Happy Friday everyone! These posters might be a little overdone, but I couldn’t help it. Thank you for all the encouragement, support and promotion of Just Lead!‘s release week. Here are links to some friends who were talking about it already: Pete Wilson LeadingAndLovingIt Catalyst Gifted for Leadership Tony Morgan Michael Warden Lindsey Nobles Stephen […]
A recent episode of Parenthood featured the storyline of Max Braverman and his attempts to get a vending machine back into his school. This initiative was the driving agenda for his recent election as Student Body President and he was prepared to battle the well-intentioned PTA members who had lobbied for the vending machine to […]
Don’t present a pipe dream without a plan. Dreaming is easy. Doing is hard. Fantasy is fun. Reality is challenging. This distinction is what sets you apart as a leader. Anyone can dream, but leaders bring dreams to life by developing a plan and leading through it. What pipe dream of yours needs a plan? […]
Don’t present a pipe dream without a plan. Dreaming is easy. Doing is hard. Fantasy is fun. Reality is challenging. This distinction is what sets you apart as a leader. Anyone can dream, but leaders bring dreams to life by developing a plan and leading through it. What pipe dream of yours needs a plan? […]
History most remembers those who were lynchpins in turning points. These are the moments where leadership is essential. “It is generally in tumultuous times that people make the greatest difference in their world. The greater the crisis, the greater is the opportunity for leaders to make a difference. Those who complain about their difficulties or […]
“The presidency has made every man who occupied it, no matter how small, bigger than he was; and no matter how big, not big enough for its demands.” Lyndon B. Johnson Whatever your leadership role, there will always be an element of impossibility associated with it. In the moments you feel strong, someone or something […]
Keep your head down and attack. That’s a principal I employ when I’m facing the daunting task of running hills. The theory is that we’re easily defeated by the looming mountain ahead of us but it becomes much more manageable if we just tackle it step by step. Focusing on this concept is the only […]
Great movements occur when a leader gets discontent enough to make others uncomfortable. We’ve seen them throughout history…. Joan of Arc George Washington Mahatma Gandhi Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Mother Teresa Winston Churchill We’ve also seen them in our communities… church planters, community leaders, founders of non-profit organizations, moms who fight for health, eduction […]
How do you keep an organization organized? How do you keep it running efficiently and effectively without losing personality or heart? This is the leadership tension of communication vs. bureaucracy. I believe that fast-growing organizations feel this tension the most. With rapid addition of staff and the ever-changing dynamics that accompany growth, leaders find themselves […]
I can’t hardly believe it’s nearly time for Just Lead! to release! Sherry and I have been working on this project for quite some time. Along the way you begin to think that it’s just a dream, but the reality is starting to sink in. Just Lead!: A No Whining, No Complaining, No Nonsense Practical […]
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