growth – Wes MD

Healthy Leaders Are Restless Seekers

Five words that will transform anyone?s life:?Seek and you shall find, spoken by Jesus of Nazareth. We understand these words to refer to spiritual truths. But they are true in any area of life in which we need answers. What kind of seeking is required? Restless seeking. Below, I will?to share how a leadership expert?demonstrated […]

Personal Development

Three Fundamental Growth Disciplines

This article?is the 300th blog post I’ve written on leadership. What a journey! Thank you for allowing me to be a part of your leadership growth and development. I recently had a conversation with a young leader who is earning her degree in management. She is really motivated. But when I asked her about her […]

Leadership

How Likable Are You?

Not much is written in leadership about a leader?s likability. Actually, I can?t recall hearing about it once in print or at conferences I’ve attended. I find that unusual when, in fact our likability as leaders is actually very important. Being a likable person does not guarantee your leadership success. But if you are not […]

Leadership

Do You Feel Discouraged?

Are you discouraged??I thought as I developed as a leader and matured as a person, I would stop getting discouraged. But that has not been the case. Rather, I have?improved in another area. I have become more resilient. I have become more capable?to navigate the discouragement and failures I experience. Let me show you what […]

Leadership

How to Grow Leaders

It is phenomenal how having healthy, capable leaders around you can make or break your leadership. So what can you do to ensure you have the best leaders around you? Here are ten points I have observed and applied to grow leaders around me. I have found these to be critical?in my endeavor to surround […]

Leadership

It’s About Their Leadership, Not Yours

More than two thousand years ago, the Chinese Philosopher Lao-Tzu?said this of great leaders: [blockquote text=’A leader is best when people barely know he exists…and when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say, ?We did this ourselves.? – Lao-Tzu’ text_color=’#ffffff’ width=’95’ line_height=’undefined’ background_color=’#000000′ border_color=’#dba400′ show_quote_icon=’yes’ quote_icon_color=’#dba400′] As you and I zero […]

Purpose

How to Ask Powerful Questions

I once thought a powerful question was one which solicits a correct answer. Today, I understand it differently. I have learned a powerful question is one which?promotes deeper thinking. Eliciting profound thinking from those we want to help and those we need help from is invaluable to us as leaders. Here’s what I have discovered?when […]

Personal Development

Three Types of Reading

Accomplished leaders take reading seriously. ?They guard it as a life discipline. In this article I want to share three types reading that can best maximize our personal growth. I completed my schooling at age thirty. Without question, books were central to my odyssey in academia. For me, reading was primarily an exercise to advance […]

Leadership

Great Values of a Team: INNOVATE

Innovation has definitely become a buzz word in the last decade.?Google. Facebook. Apple. Amazon. Uber…just to name a few companies that have wowed us with their fresh?outside-of-the-box ideas and their courage to pursue them. But what does innovation mean for everyday leaders like you and me? If we were to incorporate innovation?into our own team […]

Purpose

I Need Your Opinion

As a follower of my leadership blog, I want to personally extend my deep gratitude for allowing me into your life journey. Now, I need your help to take my writing to the next level. Will you please take my reader survey? In order to continue providing relevant leadership material, I would like to know […]