Tweet We confuse certain words in leadership. And that can be a real problem for someone like me. Anyone who has ever served with me on a team could probably…
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Tweet I once had a good illustration of leading under pressure. The Story I met a friend at a restaurant for breakfast. The place was normally busy and this seemed…
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…
Tweet With every team or organization I have led there have been people who get frustrated with someone else on the team. In full disclosure, sometimes others have been frustrated…
Tweet There are common things people do which make for a hard time fitting on a team. It’s a bad thing to be “odd person out” by no choice of…
Tweet No leader sets out to frustrate their team. Yet, chances are we do it everyday. Or, at least we do it often. We are human. Every leader makes mistakes…
Tweet How do you know when it’s time to quit? I have never been described as a quitter, but there comes a time for all of us when we have…
Tweet I have held a senior leadership position for over 25 years and been in leadership almost 40 years. In this post, I want to express some things I’ve observed…
Tweet An important leadership principle was shaped for me during what seemed to be a normal season in our organization. We were experiencing fast growth, but, thankfully, that was normal…
I have written all week about team idleness. Check out more of the posts on the main blog. I thought it was equally important to share some thoughts about what makes up a healthy team. Obviously that is our goal. Here are some quick elements of healthy teams: