Don’t Debate Anyone Who Is Unable to Lose
I love to debate, and I love watching debates. Yet I seldom see debates which lead to resolutions or positive outcomes. Each side just?digs in their heels and verbally assaults one another. This has become?commonplace because so many people are not?able to lose. For them?losing is?humiliating, so they just don’t allow themselves to lose. Debates […]
Three Essential Ingredients for Leading Anyone
There are three essential ingredients for leading anyone. Anytime I have forsaken them, my leadership has fallen flat. Let me share them with you. Go to Their World My natural tendency is to lead people from my own position. I want people to come to my world, to meet me where I am. Follow me, […]
What Holds Us Back from Writing and Speaking?
In?September of 2012, I began?writing two articles a week about leadership. But I had actually made the decision to write a whole year before that. It took me an entire year to muster up the courage to write. Why? I allowed self-doubt to hold me back. Specifically, there were three questions in my mind?that kept […]
The Six Steps of Growth That Lead to the One Thing Most People Miss: Change
In my last article, I shared the table I use for my growth plan. The worksheet is designed to track what I expose my mind to for personal development. However, growth results from much more than mere exposure to knowledge. Personal growth happens when there is a change in who we are. For change to take place, I believe […]
What the Ultimate Goal of Your Leadership Should Be
What is the ultimate goal of your leadership? Is it to increase your profits? To develop a better team? Or to create a stronger family? Maybe yours is to grow your organization, or to have happy clients, customers, or patients. When we?aspire to lead, we question the goal of our leadership from time to time, […]
Values of a Great Team: GROWTH
If you follow my blog, you know that the?topic of personal growth is near and dear to my heart. Why am I so passionate about growth? Because the realization that personal growth is not automatic revolutionized my life. When it comes to leadership, intentional growth in both individuals and teams produces the same result: a […]
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 […]
Without Profit, You Will Be Limited
I have been writing at least two articles per week on leadership since September of 2012. And in all that time, I’ve never really written about finances. We normally don’t categorize financial health under the broad topic of leadership; rather it typically falls under business. And this is not a business blog per se. But […]
Leadership Lesson from a Music Conductor
An Italian musician from Naples, Riccardo Muti is one of the world?s greatest conductors. At 73, as the Director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Muti has accrued decades of world-renowned performances and recordings. In a recent interview, he talked about the essence of being a conductor. What he expressed captures the very heart of leadership. […]
How Reading Together Can Transform Your Team
If you’ve been the leader of a team where the atmosphere is biting and the culture is toxic, you know how overwhelming it is to turn things around. After all, you can’t exactly force people to get along. However, there is something you?could begin?doing today to transform your culture into one that fosters personal growth, […]