Tweet People follow people they trust. And there are ways to earn trust as a leader. I’ve found trust develops over time and experience – as we witness trustworthy behavior….
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Tweet There is one critical leadership error most leaders make at some point. I make it frequently. If you’re leading you probably do also. The critical leadership error: We forget…
Tweet There are some common ways to lose favor with leadership. Now before that sounds arrogant, please know I can be pretty hard on senior leadership. Having been in such…
Tweet As a leader, I’d almost always rather say “No” than “I don’t know”. Don’t misunderstand. I love when a leader admits they don’t know something. I believe every leader…
Tweet I am thankful for the people who invested in me and made me a better leader. When I became a leader, I had no clue what I was doing….
Tweet I like to lead leaders, so I prefer to be a macro-manager. This means I try to cast the vision for a team and get out of the way, releasing…
Tweet I must admit I have a good number of pet peeves in leadership. If I had to name my top leadership pet peeve – it would have to be…
Tweet I have been in leadership roles for over three decades now. I’ve led large and small teams in business, government, church and nonprofits. Along the way, I’ve learned there…
Tweet One of my first managers frequently reminded us no one is irreplaceable. He would use the illustration of placing your hands in a bucket and then pulling them out….
Tweet Sometimes, as the leader, you must address the elephant in the room. If you don’t, you’ll have a hard time leading well moving forward. The elephant is the issue/person/thing…