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Leadership

A Sure Way to Raise Your Team’s Morale

Is your team spirit lethargic?? As leaders we go through seasons where the morale of our team seems dangerously low. What can you do to raise your team’s morale? While many things can and should be done, one supersedes them all: Stop and review the size of your dream. Daniel Burham says, ?Make no little […]

Leadership

Why Some Teams Will Never Excel

Some lessons hit me like a ton of bricks?in a good way!? This is one of them? Early in my leadership journey, I was always eager to be creating harmony in the workplace – a culture of cooperation, respect, hard work, and camaraderie in the teams I led. After all, this was my responsibility, and […]

Leadership

The Most Difficult Aspect of Leadership: People

Most people who write and speak about leadership paint a picture of the leader and the people as a beautiful symphony of love and passion. That may be true?10% of the time! The rest of the time, a leader has to deal with people issues, at least with one person on the team, sometimes a […]

Personal Development

Create Your Growth Plan?Part 1: An Overview

Do you have a growth plan for your personal development? ?Is it written, specific and measurable? Your success as a professional, spouse, parent, leader, politician, pastor, team member – or whatever your role in life may be – does not primarily depend on your technical knowledge and skills or what you learned from school. My […]

Leadership

POWER BOOK: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

[blockquote text=’POWER BOOK is an Aspire blog that features a life changing book. Amanda Scott, an Aspire managing partner, has extensive leadership experience and in this blog features The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni. Thank you for sharing, Amanda! – Wes Saade, M.D.’ text_color=’#ffffff’ width=’95’ line_height=’undefined’ background_color=’#aaaaaa’ border_color=’#dba400′ show_quote_icon=’no’ quote_icon_color=’#dba400′] Many […]

Leadership

The Most Valuable Employee (5 Levels of Responsibility)

Some need constant reminding to get things done. ?They drain you, and you dread them! Others get things done even before you ask!? They empower you, and you trust them. Where do you and your people rank on the following responsibility scale?? And what are you doing about it? Level 1: Need Pushing and Cajoling […]

Leadership, Productivity

A Leader?s #1 Priority ? Building a Strong Team

Building a strong team should be a leader?s top responsibility. ?Are you taking that responsibility seriously? ?Few leaders make building a powerful team a significant priority. Yet, those who have formidable teams usually succeed. Those who don?t often fail! If your team is fragmented and not working together as a cohesive unit, I have news […]

Leadership, Personal Development

Do You Know How Your People Feel?

Most leaders know what their people do. ?Great leaders know how people feel matters. ?And they do something about it! Do you monitor the pulse of your team? How people feel matters! It is actually what matters most in your leadership! And it matters all the time! Trust me! It matters when change is taking […]

Leadership, Purpose

Become a Paleontologist of People

[blockquote text=’TPlease allow me to introduce a guest blogger to Aspire:? Andria Bicknell.? Andria has great leadership experience in ministry, business and at home.? Andria is also an accomplished and gifted writer. She has recently joined the Aspire team as a writer and researcher. I am very grateful and proud to work with her, and […]