SOME LEADERS LEARN TO SERVE OTHERS BY SERVING THEMSELVES“Meeting the need of others can be a genesis for serving. Inspiration or the request of others can be the genesis of serving others. However, never underestimate the power of serving others as a means of your own growth needs. Is there a chance your next area…
LEADERSHIP IS A LIFE TIME OF DECISIONS, NEGOTIATIONS AND RISK“Leaders who believe life is fair will have a really hard life. Leaders who are averse to risk taking will miss out on many opportunities to grow and excel. Leaders who feel like every negotiation should end in compromise will find themselves on the losing end…
REHEARSAL IS THE BIRTHPLACE OF EXCELLENCE FOR EVERY LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLE“Brandon Dawson says leaders must ‘Model. Mimic. Master. Multiply.’ This process is the rehearsal of leadership. Like an orchestra, an ensemble, a ballet or a movie set, every part must be perfected through practice. In the same way that one vocalist, instrumentalist or dancer can make…
CHOOSE THE FUTURE OF YOUR HOMELAND “If we continue to listen to the negative, malicious, divisive stories we are fed from the news and the pews we will see self destruction continue to unfold. The best weapons we have against tyranny are the compounded stories of freedom. We must remind ourselves, our foes and those…
LEADERS MUST PRACTICE EFFECTIVE TROUBLE SHOOTING IN ALL AREAS “Ancient teachers say there is wisdom in a multitude of advisers. The theory goes, if enough people agree on an idea as good or bad, how could they all be wrong? Sometimes, a bad idea is perpetuated because no one wants to disagree. Sometime an ok…
LEARNING IS BEST DONE THROUGH DISCOVERY AND AWARENESS THATS WHY GREAT LEADERS COACH RATHER THAN LECTURE“The leader who feels it necessary to lecture, dictate and micromanage every decision will come across to team members as a tyrant or dictator. If you want your team to truly grow and own the information, practices and processes, give…
WHAT TO DO IF YOUR LEADERSHIP LID IS CONNECTION“Every leader will tell you failure is imminent and unavoidable. Every leader will also tell you if you fail at the same thing several times, the real failure is you’re failing to learn the lesson. For many leaders, their first experience of failure is directly tied to…
WARNING: SERVICE LEADS TO ACCESS - IF YOU WANT TO GROW IN LEADERSHIP THEN SERVE FIRST“Serving others is the fastest and most consistently proven way to gain access to those you admire. If you want to be mentored, apprenticed, educated by people who you aspire to become, serve them. Word of warning, this part of…
LEADERS MUST DO THEIR HOMEWORK TO BECOME PURVEYORS OF HOPE“Perhaps you’ve heard the phrase, ‘Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it.’ Perhaps you have even seen the reality of this idea prove itself out. Generational addictions, generational poverty, generational incarceration all seem to be hard cycles to defeat. Those same types…
LEADERS REALIZE FREEDOM IS NOT A NATURAL STATE OF HUMANS IT IS A LEARNED BEHAVIOR“Whether you are bound by your own bad ideas, outmoded belief systems, or simple lies and deceptions, there is a strange comfort in knowing where you stand. Leaders who acknowledge this reality are alone empowered to raise awareness in the hearts…