Tweet The saying goes, Keep doing the same thing and you’ll keep getting the same results. But I’ve never known that to be true. Keep doing the same thing long…
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Tweet In Leadership – rip it off. Or as Barney Fife would say – Nip it in the bud! One of the hardest parts of leadership is doing what you…
Tweet Trust is one of the most important ingredients of a healthy organization – and one leaders must work to build. It’s also one of the easiest things for a…
Tweet Leadership is always under pressure. You have to leave the harbor. It’s been said you can manage a ship well when you are safely docked. You can keep it…
Tweet People only know what they know. And when people don’t have enough information, they tend to fill in the blanks themselves. They draw their own conclusions and make assumptions…
Tweet You have to drive innovation in most organizations. Not everyone is naturally innovative. Some of that is personality. Some people are wired to see new possibilities. Others are more…
Tweet I’ve said – and seen – it for years – You limit what you control. It’s easy to agree with that principle until someone does something differently than we…
Tweet People usually care more about their comfort than your change. That’s human nature. As a leader, you may see a better future for the organization. You’ve identified problems, considered…
Tweet I believe in helping team members find their next opportunity, while still working on our team. I’ve done it multiple times. Some people might think that’s strange. After all, why…
Tweet There are leadership challenges in ministry marketplace leaders may not fully understand. I’ve spent my entire adult life in leadership – leading in the business world, government, nonprofits, and the…
Tweet I’d much rather lead by principles than policies. Good organizations need both. I understand that. But policies tend to tell people exactly what they can and cannot do. Principles…
Tweet This post is a shoutout from a leader to a manager. I love leadership – dreaming about what could be, challenging the status quo, and helping organizations move forward….
Tweet There’s a delicate tension of leading change – Patience and Drive One of the hardest tensions in leadership is knowing how hard to push change and how patient to…
Tweet Ignorance, Arrogance, Indifference – or Inability? Whenever a team member isn’t functioning as well as they could, I want to understand why. Over the years, I’ve found the problem…
Tweet Frustration. Every team has it at some point. If you work on a team long enough, you’re going to get frustrated. That’s not necessarily a sign you’re on the…