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Issue 613 - "New Ideas Should Come From Everybody" (Liz Wiseman and John Wooden)


Wooden's Wisdom - Volume 12	Issue 613
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"NEW IDEAS SHOULD COME FROM EVERYBODY" (LIZ WISEMAN AND JOHN WOODEN) John Wooden Video Clip (59 sec.): Coach Wooden describes the importance of "Alertness". Liz Wiseman is a bestselling author, researcher, and elite leadership coach. In her New York Times bestseller, Multipliers: she researched over 150 leaders worldwide. Liz Wiseman and John Wooden would both tell you that "New Ideas Should Come From Everybody." In her book Wiseman describes the type of leader who accidentally prevents new ideas coming from everybody on the team. She refers to this person as an "Idea Fountain": "This type of leader is a creative, innovative thinker who loves an idea-rich environment. He is a veritable fountain of ideas. Ideas bubble up for him 24/7, so he bursts into the office brimming with new ideas to share with colleagues. This leader doesn’t necessarily think his ideas are superior. He simply believes that the more he tosses around his ideas, the more he will spark ideas in others. But what actually happens around an Idea Fountain? The ideas he tosses out seem compelling, so his team begins to chase them. But as soon as they begin to make progress on yesterday’s idea, the next day brings a new idea du jour. The team makes temporary progress on multiple fronts. The great chase becomes a standstill as they realize that they always end up back at square one—so why not just stay there? As they learn to stop acting on the leader’s ideas, they also stop trying to come up with their own ideas. After all, if they actually need a new idea, they can just wait for the fountain to spew. It is easy to get idea lazy around people who are idea rich." John Wooden was more interested in finding out what your ideas were than he was in just talking about his own. His Father had taught him: "You’ll never know a thing you don’t learn from someone else." John Wooden was an "Idea Finder" not an "Idea Fountain". Which are you? Click here for personal development exercise: Issue 613. Click here for Printable Poetry: Issue 613. Yours in Coaching, Craig Impelman www.woodenswisdom.com Follow @woodenswisdom	COACH'S FAVORITE POETRY AND PROSE The June Couple She is fair to see and sweet, Dainty from her head to feet, Modest, as her blushing shows, Happy, as her smiles disclose, And the young man at her side Nervously attempts to hide Underneath a visage grim That the fuss is bothering him. Pause a moment, happy pair! This is not the station where Romance ends, and wooing stops And the charm from courtship drops; This is but the outward gate Where the souls of mortals mate, But the border of the land You must travel hand in hand. You who come to marriage, bring All your tenderness, and cling Steadfastly to all the ways That have marked your wooing days. You are only starting out On life's roadways, hedged about Thick with roses and with tares, Sweet delights and bitter cares. Heretofore you've only played At love's game, young man and maid; Only known it at its best; Now you'll have to face its test. You must prove your love worth while, Something time cannot defile, Something neither care nor pain Can destroy or mar or stain. You are now about to show Whether love is real or no; Yonder down the lane of life You will find, as man and wife, Sorrows, disappointments, doubt, Hope will almost flicker out; But if rightly you are wed Love will linger where you tread. There are joys that you will share, Joys to balance every care; Arm in arm remain, and you Will not fear the storms that brew, If when you are sorest tried You face your trials, side by side. Now your wooing days are done, And your loving years begun. Edgar Albert Guest (1881-1959)
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