b'The Tech Cumulus July 2021SHINY NEW GADGET OF THE MONTH Mastering Authentic Your Car Companion: FIXDWhen youre driving, theres one thing youLeadershiphope to never see: the Check Engine light. This symbol often means that something is wrong, but its rarely clear what that is. Well, heres a little help: FIXD!When I think of the old definition of leadership, I think of corporate CEOs pretending they FIXD is a small device thatdont have weaknesses. Instead of using connects to your carsmore productive leadership habits, theyre onboard diagnostic (OBD)focused on fixing, managing and controlling port. Every car built afterperceptions to get what they want (the same 1996 has this portitsway a drug addict fixes, manages and controls what mechanics use toperception to get the next hit). diagnose vehicle issues when a dashboard light comesGreat leaders in the future will lead in a on. You can use it too, so you wont havefundamentally different way. The only people to rely on a mechanic to tell you whatswho have been systematically trained in theyou are an addict and all you have to do is wrong with your car. FIXD wirelesslynew, authentical model of leadership areaccept the possibility that you are an addict. connects to your smartphone and tells yourecovering drug addicts. This is probably notWhen you realize this, you can begin to say no directly. Then, you can decide what to do!the first time youve heard about leadership,instead of yes. When you do, things will start to and you may be familiar with my story andchangethat isnt to say its easy. Say goodbye to the mysterious Checkstories like it. And we have all been impacted Engine light and say hello to FIXD. Learnby addiction in one way or another. As aYou can tell a leader to just stop over-more at bit.ly/3alSXwy. recovering addict, Ive been there. But Ive alsocommitting, stop being inauthentic or stop been in leadership positions. working at 5 p.m., but these things are scaryand we arent addressing the real problem: Did Your Facebook InfoWe have a saying in recovery: A head full ofaddiction. Leaders are addicted to their mask Get Stolen? recovery will screw up your using. Once you that thing they hide behind as they exhibit know something, you cant unknow it. Itsthose behaviors. Earlier this year, it was discovered that overall about screwing up your perception of 533 million Facebook users had informationleadership. But first you have to understandWhat can you do about this? I had a 12-step stolen in a massive data breach. Speakingyour addictionthat thing you do over andprocess to address my addiction, but it boiled with WIRED, Facebook saidover again despite the negative consequences.down to three things: hackers exploited a flaw in a Facebook address bookThere are three behaviors addicts exhibit:1.Practice rigorous authenticity.contact import feature. 2.Surrender the outcome.1.Saying yes to something you should3.Do uncomfortable work. The targeted datasay no to (getting high)included profile namesYou learn to lead in a fundamentally different and Facebook ID2.Hiding your weakness (I never talkedway. Addicts have exclusive access to these numbers as well as moreabout how much I was struggling) kinds of principles. So, Im sharing these same personal information, namelyideas with you, to help you know you can get e-mail addresses and phone3.Avoiding difficult conversations (suchclean and change the way you lead.numbers. Thankfully, financial dataas interventions and getting clean, was not part of the breach, but its data thatthus preventing solutions) P.S. Be sure to check out the accompanying cybercriminals can use for phishing scams.Petra Coach webinar at PetraCoach.com/As a professional, you waste 500 hours everymastering-authentic-leadership-with-If you have a Facebook account, be sureyear doing these three things. Its possiblemichael-brody-waite.to keep personal details off of your profile and restrict access to family, friends and followersdo not maintain a public profile.Michael Brody-Waite is a recovered drug addict who has since become a three-To see if you were part of the breach, youtime CEO and TEDx speaker (with over 2.2 million views). Hes held a leadership role at a Fortune 50 company, hes the founder of an Inc. 500 company, hes led a can check your e-mail and phone number atnonprofit and hes the author of Great Leaders Lead Like Drug Addicts: Lead Like HaveIBeenPwned.com.Your Life Depends On It.Technology That Works!216-393-24843'