Thoughts on Leadership by Alicia Odile Cortés Abascal

Thoughts on Leadership by Alicia Odile Cortés Abascal https://padlet.com/odile_cortes/leadership After watching a video, use this to express your thoughts and opinions about its content en-us 2017-02-20 20:17:45 UTC 2025-10-03 02:54:25 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/File.png How to speak so that people want to listen a01023113 https://padlet.com/odile_cortes/leadership/wish/157501912 The main points of the video were that we have certain habits that we do that makes people avoid listening to us. Which are gossip, judging, negativity, complaining, excuses, lying and dogmatism. But we can correct this by following certain things to correct what we say like honesty, authenticity, integrity and love (HAIL); also we need to pay attention to how we say this things; register, timbre, prosody (Not monotonous), pace, pitch and volume.
He also recommends doing warm up exercises for the voice. ]]> 2017-03-02 22:56:01 UTC https://padlet.com/odile_cortes/leadership/wish/157501912 How to speak so that people want to listen - Julian Treasure a01023069 https://padlet.com/odile_cortes/leadership/wish/157900404 7 sins of speaking
1.Gossip
2. Judging
3. Negativity
4. Complaints
5. Excuses
6. Exaggeration (lying)
7. Dogmatism (confusing facts & opinions)

4 foundations
Honesty
Authenticity
Integrity
Love

HOW WE SAY THINGS
Register (speak from your chest)
Timbre (how your voice feels)
Prosody (metalanguage)
Pace (fast & slow)
Silence (pause)
Pitch (high & low)
Volume(shouting/whispering)

WARM UP YOUR VOICE

"Understanding would be a norm if people created and consumed sound consciously in an environment design for sound"]]> 2017-03-06 01:02:15 UTC https://padlet.com/odile_cortes/leadership/wish/157900404 Eric Thomas: How badly do you want it [Hans Zimmer - Time] a01023767 https://padlet.com/odile_cortes/leadership/wish/157906593 "When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breath you will be successful"

When you are out of breath and all you think of is breathing, is same applied to success.

If you want to be successful you need to be willing to sacrifice time in other things.

Pain is temporary eventually it will subside, but if you quit that pain will last forever.

MOST IMPORTANT: Be able in any moment to sacrifice what you for what you will become.]]> 2017-03-06 01:57:07 UTC https://padlet.com/odile_cortes/leadership/wish/157906593 The power of believing that you can improve valivelazquez https://padlet.com/odile_cortes/leadership/wish/157913245 The power of YET
We think that everything we make it necessary need to be in the instant moment, right in the moment it's happening, and sometimes in the process of doing this thing we failed and think that we are not smart enoght or not good for realizing the job or work, but we never think that maybe its because it is not the time YET.

We are focusing in the right now instead of focusing in the "not yet"
When you understand the Not Yet you began to understand that you are in a learning curve, that gives us a path into the future

When we heard the worlds effort and difficulty we block your minds.When effort and difficulty change their meaning to a positive meaning they make connections and that help us get smarter, what is call as a growth mindset.

Once we know that abilities are capable of growth it becomes a basic human right
we need to create places that filled "yet", to create and live in places that grow

]]> 2017-03-06 03:19:08 UTC https://padlet.com/odile_cortes/leadership/wish/157913245 How Leaders Learn - Mark Nicolson @ TEDxSantaCruz a01023037 https://padlet.com/odile_cortes/leadership/wish/158072335 -Great leadership doesn´t come from a few people, it comes from everyone of us.
-The essential qualities of leadership are compassion, courage, humility, fierceness when contacting with others.
-We can transform our emotions to this qualities. Ex: Fear into courage, grief into compassion, shame into humility, and anger into fierceness
-You can do this by connecting with others

]]> 2017-03-06 16:08:50 UTC https://padlet.com/odile_cortes/leadership/wish/158072335 A rich life with less stuff | The Minimalists | TEDxWhitefish a01023495 https://padlet.com/odile_cortes/leadership/wish/158074282 What does it mean to be part of a community?

A life with less stuff, less clutter, less stress, less debt, less discontent, less distractions.

More time, more meaningful relationships, more growth and contribution. A life of passion unencumbered by the trappings of the chaotic world around you.; an intentional life.

A RICH LIFE
Many people dedicate their lives to the making and spending money in the pursuit of happiness; pursuit of the American Dream. They feel a gaping void to be filled with stuff; consumer purchases that only widen the void.

• Loss of Passion

Q: Why the hell are you so happy?
A: Minimalism.

Get clutter out of the way to make room for important things.
• Everything that remains

Packing Party: pack all belongings and only unpack needed items within the next three weeks.

Willingness to contribute beyond yourself. Community: Health, Relationship, Growth and Contribution.

]]> 2017-03-06 16:13:45 UTC https://padlet.com/odile_cortes/leadership/wish/158074282 Learning to be awesome at anything you do, including being a leader | Tasha Eurich | TEDxMileHigh a01023069 https://padlet.com/odile_cortes/leadership/wish/158074364 When is comes to your own development you can't stop doing what you want to do.
3 steps for radical improvement to anything you want to do better
1. Know yourself --> most people don't know what their capabilities are. We live in a world where people don't tell the truth. Accepted reality.
2. Pick one thing to work on --> progress on one thing than little to none in many things. Real confidence because you're doing the right thing.
3. Practice daily --> people earn their exceptionality with daily practice. Effort and commitment anyone can be better.

You will not improve unless you make a daily commitment to practice. Everyday you'll learn and everyday you'll get better.

No one will invest in you, but you.

]]> 2017-03-06 16:14:02 UTC https://padlet.com/odile_cortes/leadership/wish/158074364 Body Language, the power is in the palm of your hands. a01379934 https://padlet.com/odile_cortes/leadership/wish/158074703 Allan Pease talks about the importance of body language and how this reflets a lot about your personality, for example the person who is on top after a hand shake is more likely to be the dominant personality on the conversation.

Pease talks about how a handshake reflects the kind of person you are, which dates back the Roman era. The type of handshake you gave would determine your dominance over someone else, which is very important for self confidence. In order to avoid this inbalance, Pease proposed to apply the same preasure you are recieving.

Pease also alks about body language in general. He explains how this is an important factor for communicating the message. Body language is a way of calling for attention and allows you to express yourself better. He explains the dominant position, which is the state in which you find yourself more comfortable. ]]> 2017-03-06 16:15:03 UTC https://padlet.com/odile_cortes/leadership/wish/158074703 Go with your gut feeling - Magnus Walker a01022923 https://padlet.com/odile_cortes/leadership/wish/158074777 The video is about a man who lived in Sheffield, who left school after the fifth year, and who was living from part time jobs an dole. He took various leaps of faith which he called following his "gut feeling". Among the most important ones were his leap to leave England and go to Detroit, going to LA and buying a an antique and abandoned building which it later became 'famous' for shootings. He recommends to follow your gut to take important decisions, as it was that way he got into his dream; driving and buying various old Porsche's]]> 2017-03-06 16:15:16 UTC https://padlet.com/odile_cortes/leadership/wish/158074777 What great leaders Know and Do a01023061 https://padlet.com/odile_cortes/leadership/wish/158075023 WCAVIDEO

People that try to prepare the business for development are the ones that move leadership
I should ask the question, maybe I'm a leader?
Willing to work hard - that's what opens doors
Dealing with things is crafting the leadership

The world is changing - see the opportunities, accelerate leadership development,

Fundamental same definitions for leadership are needed to develop and KNOW

Repeat the process for figuring "How do we want leadership to look here?"

The iceberg image - 80% is the character of the leader --> it's below the water, 20% are the skills of the leader --> they are on top of the water

Character + Skills = Leader

You shall hire for character, competence and chemistry.

You have to see the angles to see the whole picture, the picture of the future, and then select.

You shall see the prefered future

]]> 2017-03-06 16:16:00 UTC https://padlet.com/odile_cortes/leadership/wish/158075023 The Heart of Leadership: Mark Miller Main Message R1 a01022659 https://padlet.com/odile_cortes/leadership/wish/158075369 Mark Miller is publishing a new book based on a previous one. He says that in the new book the main character learned new techniques in order to be a better leader, but people are not following him for some reason. Mark says this is due to the fact his heart is not right.
"When your heart is not right, no one is going to care about your skills.]]> 2017-03-06 16:17:02 UTC https://padlet.com/odile_cortes/leadership/wish/158075369 Camille Fournier Velocity NY 2014 Keynote: "Cloning Yourself Isn't an Option..." a01022663 https://padlet.com/odile_cortes/leadership/wish/158082398 The video is about being a "multiplier", which mainly means training your replacements effectively and with effort, also they learn how to invest their time in activities that are worth doing. Finally, a multiplier cares about the problems around him and tries to solve them effectively.
It also talks about the importance of technical skills.

]]> 2017-03-06 16:34:18 UTC https://padlet.com/odile_cortes/leadership/wish/158082398 A rich life with less stuff | The Minimalists | a01197351 https://padlet.com/odile_cortes/leadership/wish/158083269 (By Yitzhak)
- The idea of having less material stuff to focus on what makes us feel whole.
- The less material obligations you have, the more time you can invest in your health, relationships, growth and contribution.
- Find long lasting happiness in actions, not in possessions.
- Removing things that we don't actually use or find as basic, reduces our need to work and the cost of maintaining those things.
- Less things, less to worry about and more time to yourself and your passions

]]> 2017-03-06 16:36:19 UTC https://padlet.com/odile_cortes/leadership/wish/158083269 J. Krishnamurti : Why don't You Change LuisC https://padlet.com/odile_cortes/leadership/wish/158083289 If we don't change we slowly isolate ourselves from the world
We don't change because we live a superficial life or we don't care about it as long as we have our immediate covered.
Life is one glosatisfactions bal unitary movement, if I change I can start something positive]]> 2017-03-06 16:36:21 UTC https://padlet.com/odile_cortes/leadership/wish/158083289 Why good leaders make you feel safe a01022661 https://padlet.com/odile_cortes/leadership/wish/158083430
Environment: If we and other people have the right environment, it is possible to do remarkable things
In order to achieve a good environment, people within the organization should feel safe, and not fear their leader. God leaders should be willing to sacrifice themselves to achieve the greater good. Great leaders would never sacrifice the people for the numbers, but the numbers for the people. When this happens, people start to trust and cooperate. Just as their leader would sacrifice for them, they would sacrifice for their leader. Being a leader is not a rank, but a choice.

]]> 2017-03-06 16:36:40 UTC https://padlet.com/odile_cortes/leadership/wish/158083430 How to Re-Program Your Subconscious Mind to Get What You Want w/ Dr. Cathy Collautt a01377473 https://padlet.com/odile_cortes/leadership/wish/158083522 Your subconscious mind holds approximately 97% of the of your brain's processing power and scientists will tell you that the power of the subconscious mind is perhaps a million times greater than the conscious mind.

That's why it's critical to get your subconscious mind onboard when you're trying to make something happen in your life.

In this video you'll learn from Dr. Cathy Collautt, a metaphysician and manifesting consultant, about the 5 steps you can take in your life to get your subconscious mind on board with your conscious goals, and in turn get anything you want.]]> 2017-03-06 16:36:53 UTC https://padlet.com/odile_cortes/leadership/wish/158083522 How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime a01023732 https://padlet.com/odile_cortes/leadership/wish/158084643 Ainhoa Algorri
A study was done to 17,500 adults regarding their childhood exposure to adversities. (ACEs)
Examples of ACEs
-Physical/Emotional/Sexual abuse
-Parental mental illness
-Parental drug dependance
-Parental separation or divorce
-Domestic violence
-Emotional/ Physical neglect
-etc.
For every yes they would receive one point in their ACE score.
They correlated the ACE scores to health results and found two very important things with this study.
1. ACEs were very common.
2. There was a dose response relationship between ACEs and health outcomes.
The higher your ACE score the worst your health outcome, and the higher your risk for certain sicknesses such as heart problems, depression, suicide, cancer, among many others.
Exposure to early adversities affects the developing brains and bodies of children.
It affects the structure and the functions of the brain.
-The developing immune system
-The developing hormonal system.
-How your DNA is read and transcribed.
It can keep your brain's stress system activated for longer periods of time and in times when it's not necessary or convenient.
"Childhood adversities drastically affect health throughout your whole life" -Nadine Burke Harris

]]> 2017-03-06 16:39:31 UTC https://padlet.com/odile_cortes/leadership/wish/158084643 Why I read a book a day. masol https://padlet.com/odile_cortes/leadership/wish/158085947 - How different would your life be with famous people supporting your dreams?
- Mentors are powerful.
- What did famous people do different?
- People seek health , money, hapiness and love.
- There is always someone to learn from.
- People remember their struggle and help you, remember everyebody want the good life.
- three rules:
1. Find a mentor.
2. Be humble .
3. Read books (death mentors)
- Modern education system has turned people off from books.
- S ee yourself as gold miner.
Not everybody is willing to read to get the good life. ]]> 2017-03-06 16:43:10 UTC https://padlet.com/odile_cortes/leadership/wish/158085947 The art of public speaking Armando Pinzón a01023440 https://padlet.com/odile_cortes/leadership/wish/158086259 · Power of their eyes: Eyes can make us self-conscious

· Self consciousness is what makes us panic

· To combat stage-fright, face an audience as frequently as you can. A book will give you excellent suggestions on how to best conduct yourself in the water, but to know how to swim, you must get wet.

· PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE

· Learn by speaking

· The higher in life we go, the greater is the capacity of suffering

· Distract yourself, fill you mind with the speech material

· The first sign of greatness while presenting: When someone does not attempt to look and act great

· If you go to present with your mind blank, you will become self-conscious

· Prophetic souls are right: f you believe you will fail, you will, Positive or negative, you are who you want to be.

· Prepare yourself for success and after you do, wait for success.

· Be courageous because your audience will not hurt you.

· Do not haste, be secure and do not apologize, relax and take a deep breath, as if you were speaking to a friend. Cast out fear as it is cowardly when not mastered

· Everyone who has done something worth the while has conquered fear

· Manage the fear attitude and acquire the confident attitude

]]> 2017-03-06 16:43:58 UTC https://padlet.com/odile_cortes/leadership/wish/158086259 How badly do you want it a01022619 https://padlet.com/odile_cortes/leadership/wish/158086269 Luis Alfonso Preciado

-Hard work and dedication in the long run beats natural talent.
-Life is not easy, if you want to achieve, you must be willing to sacrifice.
-Mindset: Pain is temporary, work hard, you only get one life.

]]> 2017-03-06 16:43:59 UTC https://padlet.com/odile_cortes/leadership/wish/158086269 The golden circle: How Apple and innovative companies work a01022660 https://padlet.com/odile_cortes/leadership/wish/158086404 Every single organization knows what to do
Some know how they do it
Very little know why they do it
By why we refer as the purpose, the cause, belief.
The most common is to go from the outside to the inside.

Inspiring leaders communicate from the inside-out.

Sot hey go from the why to the what.

Example:

Apple
If Apple works little everyone else a marketing message will sound like:

We make great compters, they are beualtufl designed, ewhat to buy one
We say what we do, we say our behavior and expect a reaction
Apple actually communicates:
Everything we do we believe in challenging the status quo, the way we challenge the status quo is the make beautiful designed computers and user-firnedly. Which it happens to be great computers. What to buy one?

Reverse the order of information

People buy why you do something

]]> 2017-03-06 16:44:20 UTC https://padlet.com/odile_cortes/leadership/wish/158086404 Simon Sinek: Why good leaders make you feel safe a01022620 https://padlet.com/odile_cortes/leadership/wish/158088377 Simon Sinek uses the army as an example. He observes how in the army you will get a medal for sacrificing yourself so others can succeed. Companies do it the other way around, they give out bonuses when you succeed over other people. El entorno adecuado puede hacer que cualquiera haga cosas notables. Trust and cooperation form a solid, safe leadership. Feelings create trust and safety, not instructions. A good leader will place the needs of his people before his and he eventually makes people feel safe in this way. If employees don't feel safe they'll spend a lot of time on protecting themselves, ultimately reducing the company's effectivity.]]> 2017-03-06 16:49:23 UTC https://padlet.com/odile_cortes/leadership/wish/158088377 Learning how to learn Barbara Oakley lianll2011 https://padlet.com/odile_cortes/leadership/wish/158088657 The engineering professor Barbara Oakley is co-teaching one of the world's largest online classes; "Learning how to learn".
She flunked her way through high school math and science courses. After graduation she enlisted in the U.S. Army. She noticed that her lack of mathematical and technical knowledge in science limited her options and didn't let her rise in the military and explore other careers.
She returned to school in order to master the subjects that gave her trouble throughout her life and got a PhD.
She rose from private to captain in the army, she worked as a Russian translator and is now part of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.
She says you can be in the focus mode or the diffused mode.
She says the Podomoro technique is very effective, you completely disconnect for 25 minutes and work without distractions and then do something fun for a few minutes.

]]> 2017-03-06 16:50:09 UTC https://padlet.com/odile_cortes/leadership/wish/158088657 How to Best manage your fear and anxiety. a01022774 https://padlet.com/odile_cortes/leadership/wish/158221346 -. The fear can be a feeling that can be either helpful or not, also anxiety.
-. But what it is more surprising is that they help you to grow and become stronger, and make better your capacities.
-.We need always when we are at a certain situation to ask ourselves what is going on right now?? What is the reality here??What is true?? because most of the times we don't think just make our own assumptions.
-.We make catastrophication which means we assume that something negative will happen.
-.We should be doing great work, because it is less stressing and you don't get anxious, and you are certain that you are doing good.
-.We also need to ask ourselves also How am I feeling? where am I feeling this?? so this is very important also, because this means you are able to think more fluidly things.
-. Meditation is the main solution of anxiety and fear, and living a healthier life.
-.The last thing for it is, to actually know what you can and cannot control, and what can you influence?? in order to either let it go because you don't have control in it or do something about it.]]> 2017-03-07 02:23:58 UTC https://padlet.com/odile_cortes/leadership/wish/158221346 Go with your gut feeling | Magnus Walker | a01023250 https://padlet.com/odile_cortes/leadership/wish/158255563 This guy tells his story of how he accomplished success on life by following his gut feeling and doing what he loves.

His story starts with him dropping out of school at 15. He says that at that time he wasn't working in a place he liked, he wasn't motivated at all. And one day when he was walking in his small english town he saw a brochure with information about working in an American summer camp. He travelled to America some time later, worked on the summer camp and then took a bus to LA. There is where he saw an opportunity in selling clothes, went with his gut and made more money in one deal the first day than the whole amount of money he made back in his work at home.

His gut told him to stay in LA, this is where he started his own clothing company which got to dress Madonna someday in the future.

If you watch Magnus' body language throughout his talk, it perfectly explains why he has had such "luck" as some call it. He is constantly giving signals of indifference and curiosity. This combination leaves a person with vastly more options then having a predetermined outcome of how success need be found. Less boundaries = more opportunities. Most would have considered getting the wrong size pants bad luck or a negative experience. He did not. He simply made an adjustment so they would serve his needs better and went on with his day... make any sense?

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