As a leader you must project optimism. But when you cross the line into exaggeration or hyperbole, your leadership is facing significant risks.
When you say, “I hate meetings!” your team could be receiving a message that might be damaging your culture more than you ever realized.
One of the most important functions of effective leadership is to master the power of perspective.
Leadership is about producing results, not reports. If you’ve ever encountered a leader who seemed more interested in inspecting activities than in inspiring results, you’ve encountered Clipboard Leadership.
Knowing the pace at which you take action as a leader is often as important as the action itself.
The power of how you communicate as a leader is not limited to the great vision-casting speeches you make. Much of your impact takes place in your day to day conversations.
The starting place for building an effective “dream team” is in having a crystal clear picture of the qualities you want in the people.
In challenging times, leaders are called upon to exhibit inspiring levels of courage. But finding the ways to develop such courage can be a leader’s greatest challenge.
Leaders solve problems. And whatever problem you’re facing, clarifying your thinking is always the first-step to move you towards a solution. Such clarity of thought became something of a lifeline when I encountered a serious problem in a small airport in an impoverished country in east Africa.
Chrismas is here! You can find a vivid picture of how two vital leadership principles can be intertwined by looking at one of the time-honored carols of the season.
Self-leadership requires self-evaluation. Leaders must be able to end their day, look back, and know with certainty whether or not this was a good leadership day.
To introduce significant change, leaders must know when and how to cash in their “change chips”.
What you believe as a leader will ultimately determine who you become as a leader.
Effective leaders know that there are at least 4 often-overlooked disciplines that are essential to well-balanced leadership.
To protect your integrity as a leader, don’t focus only on the big, obvious temptations. Watch out for the subtle deceptions.
If a leader is wracked with insecurity, it won’t simply render them ineffective. It will actually undermine everything they have been attempting to build.While there may be no scientifically verifiable way to know for sure, these self-evaluation questions can give you a pretty good idea.
Here's how passion and discipline combine to create an unstoppable leadership one-two punch.
The secret to sustainable, effective leadership is not only in knowing when to speed up, and when to slow down. More often than you'd think, it’s knowing when to stop.
Leadership legacies are built more on kindness than they are on accomplishments. Kindness is action-oriented, and is an essential component to influencing lasting impact. So, what are the qualities that make up kind leadership?
If everything is an emergency, nothing is an emergency. The truth of this leadership axiom is lost on many leaders who seem to lurch their leadership, and their team, from one panic-riddled crisis to another.
Have you ever felt the pull to full-time ministry work as a missionary or pastor? If not, you can still make a Kingdom impact without quitting your current job. In this eBook, you will learn the four essentials that can change your perspective of work, your workplace, and most importantly, your heart.
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