsible outcomes for all of Europe in their crisis,
Dr Linne Bourget
"Build on Your Best" Giving you the power to predict, profit, & protect
Dr. Linne Bourget M.A. M.B.A. Ph. D www.oldpowernewpower.com www.whatyousayiswhatyouget.com Pioneer, strengths-based leadership, Master Intuition System
Founder/CEO 480-767-1717 Institute for Transformation Leaders & Consultants
Strategist, Consultant, Speaker, Author of From Old Power to New Power – Which Leaders Will Survive? Co-author with Mark Victor Hansen, Deepak Chopra, Amazon #1Bestseller, Wake Up, Live the Life You Love - Finding Personal Freedom
Author, What You Say Is What You Get® Series: The Secret Language of Great Business Results,
Dr. Linne's Leadership Guides Series Positive Quotient PQ® Questionnaire Appreciative Quotient AQ® Questionnaire Secrets of Powerful Appreciation for Parents and Children, 2 CD Audio by "Dr. Appreciation" Appreciation: The Secret Key to Magical Marriage Coming soon!! Power Course on Intuition for Business Leaders!
"The greatest challenge is taking complete responsibility for your own greatness." Dr. Linnes Power Quote
Copyright 2005-2015. All Rights Reserved. Dr. Linne Bourget, M.A., M.B.A., Ph.D.
where I focused on comparative economic systems in Russia, China, Japan and the U.S., and the impact of those systems on the behavior and psychology of the people.
I knew then Russia would collapse of its own economic weight which it did years later. The same for Greece...the underlying issue causing economic chaos is the incredible psychological damage socialism and communism do to the people, "infantilizing" them, making them like dependent children not responsible for themselves..and the people buy into the economic lies which are impossible to fulfill. Hence Greeks do not want to work, pay taxes, pay their mortages, etc. While vilifying capitalist Germany, they want the Germans to pay for their profligacy, as Germans work hard and make money. Seriously?
There is a simple but powerful model in psychology:
Dependence---children
Counterdependence--teens in rebellion
Independence--adults stand on their own
Interdependence--adults working together
Tragically Greece is struggling from dependence to counterdependence and in massive resistance
to growing up into adulthood, a culture crisis.
What is going on in Greece is the agony of having to grow up and pay up after drinking the socialist kool-aid. Tastes good in the moment but messes up your blood sugar and drops it down to where you cannot function without other food. As we say in Economics, "The problem with socialism is that
you run out of other people's money." Greece has.
Most powerful object lesson in the failure of socialism I have ever seen...a message to all nations!!
Note how this one tiny country's failure is hurting other nations. How tragic for the ancient seat of
democracy also!
From a strengths-based leadership perspective, Greece is leading with her weakness not her strengths.
This always fails and causes worst solutions, not best.
Hopefully the U.S. will change course and stop following Greece's example.
Hoping for the best most responsible outcomes for all of Europe in their crisis,
Dr Linne Bourget
"Build on Your Best" Giving you the power to predict, profit, & protect
Dr. Linne Bourget M.A. M.B.A. Ph. D www.oldpowernewpower.com www.whatyousayiswhatyouget.com Pioneer, strengths-based leadership, Master Intuition System
Founder/CEO 480-767-1717 Institute for Transformation Leaders & Consultants
Strategist, Consultant, Speaker, Author of From Old Power to New Power – Which Leaders Will Survive? Co-author with Mark Victor Hansen, Deepak Chopra, Amazon #1Bestseller, Wake Up, Live the Life You Love - Finding Personal Freedom
Author, What You Say Is What You Get® Series: The Secret Language of Great Business Results,
Dr. Linne's Leadership Guides Series Positive Quotient PQ® Questionnaire Appreciative Quotient AQ® Questionnaire Secrets of Powerful Appreciation for Parents and Children, 2 CD Audio by "Dr. Appreciation" Appreciation: The Secret Key to Magical Marriage Coming soon!! Power Course on Intuition for Business Leaders!
"The greatest challenge is taking complete responsibility for your own greatness." Dr. Linnes Power Quote
Copyright 2005-2015. All Rights Reserved. Dr. Linne Bourget, M.A., M.B.A., Ph.D.
Friday, July 04, 2014
What You Say Is What You Get(R)--July 4 Independent or Interdependent Leader? How Do You Rate?
Hello Everyone,
From Dr Linne- for Positive Leaders--Happy 4th of July!
In giving thanks for our nation's freedoms, still great even under current challenges, I am
reflecting on why I celebrate Independence Day and Interdependence Day --both are crucial for leaders.
Why? What do these terms mean?
We all know that independence means we can stand on our own, in our own strength, and this is good, because
a chain is only as strong as the weakest link...isn't it?
How do you rate in thinking for yourself, holding to your own values, bringing your best strength to your most important leadership relationships?
What score would you give yourself, 1= low, 10= high?
Yet we all know that spiritually, psychologically and practically, we all need more than just ourselves in order to thrive and succeed?
We need spiritual guidance, peace and balance.
We need to grow beyond independence to work in healthy collaboration and synergy with others--what I call in my work the 1+1=15!
We need to be mature enough psychologically to build and sustain these high-synergy relationships of strong individuals
coming together to create more than they could ever dream of achieving alone.
Yet many teams do not require enough individual strength to foster great teams...they settle for less.
And many team members do not give their best, waiting for others to go first, not sure what is needed...and not asking to find out!
In training and development situations, teams can do well helping the weaker members along.
But ultimately, each individual must choose to be in their strengths and greatness and bring that to their teams,
week in and week out, sustainably.
And each positive leader must insist on and create the space for this...
This takes active work...and the rewards can be huge....I have seen teams do things beyond their wildest imagination once
they implement this way of working from strengths...e. g. one client team increased revenue 35-40% in a few months.
This positive path takes courage...it is not for the faint of heart...and is thus quintessentially American!!
How do you rate as an interdependent leader?
How well do you create space for other strong independent people to work closely with you?
Do you nourish and "feed" your strongest most positive colleagues, and friends?
How well do you support them? As well as they support you?
How well do you sustain your best interdependent working relationships? Are you in contact at least weekly?
If I asked your team members how well you do this, what would they tell me?
A colleague and friend who went through major losses a few years back tried to handle things on his own....it did not work out well..he reached the limits
of independence, very constraining when multiple skills and views are needed beyond our own.
This time he has learned to be an interdependent leaders and reach out for help...very smart to be a grower and learner...his foundation will
be stronger as a result, if he sustains great 2-way interdependence, giving as well as receiving.
How do you rate yourself as an interdependent leader? How well do you foster this high-synergy teamwork? 1- low, 10= high.
Think about your ratings....what looks great? Where do you need strengthening?
So, when I am standing for the color guard to bring in the flag tonight at our dance convention, and singing the Star Spangled Banner (I know all the
words...do you?), I will be appreciating living in a country which makes space for independent and interdependent leader and team members---because
it is up to all of us to take that space and make it work!!
In appreciation of all of you, wishing you a joyful July 4th,
and strengths, peace and prosperity!!
"Build on Your Best" Giving you the power to predict, profit, protect
Dr. Linne Bourget M.A. M.B.A. Ph. D www.oldpowernewpower.com www.whatyousayiswhatyouget.com Pioneer, strengths-based leadership, Master Intuition System
Founder/CEO 480-767-1717 Institute for Transformation Leaders; Consultants Strategist, Consultant, Speaker, Author of From Old Power to New Power – Which Leaders Will Survive?
Co-author with Mark Victor Hansen, Deepak Chopra, Amazon #1Bestseller, Wake Up, Live the Life You Love - Finding Personal Freedom
Author, What You Say Is What You Get® Series: The Secret Language of Great Business Results, Dr. Linne's Leadership Guides Series, Positive Quotient® PQ Questionnaire Appreciative Quotient® AQ Questionnaire, Secrets of Powerful Appreciation for Parents and Children, 2 CD Audio by "Dr. Appreciation" Appreciation: The Secret Key to Magical Marriage Coming soon!! Power Course on Intuition for Business Leaders! "The greatest challenge is taking complete responsibility for your own greatness." Dr. Linne Copyright 2005-2014. All Rights Reserved. Dr. Linne Bourget, M.A., M.B.A., Ph.D.
From Dr Linne- for Positive Leaders--Happy 4th of July!
In giving thanks for our nation's freedoms, still great even under current challenges, I am
reflecting on why I celebrate Independence Day and Interdependence Day --both are crucial for leaders.
Why? What do these terms mean?
We all know that independence means we can stand on our own, in our own strength, and this is good, because
a chain is only as strong as the weakest link...isn't it?
How do you rate in thinking for yourself, holding to your own values, bringing your best strength to your most important leadership relationships?
What score would you give yourself, 1= low, 10= high?
Yet we all know that spiritually, psychologically and practically, we all need more than just ourselves in order to thrive and succeed?
We need spiritual guidance, peace and balance.
We need to grow beyond independence to work in healthy collaboration and synergy with others--what I call in my work the 1+1=15!
We need to be mature enough psychologically to build and sustain these high-synergy relationships of strong individuals
coming together to create more than they could ever dream of achieving alone.
Yet many teams do not require enough individual strength to foster great teams...they settle for less.
And many team members do not give their best, waiting for others to go first, not sure what is needed...and not asking to find out!
In training and development situations, teams can do well helping the weaker members along.
But ultimately, each individual must choose to be in their strengths and greatness and bring that to their teams,
week in and week out, sustainably.
And each positive leader must insist on and create the space for this...
This takes active work...and the rewards can be huge....I have seen teams do things beyond their wildest imagination once
they implement this way of working from strengths...e. g. one client team increased revenue 35-40% in a few months.
This positive path takes courage...it is not for the faint of heart...and is thus quintessentially American!!
How do you rate as an interdependent leader?
How well do you create space for other strong independent people to work closely with you?
Do you nourish and "feed" your strongest most positive colleagues, and friends?
How well do you support them? As well as they support you?
How well do you sustain your best interdependent working relationships? Are you in contact at least weekly?
If I asked your team members how well you do this, what would they tell me?
A colleague and friend who went through major losses a few years back tried to handle things on his own....it did not work out well..he reached the limits
of independence, very constraining when multiple skills and views are needed beyond our own.
This time he has learned to be an interdependent leaders and reach out for help...very smart to be a grower and learner...his foundation will
be stronger as a result, if he sustains great 2-way interdependence, giving as well as receiving.
How do you rate yourself as an interdependent leader? How well do you foster this high-synergy teamwork? 1- low, 10= high.
Think about your ratings....what looks great? Where do you need strengthening?
So, when I am standing for the color guard to bring in the flag tonight at our dance convention, and singing the Star Spangled Banner (I know all the
words...do you?), I will be appreciating living in a country which makes space for independent and interdependent leader and team members---because
it is up to all of us to take that space and make it work!!
In appreciation of all of you, wishing you a joyful July 4th,
and strengths, peace and prosperity!!
"Build on Your Best" Giving you the power to predict, profit, protect
Dr. Linne Bourget M.A. M.B.A. Ph. D www.oldpowernewpower.com www.whatyousayiswhatyouget.com Pioneer, strengths-based leadership, Master Intuition System
Founder/CEO 480-767-1717 Institute for Transformation Leaders; Consultants Strategist, Consultant, Speaker, Author of From Old Power to New Power – Which Leaders Will Survive?
Co-author with Mark Victor Hansen, Deepak Chopra, Amazon #1Bestseller, Wake Up, Live the Life You Love - Finding Personal Freedom
Author, What You Say Is What You Get® Series: The Secret Language of Great Business Results, Dr. Linne's Leadership Guides Series, Positive Quotient® PQ Questionnaire Appreciative Quotient® AQ Questionnaire, Secrets of Powerful Appreciation for Parents and Children, 2 CD Audio by "Dr. Appreciation" Appreciation: The Secret Key to Magical Marriage Coming soon!! Power Course on Intuition for Business Leaders! "The greatest challenge is taking complete responsibility for your own greatness." Dr. Linne Copyright 2005-2014. All Rights Reserved. Dr. Linne Bourget, M.A., M.B.A., Ph.D.
Thursday, July 04, 2013
Chaos, Order, Power and Leadership
HI Everyone,
Wow, putting on my Economist and Leadership Power expert hats, I am watching the two steps forward one step back in the Power Shift from dictatorship to democracy ( my latest book, From Old Power to New Power--Which Leaders Will $urvive?)...tough going right now...vicious circle...poor economic growth opens the door for dictatorship which then weakens economic growth! Seeing it here and home and abroad...very sad...tough lessons to be learned in many countries.
But, hey, Egypt, how could you possibly think Mursi would be democratic? His pronouncement of his absolute power is in exact alignment with the beliefs of his party. This was obvious before your 2012 election. Hope this works out well for you there...would be good to have you as an ally again.
Here in the U.S., we see fruits not growing to ripeness:
-Our GDP was lowered by a huge 33 % from 2.4 to 1.8% for 2012, now the same as Russia.
-A poll reported 44% of Americans are worse off economically than a year ago.
-The markets dropped like a rock at the hint of "tapering" by the Fed.
-Top line revenue for corporate earnings has been nothing to write home about.
-Job formation 188,000 this week is only half of what we need to get back on track.
-Small business formation and job creation, usually creating 2/3 of our jobs, is at the lowest level in 30 yrs.
-I know many entrepreneurs with great products, technology and services who cannot get startup funding even in cities which are rebounding...not a good sign..in fact, a very bad sign.
On this 4th of July, my prayer for our great if beleaguered nation, is that our economy strengthens,
more jobs are created, our Constitution and spiritual foundation are honored again and the innovative
spirit of America flourishes in business once again!!
May you have a safe and happy Independence Day!
Peace and Prosperity,
Dr. Linne
"Build on Your Best" Giving you the power to predict, profit, protect
Dr. Linne Bourget M.A. M.B.A. Ph. D www.oldpowernewpower.com www.whatyousayiswhatyouget.com Pioneer, strengths-based leadership, Master Intuition System
Founder/CEO 480-767-1717 Institute for Transformation Leaders& Consultants
Strategist, Consultant, Speaker, Author of From Old Power to New Power – Which Leaders Will Survive? Co-author with Mark Victor Hansen, Deepak Chopra, Amazon #1Bestseller, Wake Up, Live the Life You Love - Finding Personal Freedom
Author, What You Say Is What You Get® Series: The Secret Language of Great Business Results Dr. Linne's Leadership Guides Series Positive Quotient PQ® Questionnaire Appreciative Quotient AQ® Questionnaire Secrets of Powerful Appreciation for Parents and Children, 2 CD Audio by "Dr. Appreciation" Appreciation: The Secret Key to Magical Marriage Coming soon!! Power Course on Intuition for Business Leaders! "The greatest challenge is taking complete responsibility for your own greatness." Dr. Linne Copyright 2005-2013. All Rights Reserved. Dr. Linne Bourget, M.A., M.B.A., Ph.D.
Wow, putting on my Economist and Leadership Power expert hats, I am watching the two steps forward one step back in the Power Shift from dictatorship to democracy ( my latest book, From Old Power to New Power--Which Leaders Will $urvive?)...tough going right now...vicious circle...poor economic growth opens the door for dictatorship which then weakens economic growth! Seeing it here and home and abroad...very sad...tough lessons to be learned in many countries.
But, hey, Egypt, how could you possibly think Mursi would be democratic? His pronouncement of his absolute power is in exact alignment with the beliefs of his party. This was obvious before your 2012 election. Hope this works out well for you there...would be good to have you as an ally again.
Here in the U.S., we see fruits not growing to ripeness:
-Our GDP was lowered by a huge 33 % from 2.4 to 1.8% for 2012, now the same as Russia.
-A poll reported 44% of Americans are worse off economically than a year ago.
-The markets dropped like a rock at the hint of "tapering" by the Fed.
-Top line revenue for corporate earnings has been nothing to write home about.
-Job formation 188,000 this week is only half of what we need to get back on track.
-Small business formation and job creation, usually creating 2/3 of our jobs, is at the lowest level in 30 yrs.
-I know many entrepreneurs with great products, technology and services who cannot get startup funding even in cities which are rebounding...not a good sign..in fact, a very bad sign.
On this 4th of July, my prayer for our great if beleaguered nation, is that our economy strengthens,
more jobs are created, our Constitution and spiritual foundation are honored again and the innovative
spirit of America flourishes in business once again!!
May you have a safe and happy Independence Day!
Peace and Prosperity,
Dr. Linne
"Build on Your Best" Giving you the power to predict, profit, protect
Dr. Linne Bourget M.A. M.B.A. Ph. D www.oldpowernewpower.com www.whatyousayiswhatyouget.com Pioneer, strengths-based leadership, Master Intuition System
Founder/CEO 480-767-1717 Institute for Transformation Leaders& Consultants
Strategist, Consultant, Speaker, Author of From Old Power to New Power – Which Leaders Will Survive? Co-author with Mark Victor Hansen, Deepak Chopra, Amazon #1Bestseller, Wake Up, Live the Life You Love - Finding Personal Freedom
Author, What You Say Is What You Get® Series: The Secret Language of Great Business Results Dr. Linne's Leadership Guides Series Positive Quotient PQ® Questionnaire Appreciative Quotient AQ® Questionnaire Secrets of Powerful Appreciation for Parents and Children, 2 CD Audio by "Dr. Appreciation" Appreciation: The Secret Key to Magical Marriage Coming soon!! Power Course on Intuition for Business Leaders! "The greatest challenge is taking complete responsibility for your own greatness." Dr. Linne Copyright 2005-2013. All Rights Reserved. Dr. Linne Bourget, M.A., M.B.A., Ph.D.
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Irrational Exuberance in the Markets-Leadership Myths
Hello, Everyone
I am amazed at the market rally...what is it based on?
Europe is still in major trouble...nothing has really been solved there...the power struggles birthed of the inevitable socialistic scarcity continue. Their unemployment rate of 11.6% is the highest ever.
Our GDP number was just lowered to nearly nothing here in the U.S.
The banks are still scandal ridden, LIBOR, etc., and are laying off employees and shrinking/deferring bonuses.
Loans are still very difficult to achieve.
The housing situation is slightly better but the loss of value is still huge for many homeowners.
Small business formation and small bus. job formation are the lowest in 30 years, and we
know that small business growth is the key to jobs and turning the U.S. economy around, as the large corporations are punished for re-patriating cash and sales here would not justify expansion for them anyway as a rule.
The administration in DC is not friendly to small businesses and consistently makes it harder for them to grow, via taxes, regulations, health care costs, and now a higher minimum wage....and that is the only possibility for major growth.
The global debt situation is choking a recovery with no signs of how that will mitigate.
So why are the markets up so much? Tired of being bears? Short term focus by traders? Creating a rally to be able to sell? Just weary of bad news and grasping at straws? Who knows? I certainly do not.
It just seems like irrational exuberance all over again....the underlying economic factors just do not support this optimism, as much as we would like to see better numbers.
So tell me please, what is Wall Street thinking? Or smoking? This rally is just not sustainable...fasten your seat belt...it will be bumpy still.
Wishing I had better news,
Dr. Linne Bourget
"Build on Your Best" Giving you the power to predict, profit, protect
Dr. Linne Bourget M.A. M.B.A. Ph. D
www.oldpowernewpower.com www.whatyousayiswhatyouget.com
Pioneer, strengths-based leadership, Master Intuition System
Founder/CEO 480-767-1717 Institute for Transformation Leaders& Consultants Strategist, Consultant, Speaker,
Author of From Old Power to New Power – Which Leaders Will Survive?
Co-author with Mark Victor Hansen, Deepak Chopra, Amazon #1Bestseller, Wake Up, Live the Life You Love - Finding Personal Freedom
Author, What You Say Is What You Get® Series: The Secret Language of Great Business Results Dr. Linne's Leadership Guides Series Positive Quotient PQ® Questionnaire Appreciative Quotient AQ® Questionnaire Secrets of Powerful Appreciation for Parents and Children, 2 CD Audio by "Dr. Appreciation" Appreciation: The Secret Key to Magical Marriage Coming soon!! Power Course on Intuition for Business Leaders! "The greatest challenge is taking complete responsibility for your own greatness." Dr. Linne Copyright 2005-2013. All Rights Reserved. Dr. Linne Bourget, M.A., M.B.A., Ph.D.
I am amazed at the market rally...what is it based on?
Europe is still in major trouble...nothing has really been solved there...the power struggles birthed of the inevitable socialistic scarcity continue. Their unemployment rate of 11.6% is the highest ever.
Our GDP number was just lowered to nearly nothing here in the U.S.
The banks are still scandal ridden, LIBOR, etc., and are laying off employees and shrinking/deferring bonuses.
Loans are still very difficult to achieve.
The housing situation is slightly better but the loss of value is still huge for many homeowners.
Small business formation and small bus. job formation are the lowest in 30 years, and we
know that small business growth is the key to jobs and turning the U.S. economy around, as the large corporations are punished for re-patriating cash and sales here would not justify expansion for them anyway as a rule.
The administration in DC is not friendly to small businesses and consistently makes it harder for them to grow, via taxes, regulations, health care costs, and now a higher minimum wage....and that is the only possibility for major growth.
The global debt situation is choking a recovery with no signs of how that will mitigate.
So why are the markets up so much? Tired of being bears? Short term focus by traders? Creating a rally to be able to sell? Just weary of bad news and grasping at straws? Who knows? I certainly do not.
It just seems like irrational exuberance all over again....the underlying economic factors just do not support this optimism, as much as we would like to see better numbers.
So tell me please, what is Wall Street thinking? Or smoking? This rally is just not sustainable...fasten your seat belt...it will be bumpy still.
Wishing I had better news,
Dr. Linne Bourget
"Build on Your Best" Giving you the power to predict, profit, protect
Dr. Linne Bourget M.A. M.B.A. Ph. D
www.oldpowernewpower.com www.whatyousayiswhatyouget.com
Pioneer, strengths-based leadership, Master Intuition System
Founder/CEO 480-767-1717 Institute for Transformation Leaders& Consultants Strategist, Consultant, Speaker,
Author of From Old Power to New Power – Which Leaders Will Survive?
Co-author with Mark Victor Hansen, Deepak Chopra, Amazon #1Bestseller, Wake Up, Live the Life You Love - Finding Personal Freedom
Author, What You Say Is What You Get® Series: The Secret Language of Great Business Results Dr. Linne's Leadership Guides Series Positive Quotient PQ® Questionnaire Appreciative Quotient AQ® Questionnaire Secrets of Powerful Appreciation for Parents and Children, 2 CD Audio by "Dr. Appreciation" Appreciation: The Secret Key to Magical Marriage Coming soon!! Power Course on Intuition for Business Leaders! "The greatest challenge is taking complete responsibility for your own greatness." Dr. Linne Copyright 2005-2013. All Rights Reserved. Dr. Linne Bourget, M.A., M.B.A., Ph.D.
Sunday, January 06, 2013
No Change-Why Would You Expect It? Leadership Lessons Post-Election
No Change-Why Would You Expect It: Leadership Lessons Post-Election
I cannot imagine why anyone thought Obama would move more centrist after
the election? Why should he? From his authoritarian power perspective, he
got what he wanted. Why should he compromise just to strengthen our economy?
Is that even his goal? From his behavior, clearly not. In my behavioral science/leadership world,
we say that if there is a gap between word and deed, the deed is the truest measure. Remember what I said before: Leadership behavior reveals TRUE goals, not necessarily stated goals.
Unbelievable that the markets shot up on news of a minor deal with the major issues not addressed yet.
Short-term traders, clearly. The long term risks have not been abated and are growing. My colleagues who trade options are not touching this!
Remember the debt ceiling deal he had with Boehner for 800B$ of new revenue which we walked away from after it was agreed to, coming back with a demand for $1.2 Trillion in new revenue, a FIFTY percent increase? Not the behavioral pattern of a centrist. Brinkmanship with our nation's strength? No problem for
anyone who wants power more than our good.
Tragically the Republicans were not strong enough to combat the very nasty campaign
which was predictable from previous behavioral patterns. So we are headed towards the European model,
which as we see has failed in Europe. Their socialist path has created so much scarcity that they are
in a constant power struggle, who will have control over the banks, who will make the decisions, how will the profligate children be brought into line.
Germany with the most hardworking capitalist model is being punished the most severely, expected to rescue the profligates. Again my favorite Economist joke: "The problem with socialism is that you run out of other people's money." The illusion in the U.S. that Europe is more stable is just that. Nothing has changed...the serious problems are just delayed further, as here in the U.S. And I repeat: Any social system which punishes the best and incentivizes laziness will fail of its own economic weight. Only a vibrantly growing private sector can help the U.S. and Europe now. Where is the support for that? I don't see it. Big mistake in policy. Huge.
A colleague recently said to me, "I am tired of hanging back. Time for me to "man up" materially and spiritually." National leaders could benefit from his advice.
Despite all, wishing you peace and prosperity for the New Year.
Don't let DC stop you from reaching your goals.
I am even more determined to reach mine!
Pedal to the metal--I have only owned 5 on the floor cars!
Dr. Linne Bourget
"Build on Your Best" Giving you the power to predict, profit, protect
Dr. Linne Bourget M.A. M.B.A. Ph. D
www.oldpowernewpower.com www.whatyousayiswhatyouget.com
Pioneer, strengths-based leadership, Master Intuition System Founder/CEO 480-767-1717
Institute for Transformation Leaders& Consultants Strategist, Consultant, Speaker,
Author of From Old Power to New Power – Which Leaders Will Survive?
Co-author with Mark Victor Hansen, Deepak Chopra, Amazon #1Bestseller, Wake Up, Live the Life You Love - Finding Personal Freedom
Author, What You Say Is What You Get® Series: The Secret Language of Great Business Results Dr. Linne's Leadership Guides Series Positive Quotient PQ® Questionnaire Appreciative Quotient AQ® Questionnaire Secrets of Powerful Appreciation for Parents and Children, 2 CD Audio by "Dr. Appreciation" Appreciation: The Secret Key to Magical Marriage Coming soon!!
Power Course on Intuition for Business Leaders! "The greatest challenge is taking complete responsibility for your own greatness." Dr. Linne Copyright 2005-2012. All Rights Reserved. Dr. Linne Bourget, M.A., M.B.A., Ph.D.
I cannot imagine why anyone thought Obama would move more centrist after
the election? Why should he? From his authoritarian power perspective, he
got what he wanted. Why should he compromise just to strengthen our economy?
Is that even his goal? From his behavior, clearly not. In my behavioral science/leadership world,
we say that if there is a gap between word and deed, the deed is the truest measure. Remember what I said before: Leadership behavior reveals TRUE goals, not necessarily stated goals.
Unbelievable that the markets shot up on news of a minor deal with the major issues not addressed yet.
Short-term traders, clearly. The long term risks have not been abated and are growing. My colleagues who trade options are not touching this!
Remember the debt ceiling deal he had with Boehner for 800B$ of new revenue which we walked away from after it was agreed to, coming back with a demand for $1.2 Trillion in new revenue, a FIFTY percent increase? Not the behavioral pattern of a centrist. Brinkmanship with our nation's strength? No problem for
anyone who wants power more than our good.
Tragically the Republicans were not strong enough to combat the very nasty campaign
which was predictable from previous behavioral patterns. So we are headed towards the European model,
which as we see has failed in Europe. Their socialist path has created so much scarcity that they are
in a constant power struggle, who will have control over the banks, who will make the decisions, how will the profligate children be brought into line.
Germany with the most hardworking capitalist model is being punished the most severely, expected to rescue the profligates. Again my favorite Economist joke: "The problem with socialism is that you run out of other people's money." The illusion in the U.S. that Europe is more stable is just that. Nothing has changed...the serious problems are just delayed further, as here in the U.S. And I repeat: Any social system which punishes the best and incentivizes laziness will fail of its own economic weight. Only a vibrantly growing private sector can help the U.S. and Europe now. Where is the support for that? I don't see it. Big mistake in policy. Huge.
A colleague recently said to me, "I am tired of hanging back. Time for me to "man up" materially and spiritually." National leaders could benefit from his advice.
Despite all, wishing you peace and prosperity for the New Year.
Don't let DC stop you from reaching your goals.
I am even more determined to reach mine!
Pedal to the metal--I have only owned 5 on the floor cars!
Dr. Linne Bourget
"Build on Your Best" Giving you the power to predict, profit, protect
Dr. Linne Bourget M.A. M.B.A. Ph. D
www.oldpowernewpower.com www.whatyousayiswhatyouget.com
Pioneer, strengths-based leadership, Master Intuition System Founder/CEO 480-767-1717
Institute for Transformation Leaders& Consultants Strategist, Consultant, Speaker,
Author of From Old Power to New Power – Which Leaders Will Survive?
Co-author with Mark Victor Hansen, Deepak Chopra, Amazon #1Bestseller, Wake Up, Live the Life You Love - Finding Personal Freedom
Author, What You Say Is What You Get® Series: The Secret Language of Great Business Results Dr. Linne's Leadership Guides Series Positive Quotient PQ® Questionnaire Appreciative Quotient AQ® Questionnaire Secrets of Powerful Appreciation for Parents and Children, 2 CD Audio by "Dr. Appreciation" Appreciation: The Secret Key to Magical Marriage Coming soon!!
Power Course on Intuition for Business Leaders! "The greatest challenge is taking complete responsibility for your own greatness." Dr. Linne Copyright 2005-2012. All Rights Reserved. Dr. Linne Bourget, M.A., M.B.A., Ph.D.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
The Most Powerful Leadership Choice in Decades...the U.S. Presidential Election
Hello, Everyone,
As Europe hesitates and delays progress with its internal power struggles, inevitable with socialism as the more and less fiscally responsible countries try to find a fair solution when there really are none
due to the extremes of Greece, Spain, etc., I turn my attention to the U.S. election.
As the U. S. is increasingly vulnerable to the same issues as Europe due to the current administrations
ideology and authoritarian domestic leadership style, this election is the most important in a very long time.
As an expert in leadership styles, I found both debates to date to be very telling.
In the first, Obama was disengaged, unprepared, inarticulate and a clear loser. He did not care enough to prepare and is used to being the whole show, so his weakness in collaborative process was glaring. This is typical of authoritarians. Romney was the clear winner, strong, articulate, prepared, authoritative, presidential, powerful yet statesmanlike.
The V. P. debate was also revealing..Biden's rudeness, smirking, constant interrupting, was amazingly condescending and again, authoritarian, a national embarrassment. Not the least statesmanlike. As one commentator said, it is frightening to think of having his finger on the nuclear button! In 30 years of working with senior executives, I have never allowed this behavior in any of my client teams.
The only good thing about Biden's behavior is that so many women, one radio show host said, were switching to Romney/Ryan based on Biden's behavior. This is of course predictable, but clearly Biden did not care about the women's vote...a strategic error to be sure. The deeper issue though is how his behavior reveals his character.
I have wondered all along why they couldn't get things done in DC...it is of course up to the President to make sure that parties work together, the buck stops at the White House. Now I see why. Obama either does not care or lacks the skill in collaborative process. But even if he lacks the skill, he has access to experts if he really wants to lead and get things done.
The Libya situation, not taking briefings in person, just on paper and the lack of leadership--choosing to be the abdicrat-- with all energy campaigning also reveal character and priorities. The rest of the nation hangs in the balance, with even top CEOs afraid to commit to expenditures/investments due to fear. The recent market rally had little volume. Large firms are sitting on $1.7 trillion in cash! Investors are sitting on the sidelines. Small businesses cannot get funding....I have spoken to at least 10 this week!
Bottom Line: I have never seen so much fear, despair and frustration as I see expressed toward this administration in the business community....everyone I speak with is in fear or despair, and I gravitate to positive can-do professionals!
Wake up, America! We can still get back on track, although it will be challenging. Please vote for
the only candidate who has a clue about business and economic realities---with Romney and Ryan
we have a chance. Otherwise, our entire nation is at risk economically, psychologically and spiritually.
"Build on Your Best" Giving you the power to predict, profit, & protect
Dr. Linne Bourget M.A. M.B.A. Ph. D
www.oldpowernewpower.com www.whatyousayiswhatyouget.com
Pioneer, strengths-based leadership, Master Intuition System
Founder/CEO 480-767-1717 Institute for Transformation Leaders & Consultants
Economist, Behavioral Scientist, Fortune 10, 50, 100 Consultant,
Strategist, Consultant, Speaker, Author of From Old Power to New Power – Which Leaders Will Survive?
Co-author with Mark Victor Hansen, Deepak Chopra, Amazon #1Bestseller, Wake Up, Live the Life You Love - Finding Personal Freedom
Author, What You Say Is What You Get® Series: The Secret Language of Great Business Results Dr. Linne's Leadership Guides Series Positive Quotient PQ® Questionnaire Appreciative Quotient AQ® Questionnaire Secrets of Powerful Appreciation for Parents and Children, 2 CD Audio by "Dr. Appreciation" Appreciation: The Secret Key to Magical Marriage Coming soon!! Power Course on Intuition for Business Leaders! "The greatest challenge is taking complete responsibility for your own greatness." Dr. Linne Copyright 2005-2012. All Rights Reserved. Dr. Linne Bourget, M.A., M.B.A., Ph.D.
As Europe hesitates and delays progress with its internal power struggles, inevitable with socialism as the more and less fiscally responsible countries try to find a fair solution when there really are none
due to the extremes of Greece, Spain, etc., I turn my attention to the U.S. election.
As the U. S. is increasingly vulnerable to the same issues as Europe due to the current administrations
ideology and authoritarian domestic leadership style, this election is the most important in a very long time.
As an expert in leadership styles, I found both debates to date to be very telling.
In the first, Obama was disengaged, unprepared, inarticulate and a clear loser. He did not care enough to prepare and is used to being the whole show, so his weakness in collaborative process was glaring. This is typical of authoritarians. Romney was the clear winner, strong, articulate, prepared, authoritative, presidential, powerful yet statesmanlike.
The V. P. debate was also revealing..Biden's rudeness, smirking, constant interrupting, was amazingly condescending and again, authoritarian, a national embarrassment. Not the least statesmanlike. As one commentator said, it is frightening to think of having his finger on the nuclear button! In 30 years of working with senior executives, I have never allowed this behavior in any of my client teams.
The only good thing about Biden's behavior is that so many women, one radio show host said, were switching to Romney/Ryan based on Biden's behavior. This is of course predictable, but clearly Biden did not care about the women's vote...a strategic error to be sure. The deeper issue though is how his behavior reveals his character.
I have wondered all along why they couldn't get things done in DC...it is of course up to the President to make sure that parties work together, the buck stops at the White House. Now I see why. Obama either does not care or lacks the skill in collaborative process. But even if he lacks the skill, he has access to experts if he really wants to lead and get things done.
The Libya situation, not taking briefings in person, just on paper and the lack of leadership--choosing to be the abdicrat-- with all energy campaigning also reveal character and priorities. The rest of the nation hangs in the balance, with even top CEOs afraid to commit to expenditures/investments due to fear. The recent market rally had little volume. Large firms are sitting on $1.7 trillion in cash! Investors are sitting on the sidelines. Small businesses cannot get funding....I have spoken to at least 10 this week!
Bottom Line: I have never seen so much fear, despair and frustration as I see expressed toward this administration in the business community....everyone I speak with is in fear or despair, and I gravitate to positive can-do professionals!
Wake up, America! We can still get back on track, although it will be challenging. Please vote for
the only candidate who has a clue about business and economic realities---with Romney and Ryan
we have a chance. Otherwise, our entire nation is at risk economically, psychologically and spiritually.
"Build on Your Best" Giving you the power to predict, profit, & protect
Dr. Linne Bourget M.A. M.B.A. Ph. D
www.oldpowernewpower.com www.whatyousayiswhatyouget.com
Pioneer, strengths-based leadership, Master Intuition System
Founder/CEO 480-767-1717 Institute for Transformation Leaders & Consultants
Economist, Behavioral Scientist, Fortune 10, 50, 100 Consultant,
Strategist, Consultant, Speaker, Author of From Old Power to New Power – Which Leaders Will Survive?
Co-author with Mark Victor Hansen, Deepak Chopra, Amazon #1Bestseller, Wake Up, Live the Life You Love - Finding Personal Freedom
Author, What You Say Is What You Get® Series: The Secret Language of Great Business Results Dr. Linne's Leadership Guides Series Positive Quotient PQ® Questionnaire Appreciative Quotient AQ® Questionnaire Secrets of Powerful Appreciation for Parents and Children, 2 CD Audio by "Dr. Appreciation" Appreciation: The Secret Key to Magical Marriage Coming soon!! Power Course on Intuition for Business Leaders! "The greatest challenge is taking complete responsibility for your own greatness." Dr. Linne Copyright 2005-2012. All Rights Reserved. Dr. Linne Bourget, M.A., M.B.A., Ph.D.
Sunday, September 30, 2012
European crisis and the markets rally??? Really?
HI All,
Watching Europe and the markets' irrational exuberance after Draghi's offer, then of course all the ongoing power struggles between ECB, national leaders and the people rioting...This is all about who has the power (see my book on Leaders and Power below), and the markets keep reacting as if one leader's pronouncement will fix things. But the EU was put in place without sufficiently clear agreements on consequences, so now they are in the midst of a power and money crisis, PLUS having to build the car as they drive, while their people are rioting. And the markets rise? Really? They did finally come down a little, and a few Wall Street commentators do see the real picture.
Any short term fix will not fix the underlying "cultural" (read, behavioral) situation.
The real issue is that socialism creates immature dependencies and that since it is not economically viable, the rude awakening felt by the people is a demand on them to grow up and become more independent and self-sufficient. Work. Pay taxes. Don't expect to retire at 50. The basics of growing up. Here we see that old Psychosocial Maturation Stages Model I mentioned before:
Interdependence Highest
Independence
Counterdependence
Dependence. Lowest
The riots are counterdependent, of course, the upset of being yanked out of dependency. Adolescent rebellion. Expect more. Tough to give up the gravy train! But so much tougher to keep it!
Remember my favorite joke going around in Economist circles: "The problem with socialism is that
you run out of other people's money!!"
As I said in my last post, Germany, the best and most capitalistic, is being punished, and the profligate countries are being rewarded. Any social system which punishes the best will fail, as the worst performers will bring it down. USSR, anyone?
Growing up is tough, but without it, no nation can survive.
I have the same fears about the U.S. Frightening!
Europe could not be giving the world a more graphic lesson in the failure of socialism.
I pray that our own leaders....and voters in the U.S....wake up and see this in time!!
Peace and Prosperity to you all,
Dr. Linne
"Build on Your Best" Giving you the power to predict, profit, protect
Dr. Linne Bourget M.A. M.B.A. Ph. D
www.oldpowernewpower.com www.whatyousayiswhatyouget.com
Pioneer, strengths-based leadership, Master Intuition System Founder/CEO 480-767-1717
Institute for Transformation Leaders& Consultants Strategist, Consultant, Speaker,
Author of From Old Power to New Power – Which Leaders Will Survive?
Co-author with Mark Victor Hansen, Deepak Chopra, Amazon #1Bestseller, Wake Up, Live the Life You Love - Finding Personal Freedom
Author, What You Say Is What You Get® Series: The Secret Language of Great Business Results Dr. Linne's Leadership Guides Series Positive Quotient PQ® Questionnaire Appreciative Quotient AQ® Questionnaire Secrets of Powerful Appreciation for Parents and Children, 2 CD Audio by "Dr. Appreciation" Appreciation: The Secret Key to Magical Marriage Coming soon!! Power Course on Intuition for Business Leaders! "The greatest challenge is taking complete responsibility for your own greatness." Dr. Linne Copyright 2005-2012. All Rights Reserved. Dr. Linne Bourget, M.A., M.B.A., Ph.D.
Watching Europe and the markets' irrational exuberance after Draghi's offer, then of course all the ongoing power struggles between ECB, national leaders and the people rioting...This is all about who has the power (see my book on Leaders and Power below), and the markets keep reacting as if one leader's pronouncement will fix things. But the EU was put in place without sufficiently clear agreements on consequences, so now they are in the midst of a power and money crisis, PLUS having to build the car as they drive, while their people are rioting. And the markets rise? Really? They did finally come down a little, and a few Wall Street commentators do see the real picture.
Any short term fix will not fix the underlying "cultural" (read, behavioral) situation.
The real issue is that socialism creates immature dependencies and that since it is not economically viable, the rude awakening felt by the people is a demand on them to grow up and become more independent and self-sufficient. Work. Pay taxes. Don't expect to retire at 50. The basics of growing up. Here we see that old Psychosocial Maturation Stages Model I mentioned before:
Interdependence Highest
Independence
Counterdependence
Dependence. Lowest
The riots are counterdependent, of course, the upset of being yanked out of dependency. Adolescent rebellion. Expect more. Tough to give up the gravy train! But so much tougher to keep it!
Remember my favorite joke going around in Economist circles: "The problem with socialism is that
you run out of other people's money!!"
As I said in my last post, Germany, the best and most capitalistic, is being punished, and the profligate countries are being rewarded. Any social system which punishes the best will fail, as the worst performers will bring it down. USSR, anyone?
Growing up is tough, but without it, no nation can survive.
I have the same fears about the U.S. Frightening!
Europe could not be giving the world a more graphic lesson in the failure of socialism.
I pray that our own leaders....and voters in the U.S....wake up and see this in time!!
Peace and Prosperity to you all,
Dr. Linne
"Build on Your Best" Giving you the power to predict, profit, protect
Dr. Linne Bourget M.A. M.B.A. Ph. D
www.oldpowernewpower.com www.whatyousayiswhatyouget.com
Pioneer, strengths-based leadership, Master Intuition System Founder/CEO 480-767-1717
Institute for Transformation Leaders& Consultants Strategist, Consultant, Speaker,
Author of From Old Power to New Power – Which Leaders Will Survive?
Co-author with Mark Victor Hansen, Deepak Chopra, Amazon #1Bestseller, Wake Up, Live the Life You Love - Finding Personal Freedom
Author, What You Say Is What You Get® Series: The Secret Language of Great Business Results Dr. Linne's Leadership Guides Series Positive Quotient PQ® Questionnaire Appreciative Quotient AQ® Questionnaire Secrets of Powerful Appreciation for Parents and Children, 2 CD Audio by "Dr. Appreciation" Appreciation: The Secret Key to Magical Marriage Coming soon!! Power Course on Intuition for Business Leaders! "The greatest challenge is taking complete responsibility for your own greatness." Dr. Linne Copyright 2005-2012. All Rights Reserved. Dr. Linne Bourget, M.A., M.B.A., Ph.D.
Monday, August 20, 2012
Did Draghi do everything needed as he promised?
HI Everyone,
OK it has been three weeks since Draghi said he would do whatever he could...now let's see...the next day Spain was making contingency plans in case it left the EU. Recently the head of the Dutch Socialist Party said the EU might break up...the Socialist party??!!! Finland is thinking of leaving the EU. And of course the Bundesbank objects to the ECB bond purchases as it should...Greece is having the next deadline with its usual financial crises.
What part of behavioral science don't they get, as they focus only on the financial aspects? This situation is totally backward. In any ethical responsible social system in which good results are desired over the long term, good behavior should be rewarded and bad irresponsible behavior should be punished. Rocket surgery this is not.
But in the EU so far it has been just the opposite. So-called "profligate countries" are being rewarded for bad behavior (except for minor sacrifices) and good countries--here, hardworking Germany--is expected to take the punishment for the behavior of the "bad" countries. Upside down and backwards from the behavior needed for desired results! Why should Germany be punished for its own good behavior?
Add to this that European banks are more leveraged and more thin on capital reserves than U.S. Banks, and this stew will not turn out to taste savory but bitter.
Any system in which the best are punished and the worst rewarded is not only unsustainable... it is sick!
Why? Because such a system incentivizes the worst behavior which will expand and choke out disincentivized good behavior and ultimately sink the entire system...like Communism in Russia
which I predicted years before the wall fell.
Again, my favorite now-tragic but real current Economist joke:
"The problem with socialism is that you run out of other people's money."
Wishing them all the best in Europe but fearing they have placed themselves in an impossible position.
Hoping and praying we can pull our own nation...the U.S. back from the perils of this brink also... we are at a crisis of trust in leaders due to the socialist policies here...I have never seen so many in fear and upset and despair as I have during this administration....
Peace and prosperity,
Dr. Linne
"Build on Your Best"
Giving you the power to predict, profit, protect
Dr. Linne Bourget M.A. M.B.A. Ph. D
www.oldpowernewpower.com www.whatyousayiswhatyouget.com
Pioneer, strengths-based leadership, Master Intuition System
Founder/CEO 480-767-1717
Institute for Transformation Leaders& Consultants
Strategist, Consultant, Speaker, Author of From Old Power to New Power – Which Leaders Will Survive?
Co-author with Mark Victor Hansen, Deepak Chopra, Amazon #1Bestseller, Wake Up, Live the Life You Love - Finding Personal Freedom
Author, What You Say Is What You Get® Series:
The Secret Language of Great Business Results
Dr. Linne's Leadership Guides Series
Positive Quotient PQ® Questionnaire
Appreciative Quotient AQ® Questionnaire
Secrets of Powerful Appreciation for Parents and Children, 2 CD Audio by "Dr. Appreciation"
Appreciation: The Secret Key to Magical Marriage
Coming soon!! Power Course on Intuition for Business Leaders!
"The greatest challenge is taking complete responsibility for your own greatness."
Dr. Linne
Copyright 2005-2012. All Rights Reserved.
Dr. Linne Bourget, M.A., M.B.A., Ph.D.
Thursday, July 26, 2012
What can Draghi really do in Europe?
Ok, so today Draghi says the ECB will do whatever necessary to save the Eurozone.
Really? Just one tiny problem. Yes, the Dow rose over 200 points. But if you will forgive my non-original phrase, it is "irrational exuberance'! Why? Because the fundamental problem is behavioral, and the financial problems are a symptom of that, not the cause. And Draghi cannot change behavior. Until the citizens choose governments of fiscal responsibility and take some on themselves...it will still be, as it has for over 2 years...(sorry...but sadly still true)...kicking a now even larger can down the road.
As an Economist and Behavioral Scientist/Leadership Expert of 30 years, I see clearly that if a critical mass of countries like Greece don't want to work, don't want to pay taxes, and yet still expect their governments to nanny them cradle to grave...the simple question is: Where is the money coming from?
Their expectations and demands...the people...are simply unsustainable. The bankers can do what they like but if people don't want to work and pay taxes, the underlying behaqvioral problem of dependency will continually cripple Europe.
It is laudable to try to save the Eurozone in some ways...but the model of Germany working so other countries don't have to, as one commentator said this week...is so unfair it is a brutal manipulation of hardworking Germany, economically and psychologically. Kudos to Merkel for standing her ground, but the situation is still fragile.
Any time you have the weaker punishing the stronger, this will fail...not sustainable economically or psychologically. The therapist Fritz Perls said the underdog always wins (by manipulation)...let us hope he is wrong in this case, but for now, tragically, he is right so far. The profligate nations have no right to
bleed dry the hardworking successful nations.
Of course, all of this also applies to the U.S....a struggle for survival....more on this later. I fervently hope that voters see all of this in the fall here. But at least a much higher percentage of us pay taxes and our retirement age is higher than in Greece!
Peace and prosperity to you all!
Dr. Linne
"Build on Your Best" Giving you the power to predict, profit, & protect
Dr. Linne Bourget M.A. M.B.A. Ph. D www.oldpowernewpower.com www.whatyousayiswhatyouget.com
Pioneer, strengths-based leadership, Master Intuition System
Founder/CEO 480-767-1717 Institute for Transformation Leaders& Consultants Strategist, Consultant, Speaker, Author of From Old Power to New Power – Which Leaders Will Survive?
Co-author with Mark Victor Hansen, Deepak Chopra, Amazon #1Bestseller, Wake Up, Live the Life You Love - Finding Personal Freedom Author, What You Say Is What You Get® Series: The Secret Language of Great Business Results Dr. Linne's Leadership Guides Series Positive Quotient ® Questionnaire Appreciative Quotient® Questionnaire Secrets of Powerful Appreciation for Parents and Children, 2 CD Audio by "Dr. Appreciation" Appreciation: The Secret Key to Magical Marriage Coming soon!! Power Course on Intuition for Business Leaders! "The greatest challenge is taking complete responsibility for your own greatness." Dr. Linne Copyright 2005-2012. All Rights Reserved. Dr. Linne Bourget, M.A., M.B.A., Ph.D.
Really? Just one tiny problem. Yes, the Dow rose over 200 points. But if you will forgive my non-original phrase, it is "irrational exuberance'! Why? Because the fundamental problem is behavioral, and the financial problems are a symptom of that, not the cause. And Draghi cannot change behavior. Until the citizens choose governments of fiscal responsibility and take some on themselves...it will still be, as it has for over 2 years...(sorry...but sadly still true)...kicking a now even larger can down the road.
As an Economist and Behavioral Scientist/Leadership Expert of 30 years, I see clearly that if a critical mass of countries like Greece don't want to work, don't want to pay taxes, and yet still expect their governments to nanny them cradle to grave...the simple question is: Where is the money coming from?
Their expectations and demands...the people...are simply unsustainable. The bankers can do what they like but if people don't want to work and pay taxes, the underlying behaqvioral problem of dependency will continually cripple Europe.
It is laudable to try to save the Eurozone in some ways...but the model of Germany working so other countries don't have to, as one commentator said this week...is so unfair it is a brutal manipulation of hardworking Germany, economically and psychologically. Kudos to Merkel for standing her ground, but the situation is still fragile.
Any time you have the weaker punishing the stronger, this will fail...not sustainable economically or psychologically. The therapist Fritz Perls said the underdog always wins (by manipulation)...let us hope he is wrong in this case, but for now, tragically, he is right so far. The profligate nations have no right to
bleed dry the hardworking successful nations.
Of course, all of this also applies to the U.S....a struggle for survival....more on this later. I fervently hope that voters see all of this in the fall here. But at least a much higher percentage of us pay taxes and our retirement age is higher than in Greece!
Peace and prosperity to you all!
Dr. Linne
"Build on Your Best" Giving you the power to predict, profit, & protect
Dr. Linne Bourget M.A. M.B.A. Ph. D www.oldpowernewpower.com www.whatyousayiswhatyouget.com
Pioneer, strengths-based leadership, Master Intuition System
Founder/CEO 480-767-1717 Institute for Transformation Leaders& Consultants Strategist, Consultant, Speaker, Author of From Old Power to New Power – Which Leaders Will Survive?
Co-author with Mark Victor Hansen, Deepak Chopra, Amazon #1Bestseller, Wake Up, Live the Life You Love - Finding Personal Freedom Author, What You Say Is What You Get® Series: The Secret Language of Great Business Results Dr. Linne's Leadership Guides Series Positive Quotient ® Questionnaire Appreciative Quotient® Questionnaire Secrets of Powerful Appreciation for Parents and Children, 2 CD Audio by "Dr. Appreciation" Appreciation: The Secret Key to Magical Marriage Coming soon!! Power Course on Intuition for Business Leaders! "The greatest challenge is taking complete responsibility for your own greatness." Dr. Linne Copyright 2005-2012. All Rights Reserved. Dr. Linne Bourget, M.A., M.B.A., Ph.D.
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Banks, Power and Chicanery-Rate Scandal
HI Everyone,
Hope all of you in the U.S. had a good Independence Day...now Interdependence Day as the world grows smaller.
Once again we see leaders using power in authoritarian non-transparent ways--manipulating the LIBOR rate on which so many transactions are based. Barclays, long respected British bank, has admitted it and several other banks are involved including U.S. Banks. How implicated is the Fed? Time will tell as the investigations proceed.
The misuse of power by "leaders" is at the root of all of these scandals, and reflects the surfacing of Old Power behavior no longer acceptable. Barclays, for Heaven's sake! Look for more such scandals to be unearthed. The Power Shift from Old to New Power, which I discuss at length in my book From Old Power to New Power – Which Leaders Will Survive? is at the crux of global change. Countries in which negative controlling unethical authoritarian power is allowed to persist will see weaker economies and reputations due to misuse of power.
Yes, this has been around forever. Yes, it has been a "privilege" of "leaders". But the world has changed.
Information is everywhere and democratized, raising the expectations of transparency and ethical behavior from those with power. Many leaders still behave as if they could control all in secret, but those days are over. Time to change and move into a more positive collaborative participative framework as my mentors, my generation of professionals and the newer generations of consultants teach...In business, unilateral power is over. Give it up. It is obsolete. Besides, New Power is more fun and much more profitable! Scandals are EXPENSIVE!
In politics, the power issues are being played out around the world. Egypt is in the grips of a battle between 2 Old Power factions, so they are in real trouble whichever one wins there. Freedom will be hardwon and delayed for them.....watch this going on in every dictatorship...China, Iran, Syria...in different ways...the Old Power model is being challenged. An amazing time and a compelling saga!
This underlies the huge mistrust of leaders now, by the way...standards have gone way up! Leaders, your required learning curve now is huge. If you do not learn the Power Shift skills and techniques, your career and company are at risk. Plain and simple.
Peace and prosperity to all of you.
Dr. Linne
"Build on Your Best"
Giving you the power to predict, profit, & protect
Dr. Linne Bourget M.A. M.B.A. Ph. D
www.oldpowernewpower.com www.whatyousayiswhatyouget.com
Pioneer, strengths-based leadership, Master Intuition System
Founder/CEO 480-767-1717
Institute for Transformation Leaders& Consultants
Strategist, Consultant, Speaker,
Author of From Old Power to New Power – Which Leaders Will Survive?
Co-author with Mark Victor Hansen, Deepak Chopra, Amazon #1Bestseller, Wake Up, Live the Life You Love - Finding Personal Freedom
Author, What You Say Is What You Get® Series:
The Secret Language of Great Business Results
Dr. Linne's Leadership Guides Series
Positive Quotient PQ® Questionnaire
Appreciative Quotient AQ® Questionnaire
Secrets of Powerful Appreciation for Parents and Children, 2 CD Audio by "Dr. Appreciation"
Appreciation: The Secret Key to Magical Marriage
Coming soon!! Power Course on Intuition for Business Leaders!
"The greatest challenge is taking complete responsibility for your own greatness."
Dr. Linne
Copyright 2005-2012. All Rights Reserved.
Dr. Linne Bourget, M.A., M.B.A., Ph.D.
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Obama's Leadership Style--An Unusual Combination!
This week I have been observing Obama's leadership style from the view of a leadership style expert for 30 years, Economist, Applied Behavioral Scientist and Change Leadership Expert, and it is fascinating.
At first during the 2008 campaign he came across as positive and collaborative, but something inside me didn't trust it.
Then when he came into office he showed up as an abdicrat, abdicating his promise and most important responsibility to create jobs.
Then his process for passing health care legislation was textbook authoritarian, crammed in at the last minute with only one visit to Republicans in which he mostly lectured. This has turned out to be his predominant style.
I have worked with many authoritarian leaders but have never seen this combination of abdicrat-authoritarian. And have never seen an authoritarian leader who could present as a collaborative leader.
Most unusual. And so are the results. Authoritarians create fear. Abdicrats create fear, anger, orphan syndrome, and divisiveness, all of which we are seeing hugely.
I have been seeing how much fear he has created in consumers, in CEO's, in small business owners, in investors. There is great fear in the land, more than I have ever seen, people are afraid to take a risk on anything. I wondered if any of the financial gurus saw it also...then yesterday on one of the business channels a guest commented on precisely this.
Talking with a colleague this morning, I mentioned to her how unusual it was for an authoritarian to present as any other style--usually they are blunt-and she mentioned he was raised by his grandmother in a time when women had to use indirect means to get what they want instead of asking directly. True? I don't know. But this I know..his psychology is harming us economically and badly, and this is in addition to his policies which also harm us. Make no mistake, the fear and lack of confidence are just as costly as the policies....please give thought to this!!!
Wishing you all peace and prosperity!
Dr. Linne
"Build on Your Best"
Giving you the power to predict, profit, &; protect
Dr. Linne Bourget M.A. M.B.A. Ph. D
www.oldpowernewpower.com www.whatyousayiswhatyouget.com
Pioneer, strengths-based leadership, Master Intuition System
Founder/CEO 480-767-1717
Institute for Transformation Leaders& Consultants
Strategist, Consultant, Speaker, Author of From Old Power to New Power – Which Leaders Will Survive?
Co-author with Mark Victor Hansen, Deepak Chopra, Amazon #1Bestseller, Wake Up, Live the Life You Love - Finding Personal Freedom
Author, What You Say Is What You Get® Series:
The Secret Language of Great Business Results
Dr. Linne's Leadership Guides Series
Positive Quotient PQ® Questionnaire
Appreciative Quotient AQ® Questionnaire
Secrets of Powerful Appreciation for Parents and Children, 2 CD Audio by "Dr. Appreciation"
Appreciation: The Secret Key to Magical Marriage
Coming soon!! Power Course on Intuition for Business Leaders!
"The greatest challenge is taking complete responsibility for your own greatness."
Dr. Linne
Copyright 2005-2012. All Rights Reserved.
Dr. Linne Bourget, M.A., M.B.A., Ph.D.
Friday, June 08, 2012
World Economic Uncertainty and Leadership Delegation
HI,
After my last post, I was thinking of the stress on leaders with all the uncertainty
and how stressimpacts cognitive functioning and communication.
As a longtime expert in leadership communication,
I have seen nearly all clients struggle with delegation.
Now of course it is even more difficult.
and how stressimpacts cognitive functioning and communication.
As a longtime expert in leadership communication,
I have seen nearly all clients struggle with delegation.
Now of course it is even more difficult.
One of the most crucial aspects of leadership communication is delegation.
How is delegation working in your company, large or small?
Are you getting the results you want from delegation?
Do you have Delegation Disasters or Delegation Delight?
Do you understand how your use of power affects your Delegation results?
Do you see how great Delegation is crucial for change and transformation?
Most leaders have no delegation training sufficient to handle the rapid change, uncertainty, global shocks and upsets rocketing through their companies.
Leaders need help with this.
My training manual for the very positive fast and efficient Engine and Four Wheels delegation system I have used for client executives is on the road to being available...will post here when it is ready...has
gotten many clients out of the ditch and back on the road to faster easier better results.
Starting as an Economist and then becoming a Behavioral Scientist/Leadership and Change Expert gives me the ability to layer in immediate bottom-line results from my leadership systems, as I can see the links between behavior and results...very rewarding to offer this to clients and see them go from frowns to smiles.
Make it a great day!
Dr. Linne
"Build on Your Best"
Giving you the power to predict, profit, & protect.
Dr. Linne Bourget M.A. M.B.A. Ph. D
www.oldpowernewpower.com www.whatyousayiswhatyouget.com
Pioneer, strengths-based leadership, Master Intuition System
Founder/CEO 480-767-1717
Institute for Transformation Leaders& Consultants
Strategist, Consultant, Speaker,
Author of From Old Power to New Power – Which Leaders Will Survive?
Co-author with Mark Victor Hansen, Deepak Chopra, Amazon #1Bestseller, Wake Up, Live the Life You Love - Finding Personal Freedom
Author, What You Say Is What You Get® Series:
The Secret Language of Great Business Results
Dr. Linne's Leadership Guides Series
Positive Quotient PQ® Questionnaire
Appreciative Quotient AQ® Questionnaire
Secrets of Powerful Appreciation for Parents and Children, 2 CD Audio by "Dr. Appreciation"
Appreciation: The Secret Key to Magical Marriage
Coming soon!! Power Course on Intuition for Business Leaders!
"The greatest challenge is taking complete responsibility for your own greatness."
Dr. Linne
Copyright 2005-2012. All Rights Reserved.
Dr. Linne Bourget, M.A., M.B.A., Ph.D.
Wednesday, June 06, 2012
Economist/Behavioral Scientist/Leadership Expert Analyzes European Situation
HI,
Putting on my Economist had to see the difficulties in Europe, it is painful to see how many decisions by leaders are being put off or pushed by the fiscal failures in European countries. Here's the thing though: As a behavioral scientist, I know that it doesn't matter what deals European leaders make. It matters what their people will accept. This is behavioral and cultural. Socialism creates dependency and psychological immaturity. Thus we see the counterdependency and rebellion when they are forced to start growing up.
Oddly, all these years, later, my undergraduate work in Economics at the University of Chicago has never seemed so crucial: Comparative Economic Systems and their Impact on Behavior of the People, in Russian, China, Japan and the U.S. I predicted the fall of the Berlin Wall many years before it happened.
This commonly used psychology model says it well:
Interdependence
Independence
Counterdependence
Dependence
From bottom to top, these are the stages of psychosocial maturation, i. e. GROWING UP!
Socialism promotes the bottom most immature layer. What we see now is rebellion, moving
to counterdependence. Only when they move to the top 2 levels will they have viable economies.
This will not happen anytime soon, so fasten your seat belt!
Check out our work at: www.whatyousayiswhatyouget.com
And in spite of world events, create a wonderful life for yourself and your loved ones!
Best of success!
Dr. Linne
"Build on Your Best"
Giving you the power to predict, profit, & protect
Dr. Linne Bourget M.A. M.B.A. Ph. D
www.oldpowernewpower.com www.whatyousayiswhatyouget.com
Pioneer, strengths-based leadership, Master Intuition System
Founder/CEO 480-767-1717
Institute for Transformation Leaders& Consultants
Strategist, Consultant, Speaker, Author of From Old Power to New Power – Which Leaders Will Survive?
Co-author with Mark Victor Hansen, Deepak Chopra, Amazon #1Bestseller, Wake Up, Live the Life You Love - Finding Personal Freedom
Author, What You Say Is What You Get® Series:
The Secret Language of Great Business Results
Dr. Linne's Leadership Guides Series
Positive Quotient PQ® Questionnaire
Appreciative Quotient AQ® Questionnaire
Secrets of Powerful Appreciation for Parents and Children, 2 CD Audio by "Dr. Appreciation"
Appreciation: The Secret Key to Magical Marriage
Power Course on Intuition for Business Leaders!
"The greatest challenge is taking complete responsibility for your own greatness."
Dr. Linne
Copyright 2005-2012. All Rights Reserved.
Dr. Linne Bourget, M.A., M.B.A., Ph.D.
Monday, May 28, 2012
Memorial Day and Leadership Power, Old and New!
HI,
On this Memorial Day I am grateful that we still have some freedoms in our great but beleaguered nation and grateful for all those who serve, have served and have given their lives for our heraldic country. I hope to see the day when war has become an obsolete function but as long as we have brutal dictatorships we have to be prepared to stand for freedom and democracy, as brutal dictators scoff at anything collaborative like negotiations...a very sad time now in the Power Shift from Old Power to New Power in the political realm. Ultimately the New Power will prevail but right now it surely looks like a step back doesn't it?
More progress is being made in business, as more employees expect positive collaborative power and will leave if not managed this way as soon as they can find another job. In early 2012 I saw on cnnmoney.com a study finding that 90% of employees would leave if they could find another job!! Scary indeed for companies.
Are leaders getting this?
Hope you are a great positive collaborative leader or that you work for one!!
Dr. Linne
"Build on Your Best"
Giving you the power to predict, profit, protect
Dr. Linne Bourget M.A. M.B.A. Ph. D
www.oldpowernewpower.com www.whatyousayiswhatyouget.com
Pioneer, strengths-based leadership, Master Intuition System
Founder/CEO 480-767-1717
Institute for Transformation Leaders& Consultants
Strategist, Consultant, Speaker, Author of From Old Power to New Power – Which Leaders Will Survive?
Co-author with Mark Victor Hansen, Deepak Chopra, Amazon #1Bestseller, Wake Up, Live the Life You Love - Finding Personal Freedom
Author, What You Say Is What You Get® Series:
The Secret Language of Great Business Results
Dr. Linne's Leadership Guides Series
Positive Quotient PQ® Questionnaire
Appreciative Quotient AQ® Questionnaire
Secrets of Powerful Appreciation for Parents and Children, 2 CD Audio by "Dr. Appreciation"
Appreciation: The Secret Key to Magical Marriage
Coming soon!! Power Course on Intuition for Business Leaders!
"The greatest challenge is taking complete responsibility for your own greatness."
Dr. Linne
Copyright 2005-2012. All Rights Reserved.
Dr. Linne Bourget, M.A., M.B.A., Ph.D.
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
How Leaders Use Power--The Power Shift and Appreciation
Greetings!
I am reflecting on how leaders are using power amidst this planet-wide Power Shift which is in a rocky phase to be sure. Understandable as it is the greatest challenge on the planet.
But on the good news side Old Power brutal dictators and authoritarian types are under criticism and demands for transparency as never before. The downside: Many still think they can get away with the old approach, whether in killing their citizens or in unilateral command and control approaches in civilian jobs where it is obsolete, or as the kids say, "So Over!".
After 30 years of working with these issues in client projects I am surprised that the Old Power approach is still tolerated in business.
Intriguing question: When the economies are strengthened and employees leave their jobs in huge numbers (90% would if they could find another job! cnnmoney.com), and leaders are then in shock at the loss of talent, what will happen? I just happen to have a few ideas about that, as I am fond of saying. One is about the Appreciative Quotient(R) of leaders, one powerful New Power metric...
Stay tuned.....
Best of fortune and success to you all,
Dr. Linne
"Build on Your Best"
Giving you the power to predict, profit, protect
Dr. Linne Bourget M.A. M.B.A. Ph. D
www.oldpowernewpower.com www.whatyousayiswhatyouget.com
Pioneer, strengths-based leadership, Master Intuition System
Founder/CEO 480-767-1717
Institute for Transformation Leaders& Consultants
Strategist, Consultant, Speaker, Author of From Old Power to New Power – Which Leaders Will Survive?
Co-author with Mark Victor Hansen, Deepak Chopra, Amazon #1Bestseller, Wake Up, Live the Life You Love - Finding Personal Freedom
Author, What You Say Is What You Get® Series:
The Secret Language of Great Business Results
Dr. Linne's Leadership Guides Series
Positive Quotient PQ® Questionnaire
Appreciative Quotient AQ® Questionnaire
Secrets of Powerful Appreciation for Parents and Children, 2 CD Audio by "Dr. Appreciation"
Appreciation: The Secret Key to Magical Marriage
Coming soon!! Power Course on Intuition for Business Leaders!
"The greatest challenge is taking complete responsibility for your own greatness."
Dr. Linne
Copyright 2005-2012. All Rights Reserved.
Dr. Linne Bourget, M.A., M.B.A., Ph.D.
Monday, May 02, 2011
After Bin Laden, how do we strengthen our economy?
Hello!
Bin Laden is gone, sigh of relief! Part of the Power Shift I discuss in my latest book...But don't get comfortable! Remember his stated goal:
To bankrupt the U.S.A.!
We are again transferring huge wealth to the Middle East via high gas prices which funds terrorism! Just when we are barely recovering and vulnerable with our debt. No accident!
So I am challenging you: What are you doing to prevent economic harm to the U.S.!
It will take all of us!
What am I doing???
1. Working on funding for a company strengthening our energy independence.
2. Working on funding and consulting for entrepreneurs who can grow their companies and U.S. jobs with new technologies and products.
Why am I doing that instead of my usual corporate consulting?
Corporate earnings are primarily from other countries, emerging markets, meaning few U.S. jobs. It is good they are bringing revenue, but the entrepreneurial sector is really what will save us and grow our economy again. This is my passion!!
So...what are YOU doing to strengthen our economy??!!
It will take all of us, but WE CAN DO THIS!
Thank you!!
Dr Linne
"Build on Your Best"Giving you the power to predict, profit, & protect
Dr. Linne Bourget M.A. M.B.A. Ph. D www.oldpowernewpower.com www.whatyousayiswhatyouget.com Pioneer, strengths-based leadership, Master Intuition System Founder/CEO 480-767-1717Institute for Transformation Leaders& Consultants Strategist, Consultant, Speaker, Author of From Old Power to New Power – Which Leaders Will Survive?Co-author with Mark Victor Hansen, Deepak Chopra, Amazon #1Bestseller, Wake Up, Live the Life You Love - Finding Personal Freedom Author, What You Say Is What You Get® Series: The Secret Language of Great Business Results
Dr. Linne's Leadership Guides Series Positive Quotient PQ® Questionnaire Appreciative Quotient AQ® Questionnaire Secrets of Powerful Appreciation for Parents and Children, 2 CD Audio by "Dr. Appreciation"Appreciation: The Secret Key to Magical Marriage Coming soon!! Power Course on Intuition for Business Leaders!
"The greatest challenge is taking complete responsibility for your own greatness." Dr. Linne Copyright 2005-2011.
All Rights Reserved.Dr. Linne Bourget, M.A., M.B.A., Ph.D.
Bin Laden is gone, sigh of relief! Part of the Power Shift I discuss in my latest book...But don't get comfortable! Remember his stated goal:
To bankrupt the U.S.A.!
We are again transferring huge wealth to the Middle East via high gas prices which funds terrorism! Just when we are barely recovering and vulnerable with our debt. No accident!
So I am challenging you: What are you doing to prevent economic harm to the U.S.!
It will take all of us!
What am I doing???
1. Working on funding for a company strengthening our energy independence.
2. Working on funding and consulting for entrepreneurs who can grow their companies and U.S. jobs with new technologies and products.
Why am I doing that instead of my usual corporate consulting?
Corporate earnings are primarily from other countries, emerging markets, meaning few U.S. jobs. It is good they are bringing revenue, but the entrepreneurial sector is really what will save us and grow our economy again. This is my passion!!
So...what are YOU doing to strengthen our economy??!!
It will take all of us, but WE CAN DO THIS!
Thank you!!
Dr Linne
"Build on Your Best"Giving you the power to predict, profit, & protect
Dr. Linne Bourget M.A. M.B.A. Ph. D www.oldpowernewpower.com www.whatyousayiswhatyouget.com Pioneer, strengths-based leadership, Master Intuition System Founder/CEO 480-767-1717Institute for Transformation Leaders& Consultants Strategist, Consultant, Speaker, Author of From Old Power to New Power – Which Leaders Will Survive?Co-author with Mark Victor Hansen, Deepak Chopra, Amazon #1Bestseller, Wake Up, Live the Life You Love - Finding Personal Freedom Author, What You Say Is What You Get® Series: The Secret Language of Great Business Results
Dr. Linne's Leadership Guides Series Positive Quotient PQ® Questionnaire Appreciative Quotient AQ® Questionnaire Secrets of Powerful Appreciation for Parents and Children, 2 CD Audio by "Dr. Appreciation"Appreciation: The Secret Key to Magical Marriage Coming soon!! Power Course on Intuition for Business Leaders!
"The greatest challenge is taking complete responsibility for your own greatness." Dr. Linne Copyright 2005-2011.
All Rights Reserved.Dr. Linne Bourget, M.A., M.B.A., Ph.D.
Thursday, October 08, 2009
5 Leadership, Consulting, & Coaching Tips for Hidden Revenue in Your Business: *Free* newsletter
HI Everyone,
Recessions may crunch us temporarily but the seasons come reliably. We can count on them and learn from them. Fall is a time of harvest. Dig a little for more abundance!
Peace and Prosperity to you,
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