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VLOG - Your 1st Instinct Will Get You In Trouble as a Leader
What is the difference between our first instincts and our second instincts? Character. Our first instincts can get us in trouble. We...
Dave Anderson
Mar 181 min read
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Leaders - Can You Laugh at Yourself?
What type of example are we setting if we react to failure with embarrassment, shame, or anger? I failed miserably in front of my...
Dave Anderson
Mar 113 min read
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VLOG - Moral Drift - How Did I Get Here?
You never drift towards excellence. Excellence is only achieved with intentionality. Becoming a Leader of Character takes intentionality....
Dave Anderson
Feb 181 min read
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VLOG - Your Character is Your Choice
How we are is who we are? The habits we display regularly determine our character. What choices do you make in difficult circumstances?...
Dave Anderson
Jan 281 min read
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VLOG - Compliant Groups vs Committed Teams
The next 117 seconds focuses on the difference between leaders who manage compliant groups and leaders who lead committed teams. Which...
Dave Anderson
Jan 211 min read
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Growth and Comfort Cannot Coexist
If comfort is our goal, we will stagnate. There are a lot of external challenges that are thrown in a leader’s path - market shifts,...
Dave Anderson
Nov 19, 20243 min read
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The Pop Quizzes in Life Determine Your Character
Lets face it! We rarely pass tests if we fail to prepare for those tests. If you are waiting on some big defining moment for you to...
Dave Anderson
Nov 5, 20243 min read
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VLOG - Hope is a Lousy Leadership Strategy
Hope is a great thing to have, but it is a lousy leadership strategy. You can't just hope your people or children make wise decisions,...
Dave Anderson
Oct 29, 20241 min read
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VLOG - The Root Cause of Your Character Failures
The deadly combination of fear and pride are the reason for most failures in character. And we all have had times when our character...
Dave Anderson
Oct 15, 20241 min read
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Three Options When the S–t Hits the Fan
Venting is a short term release of pressure. Whining is the long term wallowing and spreading of useless despair. What did you do the...
Dave Anderson
Oct 8, 20243 min read
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VLOG - Most Leadership Failures are Character Failures
The headlines are all too common. Business, politics, law enforcement, and education all have sad stories about catastrophic failures of...
Dave Anderson
Oct 1, 20241 min read
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VLOG - Your Attitude is Contagious. Is Yours Worth Catching?
Did you just have a bad day or wake up on the wrong side of the bed? What's your response? How does that effect your character and your...
Dave Anderson
Sep 17, 20241 min read
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Scarred by Your Previous Leader
If you make the new leader continue to pay for the sins of the previous one, will things ever get better? Heads up! This is a story...
Dave Anderson
Aug 13, 20244 min read
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If You Are Inconsistent - They Won’t Follow
When we work on our consistency, we are working on our character. “Walking on eggshells.” “Not one of her people.” “Never knowing...
Dave Anderson
Jul 30, 20243 min read
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To Win You Have to Risk Losing
If you live by the law of averages, that’s what you will be - average. A fourth quarter comeback won’t happen if a team looks at the...
Dave Anderson
Apr 23, 20242 min read
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Keys to a Positive Culture in the Fire Services or Anywhere
Create a culture that assumes good intentions when errors are made rather than incompetence. “Life is 10 percent of what happens to me,...
Dave Anderson
Jun 6, 20233 min read
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Positivity - From Army Officer, To Cancer Survivor, To Doctor
Surround yourself with positive people, and soon you will find joy, happiness and hope in all situations. - COL (R) Troy Prairie, MD “It...
Dave Anderson
May 23, 20233 min read
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Three Ways Three Leaders are Rebuilding Morale
A leader in mistake prevention mode is also in growth prevention mode. What happens after the previous regime leaves an organization in...
Dave Anderson
Jan 17, 20234 min read
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Three Teams, Three Leaders, and Three Ways They Killed Morale
Who buys into a hypocrite? They were all picking up the pieces after the last chief left. While working with a police department one day...
Dave Anderson
Jan 10, 20233 min read
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Three Actions a Leader Takes to Reset Morale
It takes Humility and Courage from the leader to change the morale of a team. Have you ever seen a leader of a low morale team try to...
Dave Anderson
Jan 3, 20233 min read
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