Do You Need to Take the WHAT Test?
W H A T I’ve often written this with three steps, but I’ve found something is more memorable if it has an easy to remember formula. If you are trying to complete a difficult assignment… When you aren’t...
View Article12 Killers of Good Leadership
I know numerous leaders with great potential… They have all the appearance of being a good leader… But they lack one thing…or two… There are a few killers of good leadership… Any one of these can...
View ArticleA Leader’s View…
(Art work courtesy of me.) One qualification to be an effective leader, especially at a senior level, is the ability to see beyond the organization’s current path. Effective leaders appear to have a...
View ArticleStocks, Bonds, Risks, and the Church
I don’t write many strictly business posts these days, even though I spent more than 20 years in that world. This article caught my attention though: Bonds outperform stocks (Click on the title to...
View Article7 Things I Learned from a Poor Management Experience
Years ago I was working in retail. I was in college, but serving as an area manager for a large department store. I was responsible for ordering the basic items in my department, making sure we were...
View Article7 Impractical Leadership Principles and Why I Use Them
I talk to pastors frequently who find themselves in a difficult situation. Many times they know the right thing to do, but they can’t bring themselves to do it. Often, the advice I give is simply...
View Article4 Tips to Make Your Meeting Memorable
This is a guest post from Ami Dean. Ami is the CEO and Mailroom Clerk at The Rally Point, a creative meeting space and conference center in Peoria, IL. For 20+ years she has trained & developed...
View Article7 Tips for Leaving a Job Properly
Recently I received the following question. It’s one I’ve been asked several times and one I know is more common as an issue than even asked. I’ve omitted some details for obvious confidentiality...
View ArticlePeople are most productive…
When they enjoy their work! I’ve lived under both styles of management. One uses coercion, control and intimidation to motivate. One uses encouragement, incentives and cheers to motivate. I prefer the...
View ArticleThe Emotions of Betrayal and How to Process
I was reading a passage the other day and something struck me… The emotions of betrayal… Have you ever experienced them? It helps to be able to count to twelve… See what I mean… And when they had...
View ArticleAs a Leader of Leaders…
I often get asked, what’s the difference is between leading leaders and leading followers. Great question. It really is a paradigm of leading. It’s really in how you lead. As a leader of leaders… I...
View ArticleDanger: A Team Without a Leader…
I’ve seen many leaders make this mistake. They believe in teams, so they create a bunch of them. They charge them with carrying out a mission…an assigned task…part of a great vision. But, the team...
View Article4 Steps to Rebuild Trust
I wrote a blog post on winning back the heart of a wife several years ago. (Read it HERE.) The post was written in reponse to the dozens of times I had given the same advice to men who had hurt their...
View Article7 “BE’s” of Effective Leadership and Management
One of the chief goals of this blog is to encourage better leadership. In this post, I’m including the term management. I believe the two are different functions, but both are vital to a healthy...
View Article4 Tasks of the Senior Leader
One reason leadership can make a person feel isolated is the weight of responsibility on the one who claims to be the senior leader in an organization. Whether in the business world, in non-profits or...
View Article10 Problems with Doing the Best You Know How To Do
Years ago in a company I owned, there was a young man who worked for me who had tremendous potential. I believed in him so much that I personally invested in him and paid special attention to him. I...
View Article5 Examples of Leading Outside the Norm
Leadership is so much different today than when I first started leading over 30 years ago. To lead today we must learn to think outside the once considered normal lines of leadership. Much has been...
View Article3 Results of Controlling Leadership
One of my pet peeves in leadership is the controlling leader. Because of that, I have written extensively on the subject on this blog. Controlling leaders are in every type of organization — including...
View Article5 Tips For Leading Strong-Willed People
Have you ever tried to lead someone who didn’t want to be led? The same children that were labeled “strong-willed” by their parents often grow up to be strong-willed adults. Perhaps you know one....
View Article7 Reasons You May Not be Achieving Your Dreams
Recently I posted 7 steps to achieve your dreams. I love helping people attain their God-given visions. It occurred to me that there may be an additional post needed. The fact is that more people will...
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