Author: Jason Pistillo

President of University of Advancing Technology.

Your Leadership Game, Part Two

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By: Jason Pistillo

This is the second in a three-part series about developing one’s leadership “game.” This post, we’ll focus on practice and instinct.

practice

Practice & Instinct

Often, it’s easy to relate practice and instinct to sports and athletics. I am a snow skier, so I’ll use that as my athletic example. I don’t know about you, but I know I can’t consciously think through all the muscle movements, the shifting of my balance and the lifting and angling of my feet while I’m skiing. I just have to do it. I get better over time through practice and actually doing the activity. I get better more rapidly, if I pre-visualize the ski run, pay attention and stay present and focused during the run, don’t overthink what I’m doing, and reflect on how it went and what to change afterwards. Rinse, repeat, improve. Continue reading →

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Your Leadership Game, Part One

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By: Jason Pistillo

This is the first in a series of posts I’m going to share about one’s leadership “game.” When I think about developing someone’s leadership game, I see three distinct areas to develop:

  1. The Leadership Toolbox
  2. Practice/instinct
  3. Confidence

Let’s begin by discussing the Leadership Toolbox

Leadership Toolbox

The Leadership Toolbox

As we all develop as leaders, we get new tools with every new challenge. We get them from sharing experiences with coworkers, in our networks, by reading and learning from formal sources, or by creating them all on our own.

When I describe this toolbox, I am not referring to skills and innate talent. For instance, some individuals are “people-people” and are good at presenting to crowds, networking, etc. I’m talking about something far more granular. For instance, I have a great set of tools that I use for setting personal focus, settling my mind, and generally getting shit done. Continue reading →

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