Tweet Much of what a leader does can seem unproductive at times – and that is a good thing. For someone wired for production and progress – a checklist type…
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Leadership development begins with an understanding that the success of any organization depends greatly on the leader’s willingness to delegate responsibility to others in the organization. The more a leader tries to control, the less likely others will be to help him or her accomplish the vision. Without people willing to follow a leader, there is no leadership development.
Tweet One of the most dangerous forms of leadership, and one of the most frustrating, in my opinion, is the controlling leader. I’ve written about this issue previously, because I…
Tweet I remember talking with a leader not long ago. She’s an incredibly kind and gentle person. She’s smart, hard-working, and loyal. She’s a relational leader and usually brings out…
Tweet Perhaps one of the biggest reasons I see for stalled growth, low morale of teams, and not sustaining momentum has to do with leaders who refuse to delegate. They…
Tweet I’ve been a leader in an almost 200 year old company and a new business. I’ve led in a church plant and now in an over 100 years old…
Tweet Leader, what do you look for when you bring a person on to your team? Do you have some non-negotiable values? More importantly perhaps, what expectations do you have…
You’ve heard silence is golden…and that’s true…
…but sometimes silence can also be deadly…
Especially in a team environment…organizational structure…relationship setting…
When working on a project, implementing change, planning for the future…
When I was in school I had a love-hate relationship with math. I loved doing math, working to find an answer to a problem, but I hated having to solve it with the teacher’s methods. On tests I would do poorly if the teacher made us “show our work”. I could get the right answers, but using my own systems. I realize the teacher’s need to make sure I wasn’t cheating and that I knew how to think through a process but I wanted to invent my own process. The years I was on the math team and did best were when I had teachers who allowed me the freedom to do it my way.
Successful leaders understand this principle as it relates to organizational success.