Jim Bennett - Dream Dare Dazzle

Jim Bennett - Dream Dare Dazzle

Helping People to Dream. Dare. and Dazzle their world. Empowering Leaders without title to enable their family, community and organisation to be Stronger. Smarter. Safer!

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November 16, 2025 18 mins
I believe that leading a spirit-respecting workplace is easier than managing a traditional organisation - it tends to take on a life of its own.

However, at the same time, leading this kind of workplace is also harder, particularily for those of us that are compelled to control the uncontrollable. (smile).

Most of us have clear ideas about what should happen and not happen in organisations and our reponsibilites as leaders within the...
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For me work bridges the gap between the spiritual and the rational in each of us. A gap that is continualy looking for wholeness and completion.

 Spirit is the fire within each and everyone of us that ignites us with passion, purpose, love, energy and courage. This fire lives in us and sets us alive and ablaze when we are near our work - not just our job or career but a personal calling or purpose that is spiritually and emotionally...
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November 1, 2025 20 mins
Spirituality, distinct from religion is a challenging topic because it can be a very importand part of religion in its pure form.

Respectfully discussing the spiritual nature of people without invading the realm of personal religious freedom or being perceived as been trying to convert someone to a sectarian religion is even more challenging.

If spirituality isn't necessarily religion, then what is it? How does it look, sound and fee...
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October 26, 2025 21 mins
I believe there are two paths of leadership - the path of fear and the path of Courage and Heart. Heart Leadership where people are connected though spirit, joy and passion in their work.

To follow the path of Heart Leadership takes courage it's where we challenge old assumptions that may keep us from discovering new posibilites. We look at similar situations and explore with others how it will be different this time. We balance the...
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October 19, 2025 24 mins
People who lead from the Heart have learned courage. They have discovered 'spirit' - that buoyant energy deep within that flourishes when what athletes call  "in the flow" where everything seems possible. It's harnessing that energy and enriching your and everyones life. Let's explore....

Dream Dare Dazzle
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October 11, 2025 22 mins
Heart Leaders are real human beings beings leading real people. Leaders who lead from the heart have a high level of self-awareness.They know who they are at their core - the good, the bad and the ugly. They don't crave for new things to do like a drug that keeps parts of themselves in wee boxes - let's explore....

Dream Dare Dazzle
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We/you have an oppotuity to awaken up to the life we/you are following just now. If it's not fully working for you, if it seems as if it's "running away from you" you have an opportunity to take control today. Follow the x 7 'P's' of Transformational leadership and retake control of your personal and professional life. Let's take action with:
  1. Purpose
  2. Promises
  3. Projects
  4. Persuasion
  5. Praising
  6. Perseverance
  7. Preparation
Additional Referen...
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Is failing to prepare the death call of transformational leadership?

Yes, but not in the manner you may be accustomed to. The planning I’m recommending is the planning for undergoing the individual transformation required to lead the organisational transformation you're looking for - for your personal and professional life.

People at work or in your personal life who have achieved something extraordinary and who live lives known as r...
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From time to time you’ll find that what you’re doing is no longer working. I have worked with technology executives for many years. One of the hardest things they have had to do is leave behind  the  enjoyment of the technical side of their work.

They entered the technology field because of an enjoyment or skill in what they are doing and have become enamoured with the intricacies of their technology. Although loving what you do and...
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Living a purposeful life and not an accidental life - accidental doesn’t mean accidental in the sense  that your leadership and life are mere accidents. But what I find with that with nearly every executive and entrepreneur I’ve ever worked with is that the demands of their work are inhibiting them from designing the leadership and life that allows them to flourish. 

The reality is that your transformational leadership journey will ...
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Every transformational leader wants to do compelling, meaningful great work, and they see their leadership purpose as the starting point for doing this. Yet, they can grind to a halt at a barrier.

Leaders who are successful and satisfied have learned how to address the four most common barriers that inhibit them from accomplishing their purpose. By understanding these leadership barriers, leaders are better prepared to overcome the ...
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We continue our exploration of the principle of Perseverance and look at the "Tortoise and the hare" within organisations.

The tortoise represents that part of our work and  professional lives that can only be accomplished with perseverance and a protective outer shell. The destination is clear and in focus, but it comes forward in baby steps. The hare represents the fast-twitch muscles required to get out of the blocks fast, but th...
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I and my colleagues have found in our coaching and consulting work that when it comes to transformational performance, talent is overrated and perseverance is underestimated. 

Perseverance is prominently displayed in the world of politics, business, and sports. Serena Williams once said about success, “Luck has nothing to do with it, because I have spent many, many hours, countless hours, on the court working for my one moment in ti...
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This may be the  shortest podcast in our journey exploring transformational leadership. However, it may have the longest shelf life.

The diary grooming process is an ultra-short (five minute) process of reviewing your day as a transformational leader. It is a process of finding the areas of your leadership that are going well and accentuating them, along with the areas that are not going well and reducing or eliminating them. It's a...
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The 'compliment' to  praising is purification - its purpose is to help us identify areas that are negatively impacting performance while building our credibility as leaders. Purification is about removing obstacles and barriers to higher performance, both for the leader as well as for your  Team and  colleagues.
 
Transformational leaders isolate one or two harmful beliefs or behaviours and work to eliminate or remove them.

Empowering...
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Praise will act as a catalyst for even higher levels of success when three praise aspects are present. Stakeholders know if a leader is paying attention to what they’re doing and sincere praise creates a positive feedback loop in which what gets noticed and rewarded gets magnified. 

The three aspects are:
  1. sincerity
  2. timeliness and
  3. specificity
Let's explore in more depth...

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Forbes: recognition - the key to 2025 employee e...
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Praise helps people feel valued, heard, and appreciated. People who feel valued, heard, and appreciated work with more passion, experiment, take risks, and grow at rates far greater than those who don’t.

In every organisation there are pockets of workers/coleagues potential lying dormant. When you ask these people if they could do more the resounding answer is yes.

What’s fascinating is that when you ask people why they don’t accompl...
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Far too many of us live in fear when it comes to our business lives. For some of us, it’s financial fear. For others, it’s emotional. No matter the source or type of fear, fear has a debilitating effect on personal and professional growth over extended periods of time. Fear can be a catalyst for action, but accelerated progress can never be made beneath the shadow of a fearful mindset.

The best way to fight fear is to identify what ...
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Let's  talk about how to present your ideas in such a way that people will want to say yes to them.

There are eight strategies for having someone say yes to your requests. Some of the strategies are more mindset related and others are more skill set related. But in each case the strategies are a positive step forward to hearing someone say yes to your ideas.

The 8 strategies are:
  1. Put Others First
  2. Be Open to Being Persuaded
  3. Exude Con...
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It has been said that the eyes are the window into the soul. If true, the ears are the doorway to the heart. It is by our ears we listen to what’s important to someone.

We not only hear the words they are using, but hear the tone of voice, inflection, and can distinguish between the emotions expressed and listen for what is hoped for moving forward. Our ears afford us the ability to do so, but all too frequently we don’t take the ti...
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