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Leadership

Raising Up Leaders

A few weeks ago I visited a dear pastor and a wonderful leader in the hospital. In the brief ten minutes I was there, he shared with me a story that prompted me to think about my leadership. Raise Up Leaders He said, ?Wes, many years ago my leadership mentor told me pastors ask two […]

Leadership

Feel Like Giving Up? Don?t.

If there is one thing I have learned in leadership, it is this: Don?t give up. And if there is one thing?I have learned to not give up on, it is: Yourself. The most dangerous aspect of giving up is slipping into a place of?resignation?without even realizing it.??In this article, I will share eight signs […]

Leadership

Do You Enlarge Others?

Great leaders see greatness in the people around them! ?They seize every opportunity to enlarge others. Leaders should be preoccupied with the thought: What can I say or do to make this person bigger? Bigger. What do I mean by aiming to make people?bigger? I mean, always asking what I can contribute to this person […]

Productivity

How I Learned to Get Over Myself and Just Delegate

[blockquote text=’This is a guest post written by Andria Bicknell. Andria is a contributing writer and editor for Aspire. She writes about recovering from the effects of perfectionism on her own blog,?Type A Plans B. Andria draws her leadership experience from ministry, business and home. – Wes Saade, M.D.’ text_color=’#ffffff’ width=’95’ line_height=’undefined’ background_color=’#aaaaaa’ border_color=’#dba400′ show_quote_icon=’no’ […]

Leadership

Turn the Spotlight: Empower Others

You are a leader. You have a team. You are told to empower others. What exactly does that mean: to empower others? Empower Others Empower simply means to give power. To give someone power can be explained and practiced in so many ways. I want to share one of them with you. I recently watched […]

Leadership

Leadership Lessons From RAGBRAI – Part III

I would like to conclude this series on leadership lessons from RAGBRAI with an image I’ll never forget. ?This one truly touched my heart… Help push someone else uphill. The most touching scene of the race was of a father and daughter early in the ride.?? The entire race had a handful of young cyclists.? […]

Leadership

A Lesson from Gettysburg

July 1st-3rd marks the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. 53,000 died in this epic battle. Even though the Union won, Lincoln was not happy with the Commanding General – George Meade -?and drafted a letter to him. I have had the pleasure to visit the hallowed grounds of the battle of Gettysburg twice.?? […]

Leadership

Help Your People Succeed In Life

Great leaders are concerned with helping their people succeed in life more than their success as employees. This is a simple principle yet one of the most powerful and difficult to live by. I always hear players of legendary sports coaches say things such as, ?Our coach cared about us as people more than just […]