Tweet If you are going to lead – wouldn’t you want to lead in a way which creates value in the lives of others and the organizations you lead? I…
I am a controlling person. It’s part of my character. I know that. I test that way with StrengthsFinders. I think my team, however, would tell you that I don’t perform as a controlling leader. It’s been a long process to discipline myself not to respond how I am wired. Successful leaders understand the difference in leading with influence versus leading with control. The differences are measured in results.
Leaders, if you want to to have a healthy team environment, you must learn to control less and influence more.
Here’s what I mean by the results:
In an organization where control is dominant:
Tweet Are you an easy to follow leader? I might ask – are you followable? Followable may not be a Scrabble approved word – or even a word, but the…
Yesterday I began some thoughts about the term team idleness. To understand the term fully read that post HERE.
What causes team idleness? What causes a team to stagnate and fail to move forward towards reaching its goals and objectives? Here are a few of my thoughts:
I write and speak a lot about wisdom. I think wisdom is critical to good leadership. Leadership demands consistent decision-making and a wise leader has developed certain attributes that protect the leader and the organization during this process. A leader learns wisdom from the personal experience of success and failure and from the insight of other leaders.
Here are 7 attributes of a wise leader:
Tweet Solving a problem in leadership is often a matter of perspective. Some days leaders feel as though all we do is address problems other people have. It could be…
After a recent staff meeting, I was thinking about what makes our team at Grace Community Church healthy. I’ve written about healthy teams before HERE and HERE among other posts. I think healthy teams are intentionally created, so I’m consistently trying to make our environment better. My current thoughts have led me to believe that in our case, it’s as much about what we don’t have on our team as what we do have.
I think our team works well together because we get along well with each other. (Most of the time.) It may have to do with what we check at the door when we spend time together.
Here are 7 things healthy teams check at the door:
Tweet Do you want to be a part of a healthy team? I have some phrases I use to indicate a healthy team. Do you like simple? This is really…
This is a random post, but I was thinking recently about the “backside” of leadership. Here’s what I mean…
A great leader:
Tweet John Maxwell says leadership is influence. If that’s true, then how does a leader develop influence with the people he or she leads? I have learned a few ways…