296: Curt Tueffert - How Do You Stay Motivated?

If you are looking to learn more about how to be an effective leader in today's dynamic environment, much has to be considered including motivation, and consistency. In this episode, Curt explains how leadership development is so important today and how it's not just for the leaders in the organization. With how leadership is changing, we need to be adaptable in order to be successful in the future.Curt Tueffert is the VP of Sales Development for DXP, a Houston TX based $1B industrial distributor.  Curt is also a professor at the University of Houston where he teaches Sales and Marketing.  Curt wrote the book 5 Stones For Slaying Giants and continues to speak professionally across the United States. Currently, Curt is part of the Salesforce rollout to over 200 outside salespeople and developing a few Marketing promotional videos as part of his role as the VP of Sales Development.Listen in to hear the insightful ideas Curt and Denis share and how we, as leaders, can transform and become more resilient and understanding in this ever-changing world.In this episode:Curt discusses how adapting to change can help leaders stay relevant and effective.Leaders need to be aware of the fear reflex on the part of the people encountering a new person and be able to coach the new person through it.People should try to have a reason for what they are doing and be able to reframe it in order to get more people on board with the decision.If leaders are going to be able to impact the lives of our people, we need to be intentional in our approach.The questions that you ask are incredibly important because they can help people connect with their purpose and with what matters to them.Marketing people need to be together to create things, but maybe they don't have to be creative every day.it is important to have good communication between leaders and those they are leading during a crisis.Curt talks about his book 5 Stones For Slaying Giants - passion, excellence, vision, value, and confidence.Key Takeaways:Be able to reframe your reason in order to get more people on board with your decisionJudge leaders by their actions and not their appearancesHelp people tap into their inner resources to find courage and strengthCertain seasons prompt change in our leadership style in order to get things doneLeaders may need  to impose hard rules in order to move people in a certain directionTweetable Quotes:“If we can at least try to articulate why we're about to do what we're going to do and then repeat it, rehearse it, reframe it, recolor it, we will slowly get more people to adopt it rather than the militaristic do it because I'm the authority figure.” - Curt Tueffert“I think what makes a leader successful today in this fast-paced world is our ability to communicate and adapt communicate in so many different ways, whether it's visual, kinesthetic, or auditory, and adapt on a nanosecond.” - Curt Tueffert“Leaders need to have those tough, hard rules in order to either make a profit, move people into a certain direction, or collaborate.” - Curt TueffertConnect with Curt on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.Email: [email protected]: