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Love and Boundaries
Love. Caring about a person?s well-being irrespective of what they can give back to you and regardless of what they may do to you. When practiced, love is powerful. But it is not practical unless it is guided by boundaries. Love and boundaries need to be independently alive and healthy. Love without boundaries leads to […]
How Well Do You Know Your People?
Effectual leaders know their people. They are intentional about getting to know them on a deep level?beyond professional formalities and more toward a personal, authentic relationship. They not only get to know their people, they also allow their people to get to know them. While some leaders do not even attempt to get to know […]
Are You a Moody Leader?
We don?t have the luxury as leaders to be overtaken by our emotions, to surrender to our feelings, or to let our moods dictate our thoughts and color our actions. People depend on us to be steady, to be of sound mind, to be calm and collected, to be reliable. Erratic leaders are poor leaders. […]
Three Beautiful Words That Can Change Your Life
There are a few words that I absolutely cherish. Like a pearl oyster, these words contain a gem. They contain beauty and healing. Great leadership is born of the heart. ?And these three words are all heart. Magnanimity. Grace. Love.? At their core, these words paint a soothing portrait for the soul. I challenge you, […]
One Thing You Must Do During Crisis Or Change
We know that problems in leadership are more likely to occur during turbulent times of crisis or change. Allow me to share with you a simple secret to preventing issues?that?demoralize your people and cause drama or trauma during these tumultuous times: stay close. I like to practice preventative leadership. I want to predict problems and […]
How To Organize Your Life
As leaders, we are inundated with?appointments, to-do lists, notes to take, deadlines to meet, emergencies that come up, clients to see, and meetings to conduct. If you do not?have systems in place by which to organize yourself, you will quickly become scattered and disorderly. I want to share with you a simple system which helps […]
How I Learned to Get Over Myself and Just Delegate
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Why You Should Not Blame Anyone
When I hear leaders complain about their people, I know they have not mastered a core lesson of leadership: It is always our fault. Here?s why? As a leader, my tendency is to absolve myself of any wrongdoing when a person on my team is having “issues” that affect morale or productivity. So I made […]
The Biggest Mistake I Made in Personal Growth
For many years now, I have made reading a personal priority and placed myself in a position to maximize my learning and growth. Where I went wrong was that I equated?exposure with growth?and that was the biggest mistake or misconception I had about growth. In this article, I want to share with you the three […]
Be Gentle
Everyone is struggling with something. Be gentle. It?doesn’t?matter how successful, wise, or content we may become, most of us are always struggling with something. It could be big or small. It could be silly or life altering. At any given point, you may find yourself wrestling with a life question, a relationship, or an illness. […]
4 Options When Making a Difficult Decision
Life presents us with options?sometimes, none of which we like. Yet, we must decide. ?We have all been there. Whether in leadership or in life, it is helpful to have a method of thinking things through when we are faced with difficult decisions. Though our tendency is not to decide when we are confused, we […]
How To Discuss?Not Argue?The Issues
Most discussions I see follow a traditionally confrontational approach, more akin to a wrestling match than a civil exchange of ideas. I believe there is a better way to talk with one another than to constantly battle and defend our positions. If you would like to have more productive verbal exchanges with others, you may […]