Skip to main content
Category

Team Leadership

The Way a Leader is Expected to Respond – Determines the Response They Receive

By Leadership, Organizational Leadership, Team Leadership

Have you learned a valuable principle about your leadership?

The way others expect you to respond often determines the way they respond.

If they expect you to respond in anger…they’ll dance around an issue, afraid to confront…
If they expect you to respond defensively…they’ll only bring you the proven answers…refusing to take risks…
If they expect you to respond with condemnation…they’ll be tempted to only share part of the story…maybe none at all…
If they expect you to respond negatively…they’ll hold back some of their best ideas…afraid you’ll crush them…

However…

Read More

7 Warning Signs You May Be a Controlling Leader

By Church, Leadership, Organizational Leadership, Team Leadership

I’m seeing and hearing more about controlling leadership lately. I regularly talk to young leaders through my blog and many of them feel they are working for one. The odd thing, however, is that many controlling leaders never really know they are one.

I’ve written about this form of leadership in previous posts:

10 Reasons Not to Call Yourself an Empowering Leader

Leading People Versus Controlling People

Are you still wondering if you might be one?

Here are 7 warning signs that you may be a controlling leader:

Read More

10 Inexpensive Ways to Develop People on Your Team

By Innovation, Leadership, Organizational Leadership, Team Leadership

When budgets are stretched, development often is pushed to the back burner or cut altogether from the budget. This is dangerous for a team that wishes to remain healthy and continue growing. If a team is not learning and improving, it will soon struggle to maintain any level of success. It’s important to find ways to develop even during times with stressed budgets.

Here are 10 inexpensive, or less expensive, ways to offer development to a team:

Read More

5 Tips for the Leader When Conflict Develops on a Team

By Leadership, Organizational Leadership, Team Leadership

As a leader, one of your primary roles is developing and maintaining the health of the team. What do you do when team members aren’t getting along with each other?  How should you handle conflict on a team?

I previously wrote “10 Tips for Handling Conflict“, which is directed primarily at team members individually working together to address conflict. What happens when conflict escalates to the point where a leader’s input is needed?

Here are 5 suggestions:

Read More