Seven Secrets To Inspiring Your Team
In my leadership work I am shocked by how many teams for the most part participate in meetings that are basically a waste of time. We value collaboration but we just do not possess the competency to stop dumbing down the content so that everyone can be involved. A significant investment should be made in […]
What Makes You A Different Kind Of Leader?
There is always some new tool to help us find our greatest strength or develop in an area of weakness. The mistake we often make is to either lean into our strength or obsess over what we don’t do as well. My conclusion is that both areas are important but the best approach is to […]
Great Leaders Are Confident, Connected, Committed And Courageous
If you are in a significant leadership role and you hate conflict, then you might want to either move down into management or seek development. If you need the approval of the crowd then you will avoid the hard choices that will eventually lead the organization to failure. This HBR post delivers a clear message: […]
Church Scattered: Leaders Don’t Add Too Much Value
Every day we have conversations with people who are trying to tell us something we already know. Most of the time we interrupt them in mid sentence and complete their thought so we can move on to something else that we think is more important. There are sometimes when this is very appropriate especially where […]
Church Scattered: Christianity And The Priority Of Personal Development
I was attending a conference many years ago and heard for the first time this life changing quote, “You will be the same person in five years as you are today except for the people you meet and the books you read.” I made a commitment on that day to apply this principle in my […]