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 […]
Don’t Expect to Lead Everyone Successfully
Are you disappointed in yourself because you aren’t able to lead a certain person or a group of people well? Perhaps you have little influence with your spouse or your family. Maybe you aren’t able to reach the team or organization you lead. I know the feeling. Like many who have had some success in […]
When Someone Drops the Ball
?What should you do when someone you lead drops the ball? Nothing. While many leaders may get upset, inwardly or outwardly, I ascribe to a different philosophy. Let me share with you what I think we should as leaders when people let us down. If you are in leadership, you are bound to encounter this […]
How Do You Gain the Trust of Your Team?
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Values of a Great Team
You lead a team. You are a parent, a boss, a pastor, or a business owner. Regardless of the positions you hold, if you lead people, you want to create a positive, sustainable culture. ?Right??I know I do. I want to?share with you a list of values that I believe should be a part of […]
Three Simple Steps to Guaranteed Growth
[blockquote text=’This is a guest post by Stephanie LeBlanc. Stephanie is the practice administrator at TotalCare Hulen in Fort Worth, Texas. She also holds other leadership positions including president of her accounting firm, as well as Project Connect Texas, a non-profit organization she founded to serve the Dallas/Fort Worth community. – Wes Saade, M.D.’ text_color=’#ffffff’ […]
Leadership Happens One-on-One
Often, our image of powerful leadership is that of celebrated figures like Winston Churchill, Martin Luther King, or Billy Graham, standing in front of throngs of adoring followers, inspiring them to march forward. But great oratory never made a great leader, a person that people actually want to follow (not have to). Great leadership always […]
Don?t Blame the Person, Blame the Process
When something goes wrong on your team, do you ask, ?Who?? Or do you ask, ?Why?? It is easy and tempting to point the finger at the person who failed. After all, their performance was lacking. But this is not the recipe for building successful teams, or confident people. I ask, ?Why?? I assume that […]
How to Find Gold in People
Growing people is like digging for gold. You have to remove layers and layers of dirt for every small piece of gold that you discover. As a leader, remembering that simple idea will help you stay positive as you grow others. It was Andrew Carnegie who offered this analogy. He was once asked what his […]
Healthy Families: Appealing to Our Politicians
I recently watched an interview with the “Dean of Politics,” President Bill Clinton. At the Clinton Global Initiative, he sat across from Charlie Rose and answered a few questions. I agreed with much of what he said. But I lament what he did not say. It is an area that most politicians neglect to talk […]