Leaders Look Ahead
What is the Difference Between Leaders and Managers? “Leading people vs Managing work. Management consists of controlling a group or a set of entities to accomplish a goal. Leadership refers to an individual’s ability to influence, motivate, and enable...
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What it looks like to not live by your values: Have you ever had a bad day that could have been avoided if you had only lived out some simple life values? Yeah, I’ve been there. I was coming...
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Think of a time in your life, recently or in the past, when you worked for a boss who micro-managed you. How effective were you in your role and accomplishing your responsibilities? How safe was your working relationship with...
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Why is Trust Important? Trust is the glue that keeps relationships together and moving forward. Without trust, relationships fall apart, grind to a stop, explode, implode, fizzle out etc. You get the picture. Trust is vital to relationships. But...
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Leadership Identity Characteristics What do you do when you look in the mirror and realize you hate the person who is looking at you? As an adult, you realize you have an identity issue, and you better solve it...
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How can Leaders Become Likable? “We will work harder and more effectively for people we like, and we will like them in direct proportion to how they make us feel.” (Kouzes and Posner) Leaders need to be likable. However,...
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“Leadership is a relationship between those who aspire to lead and those who choose to follow. There may have been a time when leaders could command commitment, but those times are long past.” (Kouzes and Posner) Leadership today (in...
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The Super-Trooper Award During the summer of 1993 (just after my Freshman year of college), I served as a camp counselor in Northern Michigan. I had a blast that summer serving God, doing ministry with about 50 other college...
Read moreLeaders Lead Themselves
How Do Leaders Lead Themselves? “People like us do things like this.” Seth Godin “I will do today what I can do today to enable me to do tomorrow what I cannot do today.” Craig Groeschel Successful leaders can...
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How to Get to the Next Level as a Leader: Your best wisdom got you to this point in your leadership (with your family, your career, and in your personal life). So, assess where you are at right now....
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